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NA · Country and locale facts

Document format and locale facts for Namibia

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

NAD · en-NA

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

Namibia's VAT tax-invoice particulars and ITAS submission context are reviewed. VAT-registration validation, cash-threshold and recipient-created-invoice applicability, ITAS access/submission, filing/payment, VAT/exemption and transaction-specific treatment remain separately researched scopes.

Evidence snapshot: 2 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-18. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.

Tax labels: VAT. Business identifier labels: VAT Registration Number.

  • Guidance: Namibia Revenue Agency VAT Act material requires a registered supplier, on request, to provide a tax invoice for a taxable supply. Schedule VI records a prominent tax-invoice label; supplier name, address and VAT registration number; recipient name and address; an individualised serial number and issue date; goods/services description and quantity or volume; tax charged; consideration; and consideration including tax. NamRA records ITAS as the portal for tax submissions. This local preview does not validate VAT registrations, determine whether an invoice is required for a particular cash supply or recipient-created invoice, connect to ITAS, submit a return, file/pay VAT, or determine VAT, exemption and transaction-specific treatment.Evidence NA_NAMRA_VAT_ACT_TAX_INVOICES, NA_NAMRA_VAT_ITAS_CONTEXT · reviewed 2026-07-18 · review by 2027-01-18 · automation advisory only

Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.

Reviewed official sources

Registry provenance