AO · Country and locale facts
Document format and locale facts for Angola
Use these defaults as a practical starting point for presentation. ISO/CLDR formatting facts are not legal or tax advice, and reviewed jurisdiction guidance is identified separately.
Currency & locale
AOA · pt-AO
Paper & date
A4 · DD/MM/YYYY (DMY)
Language
pt (official) · LTR
Text system
gregory calendar · latn digits
Why these defaults?
The country code comes from ISO 3166. Unicode CLDR supplies presentation-oriented locale, currency, paper, date, language, calendar, numbering, and direction metadata. Defaults reduce setup time; they do not decide what a valid document must contain.
Recorded official or regional-official language tags: pt.
Limited guidance reviewed
Document vocabulary and checks
Angola's AGT electronic-invoice mandate, certified real-time communication and selected NIF/tax-field context are reviewed. Full legal field schema, NIF validation, mandate applicability, certified-system and portal access, schema generation, transmission/acceptance, return/payment and transaction-specific IVA treatment remain separately researched or unimplemented scopes.
Evidence snapshot: 3 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-18. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.
Tax labels: IVA (VAT). Business identifier labels: Número de Identificação Fiscal (NIF).
- Guidance: Angola's General Tax Administration (AGT) says IVA is charged to customers through the issued invoice. Its electronic-invoicing portal states that from 1 January 2026 taxpayers in scope issue electronic invoices through the taxpayer portal or AGT-certified invoicing software authorised for real-time communication with AGT, with phased extension to general and simplified IVA regimes. The AGT technical documentation identifies the domestic buyer's NIF and tax codes. This local preview does not validate NIFs, determine e-invoice mandate applicability, use an AGT-certified system or taxpayer portal, create the authority schema, communicate in real time, obtain AGT acceptance, submit returns/payments, or determine IVA/exemption and transaction-specific treatment.Evidence AO_AGT_EINVOICING_PORTAL, AO_AGT_EINVOICING_TECHNICAL_DOCS, AO_AGT_IVA_INVOICE_CONTEXT · reviewed 2026-07-18 · review by 2027-01-18 · automation advisory only
Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.
Reviewed official sources
- Angola General Tax Administration - electronic invoicing portal and mandate contextLast verified 2026-07-18
- Angola General Tax Administration - electronic-invoice technical fieldsLast verified 2026-07-18
- Angola General Tax Administration - IVA invoice contextLast verified 2026-07-18
Registry provenance
- ISO 3166 Country Codescode-list · verified 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR 48.2formatting-metadata · verified 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR Territory-Language Informationformatting-metadata · verified 2026-07-15