In force 💡 FYI Rate change

Maldives — TGST 17 percent

Jurisdiction
🇲🇻 Maldives
Tax
GST
Change type
Rate change
Status
In force
Impact
FYI
Effective
1 July 2025
Instrument
MV-LAW-20-2024
Systems
Tax engine, ERP, POS, Invoicing
Verified
Fetched from official source · high confidence
What to do

Confirm tax-engine and POS configurations apply 17% TGST to Maldives tourism-sector supplies; the rate has applied since 1 July 2025.

Tax engineERPPOSInvoicing

The change

Maldives tourism-sector GST (TGST) rose from 16% to 17% with effect from 1 July 2025, under the Seventh Amendment to the Goods and Services Tax Act (Law No. 10/2011), Act No. 20/2024, ratified on 5 November 2024. The 16% rate, in force since 1 January 2023, applied only through 30 June 2025.

Sources

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