Document format and locale facts for Curaçao

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: pap, nl.

Selected national claims reviewed

Document vocabulary and checks

Curaçao-specific legislation-not Netherlands or Aruba rules-supports the ordinary invoice fields, ten-year record period and separate fiscal cash-register/receipt boundary, with the 2024 invoice amendment checked. Exempt supplies, invoice-relief categories, cash-register designations and transaction-specific turnover-tax treatment still require case-level review.

Evidence snapshot: 5 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-20. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.

Tax labels: Omzetbelasting. Business identifier labels: Crib-nummer / Kamer van Koophandel registratienummer.

• Required when applicable: Curaçao's own tax legislation requires an invoice for covered supplies and services. Article 44 requires the issue date; a continuous unique number; the supplier's name or trade name, address, Crib number and Chamber of Commerce registration number; the customer's name or trade name and address; a clear description and quantity or extent; unit price excluding turnover tax; a different supply/completion date; applicable rate or exemption/customer-liability statement; consideration and non-unit-price discounts; turnover-tax amount; and total payable. The customer copy is marked ‘factuur’ and the retained copy ‘kopie factuur’. Statutory exceptions must be checked separately.Evidence CW_ALL_INVOICE_2013, CW_ALL_AMENDMENT_2024 · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
• Required when applicable: Administration-liable persons keep their administration and related data carriers for ten years. The issuer must also make and retain a copy of every issued invoice; a longer hold may be needed for an unresolved matter or another law.Evidence CW_ALL_CONSOLIDATED_2012, CW_ALL_INVOICE_2013 · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
• Guidance: Curaçao separately regulates sealed fiscal cash-register systems and cash receipts for designated cash-facing businesses, including retail, hospitality and lottery categories, with specified exceptions and possible invoice relief. This browser-local invoice does not operate a sealed fiscal cash register, produce its fiscal logo or replace a required kassabon; determine the current designation and exemption before use.Evidence CW_FISCAL_CASH_REGISTER_2014, CW_FORMAL_TAX_RULES_2013 · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only

Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.