Accounting in Haiti: standards, taxes and GoSoft

Accounting guide for Haiti: General Tax Directorate (DGI), TCA 10 %, accounting framework, books, e-invoicing, tax returns and how to set up GoSoft.

Key facts#

Accounting framework#

IFRS, with a French-tradition chart of accounts.

Chart of accounts#

French-inspired chart of accounts (Plan Comptable Général).

Financial statements#

In Haiti the four statements are presented with these names (GoSoft uses them in its reports and PDFs):

1. Statement of financial position
2. Income statement
3. Statement of changes in equity
4. Statement of cash flows

Mandatory books and records#

Journal, General Ledger and Inventory and Balance book (or their electronic equivalents), with the supporting documents for every entry.

Periodic tax returns#

Monthly TCA (turnover tax) return and annual income tax.

What you need to know#

• The general TCA is 10 %; official documents are written in French.

Taxes and withholdings in GoSoft#

These are the reference taxes and withholdings GoSoft loads for Haiti. You adjust them in Taxes and withholdings (rate, minimum base and ledger account).

How to set up GoSoft for Haiti#

1. In My company, choose the country Haiti and the currency HTG.

2. When you log in again, GoSoft shows Updating the accounting setup for Haiti: it codes the chart of accounts, loads the country's taxes and checks the settings. It happens only once.

3. In Chart of accounts → Options, review the coding and download the chart as a PDF for your accountant to approve.

4. In Financial reports → Taxes and withholdings, confirm the rates and choose the ledger account for each tax.

5. Record activity (manually or from the modules) and use Tax returns to prepare each period's drafts.

See how tax returns are prepared in GoSoft