WS · Country and locale facts
Limited-scope invoice guidance 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
- Samoa TIMS - invoice and transaction typesLast reviewed 2026-07-19Registry record WS_TIMS_TYPES
- Samoa Ministry of Customs and Revenue - TIMS portalLast reviewed 2026-07-19Registry record WS_TIMS_PORTAL
- Samoa Ministry of Customs and Revenue - recordkeepingLast reviewed 2026-07-19Registry record WS_MCR_RECORDS
- Samoa Ministry of Customs and Revenue - Tax Administration ActLast reviewed 2026-07-19Registry record WS_TAA_2012
Registry provenance
- ISO 3166 Country Codescode-list · last checked 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR 48.2formatting-metadata · last checked 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR Territory-Language Informationformatting-metadata · last checked 2026-07-15
Other documents with Samoa defaults
Each generator below requests Samoa locale, currency, and paper defaults from the editor. Reviewed tax labels are applied only where supported; confirm the research status above before relying on jurisdiction-specific fields.