GI · Country and locale facts
Document format and locale facts for Gibraltar
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
GIP · en-GI
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
Gibraltar's official business-record categories and 2026 no-VAT/Transaction-Tax boundary are reviewed. Ordinary invoice particulars, retention duration and final operational Transaction Tax documentation remain open; UK or EU VAT is not inherited.
Evidence snapshot: 2 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-20. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.
Tax labels: No VAT, Transaction Tax on goods. Business identifier labels: Taxpayer reference / Company registration number.
- Required when applicable: Gibraltar Income Tax Office guidance requires records of all business transactions, including sales invoices, purchase receipts, electronic sales records or till rolls, ledgers, cash books and bank records.Evidence GI_TAX_BUSINESS_RECORDS · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
- Guidance: Gibraltar Government's 2026 treaty guidance says Gibraltar remains VAT-free and that the new Transaction Tax is levied on import/manufacture value for goods rather than as VAT or sales tax at point of sale. Do not print a VAT invoice or automatically apply the import tax as a line-item sales tax.Evidence GI_TAX_BUSINESS_RECORDS, GI_TRANSACTION_TAX_2026 · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.
Reviewed official sources
- Gibraltar Income Tax Office - business transaction recordsLast verified 2026-07-20
- Gibraltar Government - 2026 Transaction Tax and VAT boundary clarificationLast verified 2026-07-20
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