Country pack
communityAntigua and Barbuda
Ekwo is free, open source accounting software. Its Antigua & Barbuda pack carries the chart of accounts (Antigua and Barbuda reference chart of accounts, 146 accounts), 2 tax rates in XCD, the periodic return (ABST return (form AB03), 15 boxes), and the financial statements (Statement of financial position, Statement of profit or loss). Last checked on 2026-10-16 against 11 texts of law and official sources.
- Country code
AG- Currency
XCD- Pack version
0.2.0- Last checked
- 2026-10-16
What the pack carries
- Charts of accountsWhat a company installs, and who each chart is published for.
default(default) — 146 accounts, for companies
- TaxesHow many the pack carries, at which distinct rates, and which treatments it can express.
- 13 taxes at rates of 0, 17
domestic,exempt,export,import,not_subject - Periodic declarationThe form the accounts are read into, the cadences it is filed on, and how many boxes it has.
AG-AB03— 15 boxes, filed month
- When it is dueA rule of the country, not a date. A pack that cannot state its rule states nothing.
- day 15 of the month after the period
- The file it is deposited asThe brick of packages/formats that writes it, where one exists.
- filed by hand on the administration’s portal
- Electronic invoicingThe profile the country imposes, the day it starts, and the text that imposes it.
- no profile — no obligation in law
None of the texts consulted (the Sales Tax Act 2006 and its amendments to 2024, the Tax Administration and Procedure Act 2018, the Department's FAQ and guides) imposes a structured electronic invoice or a clearance system: the FAQ describes an ABST invoice and an ABST receipt as documents with a list of required contents (questions 20 to 24). No Peppol authority or published profile was found, so `profile`, `party_scheme` and `vat_scheme` are null and `obligation` is `none`.
- Where the tax balance landsThe accounts a filed declaration settles to, by role.
- payable
2110 - receivable
1155
- payable
- Bank statementsThe formats this country’s banks send, and whether anything here reads them.
- no format named
- Payment filesThe formats the country’s banks accept for an outgoing payment.
- no format named
- Financial statementsThe schemes the chart reports on, and the taxonomy their keys are written against.
AG-IFRS-SFP— 32 linesAG-IFRS-IS— 10 lines
- Who has read itA pack is reviewed when a named professional has read it against the law, and never before.
communityno named reviewer11 sources cited- Last checked against the lawThe most recent day somebody opened one of the texts the pack was built from.
- 2026-10-16
- Pack versionWhat this pack calls itself, the day it says its transcription is true, and the languages it publishes.
0.2.0— published 2026-10-23en
Free, and operated
Where the open core stops.
The line is operational, not functional. Everything that keeps working on its own is open core; what needs credentials, a certificate or a channel somebody keeps running is the hosted edition.
AG-AB03declarationFree, for everComputed from the ledger, frozen box by box, filed by hand on the administration’s portal, and what it owes is carried to 2110. The deposit number and the administration’s own words come back into your own database.
OperatedTransmission: the credentials, the certificate and a channel somebody keeps running. The return stays yours.
What it was built from
11 sources — the law this pack was read against
- The Antigua and Barbuda Sales Tax Act, 2006 (No. 5 of 2006): ss. 8, 15, 18, 28, 29, 39, 57 and Schedules 1 to 5 (the published copy is an image scan, read by optical character recognition)
Government of Antigua and Barbuda — Laws of Antigua and Barbuda · law · read 2026-10-16
- The Antigua and Barbuda Sales Tax (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 1 of 2024): section 39(1) replaced — the return is due fifteen calendar days after the end of the period, from the period ending 31 March 2024
Government of Antigua and Barbuda — Laws of Antigua and Barbuda · law · read 2026-10-16
- The Antigua and Barbuda Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 32 of 2019): section 8(3)(b), the 14 per cent special rate
Government of Antigua and Barbuda — Laws of Antigua and Barbuda · law · read 2026-10-16
- The Tax Administration and Procedure Act, 2018 (No. 12 of 2018): s. 22 accounts and records, ss. 57, 72 and 77
Government of Antigua and Barbuda — Laws of Antigua and Barbuda · law · read 2026-10-16
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Eastern Caribbean Agreement Act, 2013 (No. 23 of 2013): the Institute prescribes the accounting standards its members adopt
Government of Antigua and Barbuda — Laws of Antigua and Barbuda · law · read 2026-10-16
- Frequently asked questions: ABST (rates, registration at EC$300,000, monthly filing, nil returns, invoices and receipts, penalties). The copy online still states the 15 % rate in force before 1 January 2024
Inland Revenue Department, Antigua and Barbuda · guidance · read 2026-10-16
- Form AB03 — ABST tax remittance form (ABST return), version of 26 July 2022: lines 100 to 600
Inland Revenue Department, Antigua and Barbuda · form · read 2026-10-16
- Antigua and Barbuda Sales Tax — guides, registration and remittance forms
Inland Revenue Department, Antigua and Barbuda · portal · read 2026-10-16
- Antigua and Barbuda: Standard Sales Tax Rate Increase from January 1, 2024 — reports the Inland Revenue Department announcement of 22 December 2023 (the notice itself is on the Department's social media pages and was not opened)
Sovos · guidance · read 2026-10-16
- Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Confirms Sales Tax (ABST) Increase and Other Budget Measures for 2024 — the 2024 Budget Statement of 15 December 2023: rate from 15 % to 17 %, concessionary rates ended
Orbitax · guidance · read 2026-10-16
- ISO 4217 currency code list, list one — ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, East Caribbean Dollar, XCD, 951, two minor units
SIX Group (maintenance agency of ISO 4217) · standard · read 2026-10-16
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