Namibia · Compliance calendar
What Namibia companies owe, and when.
Every recurring obligation for registered companies, with the instrument it comes from and what happens if it is missed.
? Date depends on you
Late payment penalties on the annual duty, escalating to deregistration.
Annual return and annual duty
Check whether yours is filedWhich of these apply to you?
Nothing is stored, and nothing is sent until a question is answered — leave one blank and you see every possibility, which for VAT means both filing categories with their different dates.
12 dated obligations shown · every possibility, because at least one question is unanswered · 3 more need your incorporation month or year end
Oct 20, 2026 Tue · 7 days
Withholding tax return
Businesses paying royalties, non-residents or for services · NAMRA
Income Tax Act 24 of 1981 s35(2), s35A(8)
Oct 20, 2026 Tue · 7 days
Penalty and interest on late remittance of employee tax.Oct 25, 2026 Sun · 12 days
VAT return Category A (two-monthly)
VAT-registered businesses · NAMRA
Value Added Tax Act 10 of 2000, s23(2)(b), s24(1), s30(1)(a)
Oct 30, 2026 Fri · 17 days
Social Security Commission contributions
All employers · SSC
Social Security Act 34 of 1994; Regulations (GN 198 of 1995) reg 5(2)
Nov 20, 2026 Fri · 38 days
Withholding tax return
Businesses paying royalties, non-residents or for services · NAMRA
Income Tax Act 24 of 1981 s35(2), s35A(8)
Nov 20, 2026 Fri · 38 days
Penalty and interest on late remittance of employee tax.Nov 25, 2026 Wed · 43 days
VAT return Category B (two-monthly)
VAT-registered businesses · NAMRA
Value Added Tax Act 10 of 2000, s23(2)(b), s24(1), s30(1)(a)
Nov 30, 2026 Mon · 48 days
Social Security Commission contributions
All employers · SSC
Social Security Act 34 of 1994; Regulations (GN 198 of 1995) reg 5(2)
Dec 21, 2026 Mon · 69 days
Withholding tax return
Businesses paying royalties, non-residents or for services · NAMRA
Income Tax Act 24 of 1981 s35(2), s35A(8)
Dec 21, 2026 Mon · 69 days
Penalty and interest on late remittance of employee tax.Dec 25, 2026 Fri · 73 days
VAT return Category A (two-monthly)
VAT-registered businesses · NAMRA
Value Added Tax Act 10 of 2000, s23(2)(b), s24(1), s30(1)(a)
Dec 30, 2026 Wed · 78 days
Social Security Commission contributions
All employers · SSC
Social Security Act 34 of 1994; Regulations (GN 198 of 1995) reg 5(2)
3 that depend on your company
These have no fixed date — they follow your incorporation month, your financial year end, or a change you make.
Your financial year end
Company income tax return
NAMRA · Falls due a set number of months after YOUR financial year end, so the date depends on when your year closes.
Your financial year end
Annual return and annual duty
BIPA · Falls due one month after YOUR financial year end, so the date depends on when your year closes.
Your financial year end
Provisional tax
NAMRA · Falls due at the end of the 6th and 12th months of YOUR financial year, so the dates depend on when your year starts.
All rules verified Oct 03, 2026
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