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Document format and locale facts for St. Helena

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

SHP · en-SH

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

St Helena's narrow services-tax invoice/receipt rule and import-invoice boundary are reviewed. The ISO code also covers Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, so no territory-wide general invoice or retention claim is made.

Evidence snapshot: 2 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-20. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.

Tax labels: Services Tax (specified sectors), Customs duties. Business identifier labels: Income Tax reference.

  • Required when applicable: For St Helena insurance and telecommunications services within the Services Tax Ordinance, the 10% services-tax amount is added to and itemised in the provider's invoice or, if no invoice is issued, the payment receipt. This is a narrow sector rule, not a general GST invoice.Evidence SH_SERVICES_TAX_ORDINANCE · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
  • Guidance: For imported goods, St Helena Customs requires an original or acceptable duplicate invoice with the entry; a final invoice follows a Bill of Sight within three working days unless more time is allowed. This printable document does not itself satisfy a customs entry.Evidence SH_CUSTOMS_ORDINANCE_2026 · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
  • Guidance: This pack covers St Helena island only. Ascension and Tristan da Cunha have distinct ordinances and must not be inferred from the combined ISO code.Evidence SH_SERVICES_TAX_ORDINANCE, SH_CUSTOMS_ORDINANCE_2026 · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only

Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.

Reviewed official sources

Registry provenance

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