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Document format and locale facts for Samoa

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

WST · sm-WS

Paper & date

A4 · MM/DD/YYYY (MDY)

Language

sm (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: sm, en.

Limited guidance reviewed

Document vocabulary and checks

Samoa's TIMS fiscal-invoice types, secure-element/authority boundary and seven-year retention are reviewed. Exact request fields, rollout scope, identifier validation and transaction classification remain open.

Evidence snapshot: 4 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-19. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.

Tax labels: VAGST. Business identifier labels: TIN.

  • Required when applicable: Samoa TIMS fiscalizes normal, advance, copy, refund and other invoice transactions with an authority secure element; copies and refunds reference the original SDC invoice. A Formnivo PDF is not fiscalized, signed, transmitted or authority-verifiable.Evidence WS_TIMS_TYPES, WS_TIMS_PORTAL · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
  • Required when applicable: Retain tax documents for seven years after the end of the related tax period.Evidence WS_MCR_RECORDS, WS_TAA_2012 · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
  • Guidance: The exact current TIMS invoice-request particulars and taxpayer rollout scope remain to be captured before regulated fiscal output is implemented.Evidence WS_TIMS_TYPES · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only

Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.

Reviewed official sources

Registry provenance

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