Source-cited draft: corporate income tax for Bahrain (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
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| Corporate taxation: hydrocarbons and the DMTT | Bahrain has no general corporate income tax. Only two regimes impose direct tax on business profits: a 46% tax on oil, gas and hydrocarbon companies, and (from 2025) a 15% Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax (DMTT) on Bahraini constituent entities of very large multinational groups. There is no withholding tax on dividends, interest or royalties. | |
| General corporate income tax rate | 0% - no general corporate income tax appliesPwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Bahrain Corporate | |
| Tax rate on oil/gas (hydrocarbon) companies | 46% of net profits from the extraction or refinement of hydrocarbons (fossil fuels)Amiri Decree No. 22 of 1979 | |
| Hydrocarbon tax base | Net profits derived from the sale of crude oil, refined products and natural gas attributable to operations in BahrainAmiri Decree No. 22 of 1979 | |
| DMTT minimum effective rate | 15% effective rate on adjusted financial (GloBE) income of in-scope constituent entitiesDomestic Minimum Top-up Tax Law (Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024) | |
| DMTT revenue threshold (scope) | MNE groups with consolidated annual revenue of at least EUR 750 million in at least two of the four preceding fiscal yearsDomestic Minimum Top-up Tax Law (Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024) |
Bahrain has no general corporate income tax. Only two regimes impose direct tax on business profits: a 46% tax on oil, gas and hydrocarbon companies, and (from 2025) a 15% Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax (DMTT) on Bahraini constituent entities of very large multinational groups. There is no withholding tax on dividends, interest or royalties.
Other Bahrain computations in the OpenAccountants library.
| Purely domestic businesses | DMTT does not apply to local businesses with no operations outside BahrainDomestic Minimum Top-up Tax Law (Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024) |
| DMTT de minimis exclusion | De minimis exclusion broadly available where average GloBE revenue is under EUR 10 million (and qualifying income below the GloBE threshold)Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax Law (Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024) |
| DMTT transitional safe harbours | Permanent and transitional CbCR safe harbours and a five-year exclusion for newly internationalised groups are availableDomestic Minimum Top-up Tax Law (Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024) |
| Withholding tax on dividends | 0% - no withholding tax on dividendsPwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Bahrain Corporate (Withholding taxes) |
| Withholding tax on interest and royalties | 0% - no withholding tax on interest or royaltiesPwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Bahrain Corporate (Withholding taxes) |
| DMTT registration | In-scope constituent entities must register with the NBRDomestic Minimum Top-up Tax Law (Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024) |
| DMTT payment for 2025 | Payable in instalments, including advance payments during the 2025 fiscal yearDomestic Minimum Top-up Tax Law (Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024) |
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