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MO · Country and locale facts

Document format and locale facts for Macao SAR China

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

MOP · zh-Hant-MO

Paper & date

A4 · DD/MM/YYYY (DMY)

Language

zh-Hant (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: zh-Hant, yue, pt.

Limited guidance reviewed

Document vocabulary and checks

Macao's distinct tax authority and 2026 Fiscal Code boundary are mapped. No general VAT/GST invoice schema, universal particulars, retention or identifier validation is claimed, and mainland China rules are not inherited.

Evidence snapshot: 2 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-19. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.

Tax labels: Complementary Income Tax. Business identifier labels: Taxpayer Number.

  • Guidance: Macao has a distinct Financial Services Bureau and a Fiscal Code approved by Law 24/2024, fully effective from 1 January 2026. Do not apply mainland China's fapiao rules to Macao.Evidence MO_DSF_TAX, MO_DSF_CODE_NOTICE · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
  • Guidance: The reviewed official material does not establish a general VAT/GST invoice regime or universal invoice particulars; no regulated tax-invoice output is implemented.Evidence MO_DSF_TAX · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only

Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.

Reviewed official sources

Registry provenance