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Lesotho: VAT on digital services
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Not supported by the free-threshold API · Local term: VAT
Last verified: 2026-11-03
No Revenue Services Lesotho rule requiring non-resident digital suppliers to register was verified; 2026 e-invoicing (Lekuka / LN 25 of 2026) targets domestic VAT vendors
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
- —
n/a — no dedicated foreign ESS regime verified - Window
- No threshold window (from the first sale)
- Standard rate
- 15.0%
Domestic VAT is 15%; not confirmed as a foreign digital ESS regime - Who must register
- —
- Evidence of location
- Indicative only (unverified). OECD default for foreign digital B2C
- Invoicing
- Domestic VAT vendors must use RSL-accredited e-billing (Lekuka); non-residents not brought into that mandate this pass
- Filing
- —
- Effective
- Region verify 2026-11-03
- Authority
- Lesotho
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
- No foreign simplified ESS 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
- —
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 | OECD default for foreign digital B2C (indicative, unverified) |
| Digital regime | No Revenue Services Lesotho rule requiring non-resident digital suppliers to register was verified; 2026 e-invoicing (Lekuka / LN 25 of 2026) targets domestic VAT vendors (secondary) |
| Rate | Domestic VAT is 15%; not confirmed as a foreign digital ESS regime (secondary) |
| Foreign registration threshold | n/a — no dedicated foreign ESS regime verified (secondary) |
| Simplified regime | No foreign simplified ESS regime (secondary) |
| Collect and remit | No marketplace ESS rule (indicative, unverified) |
| B2C invoice | Domestic VAT vendors must use RSL-accredited e-billing (Lekuka); non-residents not brought into that mandate this pass (secondary) |
| Local payment methods | No tie found (indicative, unverified) |
| IP, VPN, or datacenter | No IP/VPN ESS rule (indicative, unverified) |
| Private seller selling to a business | Confirm domestic VAT threshold with RSL (indicative, unverified) |
| Bookkeeping retention | Unverified (indicative, unverified) |
| AML triggers | Unverified (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