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French Polynesia: VAT on digital services
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Not supported by the free-threshold API · Local term: VAT
Last verified: 2026-11-03
Non-established service providers may be subject to Polynesian TVA — confirm current rate/threshold on DICP
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
- unverified
- Evidence of location
- DICP FAQ for non-established service providers — domicile/establishment style; no OECD two-piece list confirmed
- Invoicing
- Indicative only (unverified). unverified
- Filing
- —
- Effective
- Region verify 2026-11-03
- Authority
- DICP FAQ TVA
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)
- —
Documents
—- Official processing time
- — (unverified)
- Official fees
- —
- Portal
- https://www.service-public.pf/dicp/faq-items/je-suis-une-entreprise-de-prestation-de-service-etablie-hors-de-polynesie-francaise-suis-je-soumise-a-la-tva-polynesienne/
- Local bank account
- —
- Filing frequency
- —
- Payment currency
- —
- Input VAT recovery
- —
- Portal language
- —
- Penalties
- —
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 | DICP FAQ for non-established service providers — domicile/establishment style; no OECD two-piece list confirmed (secondary) |
| Non-resident digital tax | Non-established service providers may be subject to Polynesian TVA — confirm current rate/threshold on DICP (secondary) |
| Collect and remit | unverified (indicative, unverified) |
| B2C invoice | unverified (indicative, unverified) |
| Local payment methods | no published rule found (indicative, unverified) |
| Seller located in this place | unverified (indicative, unverified) |
Official sources
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