TM · Country and locale facts
Document format and locale facts for Turkmenistan
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
TMT · tk-TM
Paper & date
A4 · DD.MM.YYYY (DMY)
Language
tk (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: tk.
Limited guidance reviewed
Document vocabulary and checks
Turkmenistan's 2022 Unified Tax Law supports a scoped excise-invoice duty and the current Directorate portal establishes a separate authenticated electronic-filing boundary. General ordinary/VAT invoice particulars, retention duration, identifier validation and transaction-specific treatment remain open, so this pack stays partial.
Evidence snapshot: 3 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-20. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.
Tax labels: Goşulan baha üçin salgyt, Goşmaça töleg. Business identifier labels: Salgyt töleýjiniň belgisi.
- Guidance: Turkmenistan's Tax Directorate publishes the 5 December 2022 Unified Tax Law. The captured provision requires an in-scope excise-tax invoice in two copies within five days of shipment or specified processing service, with the Ministry determining its form. Do not generalise that scoped rule to every ordinary or VAT invoice.Evidence TM_TAX_UNIFIED_LAW_2022 · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
- Guidance: The Directorate's Electronic Tax portal allows authenticated taxpayers to submit declarations and other documents after tax-office identity approval. This local PDF does not authenticate with the portal or submit a tax declaration or official document.Evidence TM_TAX_ELECTRONIC_PORTAL · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
- Guidance: A current official source establishing a generally applicable ordinary-invoice retention duration was not captured in this pass. Confirm current tax, accounting and commercial record rules separately.Evidence TM_TAX_LEGAL_INDEX · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.
Reviewed official sources
- Turkmenistan Tax Directorate - Unified Tax Law, 5 December 2022Last verified 2026-07-20
- Turkmenistan Tax Directorate - Electronic Tax portalLast verified 2026-07-20
- Turkmenistan Tax Directorate - legal instruments indexLast verified 2026-07-20
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