Vat / gst for Timor-Leste (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
Timor-Leste · tax year 2025 · changed 25 Jun 2026
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VAT / GST
Timor-Leste has no VAT and no GSTTaxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008), https://taxatlas.io/country/timor-leste/vat-sales-tax
Sales tax — imported goods
2.5Taxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008), https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/timor-leste/corporate/other-taxes
Sales tax — domestic supply of goods/services
0Taxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008), https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/timor-leste/corporate/other-taxes
Services tax — designated services
5Taxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008), https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/timor-leste/corporate/other-taxes
Services tax — monthly threshold
500Taxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008), https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/timor-leste/corporate/other-taxes
Services tax — scope of designated services
Hotel services, restaurant and bar services, and telecommunication servicesTaxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008), https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/timor-leste/corporate/other-taxes
Sales tax / services tax filing frequency
Monthly — return filed and tax paid by the 15th day of the following monthTaxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008), https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/timor-leste/corporate/tax-administration
Reverse charge
No VAT reverse-charge mechanism exists, as Timor-Leste has no VAT; imported goods are instead subject to import sales tax at the borderTaxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008), https://taxatlas.io/country/timor-leste/vat-sales-tax
Timor-Leste does NOT have a VAT or GST system. Indirect taxation is instead through an import sales tax, a domestic services tax, excise duties, and import duties. These are unverified draft figures.
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