The African island of São Tomé and Príncipe is to introduce a Value Added Tax regime from 1 January 2018.
The International Monetary Fund is sponsoring the introduction of the indirect tax regime.
Currently, the country has a sales tax on goods (up to 140%) and services (5%).
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São Tomé VAT 2018
August 26, 2016
The African island of São Tomé and Príncipe is to introduce a Value Added Tax regime from 1 January 2018. The International Monetary Fund is...
The African island of São Tomé and Príncipe is to introduce a Value Added Tax regime from 1 January 2018. The International Monetary Fund is...
São Tomé and Príncipe introduces VAT
September 29, 2015
The island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, off the west coast of Africa, has announced plans to introduce a Value Added Tax regime. The...
The island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, off the west coast of Africa, has announced plans to introduce a Value Added Tax regime. The...
VP Global Indirect Tax
Richard Asquith
Richard Asquith is VP Global Indirect Tax at Avalara, helping businesses understand their compliance obligations as they grow globally. He is part of the European leadership team which this year won International Tax Review's Tax Technology Firm of the Year. Richard qualified as an accountant with KPMG in the UK, and went on to work in Hungary, Russia and France with EY.