Source-cited draft: vat / gst for Timor-Leste (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
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| Indirect taxes (no VAT/GST) | 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. | |
| VAT / GST | Timor-Leste has no VAT and no GSTTaxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008) | |
| Sales tax — imported goods | 2.5% on the customs value of taxable goods imported into Timor-LesteTaxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008) | |
| Sales tax — domestic supply of goods/services | 0% (currently nil) on the domestic sale of taxable goods and provision of taxable servicesTaxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008) | |
| Services tax — designated services | 5% on gross consideration for hotel, restaurant and bar, and telecommunication servicesTaxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008) | |
| Services tax — monthly threshold | Applies only where monthly gross consideration for the designated services exceeds USD 500Taxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008) | |
| Services tax — scope of designated services | Hotel services, restaurant and bar services, and telecommunication services |
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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| 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) |
| 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) |
| Excise tax | Levied on specified goods (e.g. alcohol, tobacco, fuel, motor vehicles) on importation or domestic production, at item-specific ratesTaxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008) |
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