SC · Country and locale facts
Document format and locale facts for Seychelles
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
SCR · fr-SC
Paper & date
A4 · DD/MM/YYYY (DMY)
Language
fr (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: fr, en.
Limited guidance reviewed
Document vocabulary and checks
Seychelles VAT display and TIN vocabulary and current seven-year revenue-record rule are reviewed. Complete ordinary VAT invoice particulars, identifier validation and electronic boundaries remain open.
Evidence snapshot: 3 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-19. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.
Tax labels: VAT. Business identifier labels: TIN.
- Required when applicable: A Seychelles VAT-registered business shows VAT separately from the sales price on invoices and receipts for taxable supplies.Evidence SC_SRC_TAX_SYSTEM · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
- Required when applicable: Maintain required revenue accounts, documents and records for seven years after the end of the related revenue period.Evidence SC_SRC_RECORDS_2026 · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
- Guidance: Complete generally applicable VAT invoice particulars remain to be extracted from section 28 and current amendments. Visitor-refund fields must not be generalized.Evidence SC_SRC_LEGISLATION · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.
Reviewed official sources
- Seychelles Revenue Commission - tax systemLast verified 2026-07-19
- Seychelles Revenue Commission - recordkeeping noticeLast verified 2026-07-19
- Seychelles Revenue Commission - legislationLast verified 2026-07-19
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