Tax rates

VAT rates in Bilify belong to your country, not to your company. This article shows which rates you get, where you choose them and what to do when none of them fits.

Rates for North Macedonia#

Companies registered in North Macedonia get these rates:

On a document line the rate shows as its percentage (for example 18%). On a product it shows with its name, for example VAT 18% (18%).

Who manages the rates#

The Bilify team maintains the rates for each country. You cannot add, edit or delete rates from your company, and there is no tax rates page in Settings. When a rate changes by law, the Bilify team adds the new rate with the date it takes effect, and the old one stops being offered after its end date.

Each rate has a validity period. Bilify only offers rates that are valid today, and when you issue a document it checks the rate against the document's issue date. A draft that still uses a rate that has ended cannot be issued until you choose a current one. See How VAT is calculated.

Which rates a document type allows#

Each document type lists the rates it accepts. For North Macedonia every active type (offer, pro-forma, advance invoice, invoice and the Article 32 invoice) accepts all four rates above. If a line on a draft uses a rate the type does not allow, issuing stops with Line 1 uses a tax rate that is not allowed for this document type. (with the right line number).

Set a default rate on a product or service#

Saving a default rate on each catalogue item means you rarely pick a rate by hand.

1. Open Products & services and click the item, then Edit (or click New item).
2. In the Pricing card, choose Default tax rate.
3. Click Save.

Every time you pick this item on a document line, its default rate is filled in. You can still change the rate on that one line.

Use a custom percentage on one line#

When none of the offered rates fits:

1. On the document line, open Tax rate and choose Custom.
2. Type the percentage in Custom tax percent, for example 7.5.

The custom percentage is stored on that line only and frozen at issue like any other rate. Lines with the same custom percentage share one row in the tax breakdown.

Companies outside North Macedonia#

Rates follow the country of your company. For example, companies in the United Kingdom get 20%, 5% and 0%. The rest of this article applies the same way.