Source-cited draft: vat / gst for Chad (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
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| Value-added tax (TVA) | Chad levies value-added tax (Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée, TVA) on taxable supplies of goods and services. Rates and rules below are a source-cited draft for 2025. | |
| Standard VAT rate | 18%Code Général des Impôts (Chad) — TVA | |
| Reduced VAT rate | 9% on certain locally produced goods (e.g. cement, sugar, oil, soap, textiles, iron)Code Général des Impôts (Chad) — TVA | |
| Zero-rated supplies | 0% on exports and related international transport, and on local agri-food products (excluding alcohol)Code Général des Impôts (Chad) — TVA | |
| VAT registration threshold | Businesses under the normal regime (turnover above XAF 500,000,000) charge VAT; smaller taxpayers fall under simplified/flat regimesCode Général des Impôts (Chad) — TVA / tax regimes | |
| VAT return frequency | Monthly — filed and paid by the 15th of the following monthCode Général des Impôts (Chad) — TVA administration | |
| VAT on digital / platform services | VAT obligation extended to non-resident digital platforms, effective January 2025 |
Chad levies value-added tax (Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée, TVA) on taxable supplies of goods and services. Rates and rules below are a source-cited draft for 2025.
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| Reverse charge | VAT on services supplied by a non-established provider is self-assessed by the Chad customer (reverse charge)Code Général des Impôts (Chad) — TVA |
| Input VAT recovery | Input VAT on business purchases is generally creditable against output VAT, subject to exclusionsCode Général des Impôts (Chad) — TVA |
| Exempt supplies | Certain banking, financial, medical and educational services are exemptCode Général des Impôts (Chad) — TVA exemptions |
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