AG · Country and locale facts
Document format and locale facts for Antigua & Barbuda
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
XCD · en-AG
Paper & date
A4 · DD/MM/YYYY (DMY)
Language
en (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: en.
Limited guidance reviewed
Document vocabulary and checks
Antigua and Barbuda's ABST invoice-versus-sales-receipt issuance boundary is reviewed. Current prescribed particulars, retention, identifier validation and electronic boundaries remain open.
Evidence snapshot: 2 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-19. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.
Tax labels: ABST. Business identifier labels: TIN.
- Required when applicable: A registered supplier issues an original ABST invoice to a registered recipient. Cash consideration not over XCD 50 may use a sales receipt; an unregistered recipient receives a sales receipt and must not receive an ABST invoice.Evidence AG_ABST_ACT · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
- Guidance: The Act delegates invoice and receipt particulars to Regulations. Complete current particulars, retention and electronic boundaries remain unimplemented.Evidence AG_ABST_ACT, AG_IRD_ABST · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.
Reviewed official sources
- Antigua and Barbuda Laws - ABST Act 2006Last verified 2026-07-19
- Antigua and Barbuda Inland Revenue Department - ABSTLast verified 2026-07-19
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