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Chad VAT calculator

A source-led calculator for the effective 19.25% general and 9.9% targeted invoice rates. Both include provincial and communal centimes equal to 10% of the base VAT. Calculate in XAF and export locally.

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Quick answer: Chad invoices use an effective general VAT rate of 19.25%: 17.5% base VAT plus centimes equal to 10% of that VAT. The listed Article 238 scope uses 9.9% effective (9% plus centimes). Zero-rating remains limited to its exact statutory cases.

CGI Article 238

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Sources & verification

Official sources

The 2024 Ministry application circular, paragraphs 31–36, sets centimes at 10% of the 17.5% and 9% base VAT and requires invoices to display definitive rates of 19.25% and 9.9%. CGI Article 238 supplies the base rates; the 2026 circular continues allocating the centimes to provinces and communes.

Calculation method

Add mode uses VAT = net × effective rate. Extract mode uses net = gross ÷ (1 + effective rate). The calculator does not add another 10% after using 19.25% or 9.9%, because those rates already include the centimes.

Golden checks

XAF 100,000 at 19.25% produces XAF 19,250 VAT and XAF 119,250 gross. A confirmed Article 238 supply at 9.9% produces XAF 9,900 VAT and XAF 109,900 gross.

Limits and privacy

Classification, exemptions, deductions, withholding, statutory filing-base rounding and registration require current DGI review. Amounts and invoice text stay in the browser; PDF generation is local and shared links contain no entered values.

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Chad VAT calculator

What is Chad’s general VAT rate?

The base rate is 17.5%. The official 2024 application circular requires invoices to show 19.25% after 10% centimes are applied to the base VAT.

When can I use 9.9%?

Only for the Article 238 scope whose 9% base VAT becomes 9.9% after the same 10% centimes are applied.

What changed in 2026 for IGL?

A confirmed IGL taxpayer must remit VAT when one operation exceeds XAF 50 million. Exactly XAF 50 million does not exceed that operation boundary.

Does this tool file VAT?

No. It estimates invoice VAT locally and does not decide registration, certificates, withholding, deductions, returns or payment.

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Sources & verification

This high-stakes calculator links the authority sources, method notes, test cases, and limitations used to check the numbers shown on this page.

Last verified 2026-01-01

Chad - high risk - AfroTools Ministry 2024/2026 circular, CGI and engine review

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Law, regulation, or version

VAT rate, zero-rated, and exempt treatment shown on the calculator page.

Calculation methodology

The shared local engine adds or extracts the definitive 19.25% invoice rate: 17.5% base TVA plus provincial and communal centimes equal to 10% of the base tax. It exposes the definitive 9.9% rate, derived from the 9% Article 238 base in the same way, or 0% only after the user confirms the exact statutory supply. Annual XAF 50 million regime screening remains a legal-form review, while the 2026 IGL single-operation override is a distinct strict greater-than-XAF-50-million test. The engine never adds centimes twice.

Known limitations

  • Planning estimate only; it is not a return, invoice approval, registration decision, payment instruction or professional advice.
  • The calculator cannot decide Article 238 supply classification, Article 230 exemption eligibility, legal form, IGL status, input-tax recovery or filing frequency.
  • No generic VAT-withholding percentage is modeled; any withholding or designated-entity treatment requires current DGI evidence.
  • Confirm registration, invoicing, statutory rounding, filing and remittance with DGI or a qualified adviser before acting.

Test-case examples

Input: XAF 100,000 exclusive at general treatment.
Expected: Net XAF 100,000, TVA XAF 19,250 and gross XAF 119,250.
Why: Protects the definitive 19.25% invoice rate without double-adding centimes.

Input: XAF 119,250 inclusive at general treatment.
Expected: Net XAF 100,000 and TVA XAF 19,250.
Why: Protects reverse TVA extraction.

Input: XAF 100,000 with exact confirmed Article 238 effective 9.9% treatment.
Expected: TVA XAF 9,900 and gross XAF 109,900.
Why: Protects the reduced rate without creating a broad category shortcut.

Input: Confirmed IGL single operation exactly XAF 50,000,000 and just above.
Expected: Equality does not trigger the 2026 override; just above does. The annual regime screen remains separate.
Why: Protects the strict 2026 Article 229 V inequality and scope.

Change history

  • 2026-07-22: Rebuilt English, canonical French and Swahili routes on one reviewed engine; applied the definitive 19.25% and 9.9% invoice rates including centimes, evidence-gated Article 238 treatments, separated annual and single-operation screens, removed generic exemptions/withholding/AI/storage, and added real local PDF.

AfroTools calculators are decision-support tools. Always confirm filing, registration, and remittance duties with the linked authority or a qualified local adviser.

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