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Accounting and tax for consultants · 16 min · Nigeria 2026 + OdooTaxes in practice: VAT, WHT and fiscal positions
How taxes are modelled in Odoo, Nigeria's VAT and withholding tax, e-invoicing direction, and fiscal positions for exemptions and foreign customers.
In this lesson
- How Odoo models a tax
- Nigeria: VAT, WHT, NRS and e-invoicing
- Fiscal positions
Key points
- account.tax: scope, computation, price-included, repartition lines, tax grids
- Nigeria VAT 7.5%; NTA 2025 in force from 1 Jan 2026; NRS replaced FIRS
- WHT: deducted at source, own liability account; confirm rates
- Fiscal positions swap taxes and accounts by partner automatically
Real-world example
An Abuja consultancy's invoices to a UK client carried 7.5% VAT, which the client refused to pay. A fiscal position for foreign customers mapping VAT 7.5% to the zero-rated export tax (as advised by the client's accountant) fixed new invoices; the consultant issued credit notes for the old ones and retrained the sales team on the partner's fiscal position field.
Questions and answers
What is the VAT on a ₦40,000 taxable supply at 7.5%?
₦3,000.
Where do tax amounts go when an invoice is posted?
To the accounts on the tax's repartition lines (invoice lines for invoices, refund lines for credit notes).