Services - Applications - Application For VAT Registration

All persons making commercial supplies of $200,000 or more in the preceding twelve-month period or having evidence (in the sales forecast) supplies will exceed $200,000 in a twelve (12) month period must apply for VAT Registration.

WHERE AVAILABLE
VAT Administration                         VAT Administration
Registration Department                   Top Floor
5th Floor                                        Arima District Revenue Office
VAT Administration Centre                Mathura Street
St Vincent Street                           Arima.
Port of Spain

Inland Revenue Division
Tobago Regional Office
Sangster Mall
Tobago 

Application Form(s) (VAT 1 and VAT 2)
Link to application forms’


Applying for VAT Registration
The following are guidelines for the submission of applications for VAT registration:

Applying for  VAT Registration

The following are guidelines for the submission of applications for VAT registration:

SOLE PROPRIETORS 

- Complete all sections of VAT 1 form
- Provide evidence of commencement of business (Contracts, Bank Statements, Customs Documents, Sales/Purchases Invoices, etc)
- Submit a monthly cash flow projection signed and dated
- Provide an original and copy of the document bearing the assignment of the individual’s BIR number
- Statement of actual Gross Income signed and dated by sole proprietor or accountant
- Name and address of Banker 
- Name and address of accountant (if applicable)
- List of business assets
- Provide original and copy of certificate of Registration from Registrar General (if applicable)

PARTNERSHIP

- Complete all sections of the Vat1 and Vat 2 Forms.
- A partner, preferably the precedent partner, must sign the Vat1 form
- Provide original and copy of Certificate of Registration from Registrar of Companies
- Submit a monthly cash flow projection signed and dated by one of the partners or the accountant.
- Submit evidence of the BIR file number of each partner
- If the Partnership is an existing business, submit statement of actual Gross Income signed and dated by one of the partners or accountant.
- If the Partnership has now come into existence, please submit original and copy of a contract agreement 
- Submit evidence of commencement of business. (Contracts, Bank Statements, Customs Documents, Sales/Purchases Invoices, etc)

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

- Complete Application for Registration - Form VAT 1 and VAT 2 
- Submit the original and a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation 
- Provide original and a copy of Certificate of Continuance (where applicable)
- Provide original and copy of Notice of Directors and Notice of Addresses
- An original and copy of the Articles of Incorporation
- Original and copy of the assignment of BIR and PAYE file numbers
- Monthly Cash flow projections for 12 months, which must be signed and dated by a company director or a company accountant
- Evidence of commencement of business.
- Name and Address of Banker
- List of business assets 
- Name and address of Accountant (if applicable)

  
 

 

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Minister of Finance -The Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister 

Minister in the Ministry of Finance - Senator the Honourable Conrad Enill 
(With responsibility for the Inland Revenue Division)

Minister in the Ministry of Finance - The Honourable Kenneth Valley

The information in this website is designed to assist you in understanding your tax obligations.
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