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Aruba: VAT on digital services
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Not supported by the free-threshold API · Local term: VAT
Last verified: 2026-11-03
Part of Kingdom NL tax systems — no separate foreign digital B2C regime verified this pass
The live free-threshold API has not merged the proposed rules for this place yet. Unverified fields are indicative only
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Threshold and rates (VAT)
- Free threshold?
- No — The live free-threshold API has not merged the proposed rules for this place yet. Unverified fields are indicative only
- Amount / measure
- —
— - Window
- No threshold window (from the first sale)
- Standard rate
- —
— - Who must register
- Resident sellers in Aruba follow ordinary local VAT/income rules when carrying on business; no digital-specific foreign-seller C2C warning threshold was verified
- Evidence of location
- Indicative only (unverified). No published foreign-digital place-of-supply evidence rule found for Aruba; OECD LAC default indicators apply if a regime is later enacted
- Invoicing
- Indicative only (unverified). No foreign-digital B2C invoice mandate tied to a destination digital VAT was found this pass
- Filing
- —
- Effective
- Region verify 2026-11-03
- Authority
- Aruba
What Botchannels returns
- Ruleset version
2026-10-22.v1- Decision summary
- Botchannels does not open free-threshold sales here. Register (or appoint a representative) before selling.
- Product class
- Digital service
- Support status
- Not supported by the free-threshold API — The live free-threshold API has not merged the proposed rules for this place yet. Unverified fields are indicative only
How to register
- Self-register online?
- See detail — See the authority pages linked in the sources
- Resident representative / fiscal agent
- —
- Regime
- —
Steps (in order)
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Documents
—- Official processing time
- — (unverified)
- Official fees
- —
- Portal
- https://8ch2.com/compendium/
- Local bank account
- —
- Filing frequency
- —
- Payment currency
- —
- Input VAT recovery
- —
- Portal language
- —
- Penalties
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Firms offering this service
No verified provider links for this jurisdiction yet. Prefer the official portal and a locally licensed tax adviser.
Region verify
Facts imported on 2026-11-03. Overall confidence: secondary. A field marked indicative is unverified and is not a decision by itself.
| Field | Summary |
|---|---|
| Evidence of customer location | No published foreign-digital place-of-supply evidence rule found for Aruba; OECD LAC default indicators apply if a regime is later enacted (indicative, unverified) |
| Non-resident digital tax | Part of Kingdom NL tax systems — no separate foreign digital B2C regime verified this pass (secondary) |
| Collect and remit | No published payment-intermediary collect-and-remit regime for foreign digital B2C VAT was found for Aruba this pass (indicative, unverified) |
| B2C invoice | No foreign-digital B2C invoice mandate tied to a destination digital VAT was found this pass (indicative, unverified) |
| Local payment methods | No domestic payment rail was verified as a statutory place-of-supply proxy for foreign digital VAT this pass (indicative, unverified) |
| Seller located in this place | Resident sellers in Aruba follow ordinary local VAT/income rules when carrying on business; no digital-specific foreign-seller C2C warning threshold was verified (indicative, unverified) |
Official sources
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Last verified: 2026-11-03.
FAQ
- Is this tax advice?
- No. This page summarises region-verify notes for foreign digital sellers. It is not tax or legal advice