VC · Country and locale facts
Document format and locale facts for St. Vincent & Grenadines
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
XCD · en-VC
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.
Selected national claims reviewed
Document vocabulary and checks
St. Vincent and the Grenadines VAT-invoice particulars, seven-year in-territory record rule and electronic-return versus invoice boundary are reviewed. Registration, rates, exemptions, identifier validation and transaction-specific VAT treatment remain separate checks.
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 / VAT Registration Number.
- Required when applicable: A St. Vincent and the Grenadines VAT invoice shows the regulated title, supplier name/address/TIN, recipient details, serial number/date, description and quantity or period, supply date, consideration and VAT.Evidence VC_CUSTOMS_VAT_ACT · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
- Required when applicable: Keep VAT invoices and supporting tax records in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for seven years.Evidence VC_CUSTOMS_VAT_ACT · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
- Guidance: The reviewed VAT Act and current official legislation index govern the tax invoice. Electronic tax-return services do not make this browser-local PDF an authority-validated invoice.Evidence VC_CUSTOMS_VAT_ACT, VC_CUSTOMS_LEGISLATION, VC_IRD_VAT_CURRENT · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.
Reviewed official sources
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines Customs - VAT ActLast verified 2026-07-19
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines Inland Revenue - taxesLast verified 2026-07-19
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines Customs - legislation indexLast 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