Tax in Cabo Verde: VAT, company tax
15%
Cabo Verde charges 15% Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado on most goods and services. The rate is verified against Ministério das Finanças de Cabo Verde on 6 October 2026; the headline company tax rate is 20% (OECD Corporate Tax Statistics).
Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado in Cabo Verde
Value-added: Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado is charged on sales and reclaimed on purchases, so only the added value is taxed.
- Standard rate
- 15%
- Local name
- Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado — Value Added Tax
- Type
- VAT
- Reduced rates
- 8%
- Filing
- Quarterly / Monthly / Annual
- Authority
- Ministério das Finanças de Cabo Verde
- Current rate since
- 1 January 2004
Company tax in Cabo Verde
The headline corporate income tax rate is 20%. In effect since 1 January 2026.
Indicative only: confirm with Cabo Verde's national tax authority. OECD 2026: central statutory CIT 20%, combined (central+sub-central) 20.4%; sub-central CIT 0.4%
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- “What is the Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado rate in Cabo Verde, and what is the source?”
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Questions about tax in Cabo Verde
- What is the Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado rate in Cabo Verde?
- The standard Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado (Value Added Tax) rate in Cabo Verde is 15%, verified against Ministério das Finanças de Cabo Verde on 6 October 2026. A reduced rate of 8% applies to some categories. Value-added: Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado is charged on sales and reclaimed on purchases, so only the added value is taxed.
- What is the company tax rate in Cabo Verde?
- The headline corporate income tax rate in Cabo Verde is 20%, as published by OECD Corporate Tax Statistics (checked 6 October 2026, verification pending). Indicative only: confirm with Cabo Verde's national tax authority. OECD 2026: central statutory CIT 20%, combined (central+sub-central) 20.4%; sub-central CIT 0.4%
- Can an AI assistant look up tax rates for Cabo Verde?
- Yes. The free Tax MCP at https://taxmcp.ai2fin.com gives Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP-compatible agent the same sourced figures as this page: the Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado rate, the company tax rate and a side-by-side comparison with other countries, each answer citing the authority and the date it was checked. Add the endpoint as a custom connector; there is no login or API key.
- How current is the Cabo Verde tax information on this page?
- Every figure on this page carries the date it was last checked against its source; the most recent check is 6 October 2026. The consumption-tax rate comes from a maintained rate ledger cross-checked against Ministério das Finanças de Cabo Verde, and each income, company and capital-gains figure has its own source and date. A figure that has not yet been verified against a linked official source says so instead of claiming a tick. General information computed from published government rates, not tax advice. Check the linked authority or a registered adviser before relying on a figure.
Sources
Last checked 6 October 2026. General information computed from published government rates, not tax advice. Check the linked authority or a registered adviser before relying on a figure.
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