Source-cited draft: corporate income tax for Eswatini (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
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| Corporate income tax rates and base | Eswatini levies company tax on income from a source within or deemed within the country. The headline rate was reduced to 25% for year-ends after 31 December 2024. Withholding taxes apply to a range of payments, especially to non-residents. | |
| Standard corporate income tax rate | 25% (for year-ends after 31 December 2024; previously 27.5%)Income Tax Order, 1975 | |
| Corporate tax base | All income derived from sources within or deemed within Eswatini, irrespective of the recipient's residenceIncome Tax Order, 1975 | |
| Development Approval Order incentive rate | A reduced rate (commonly 10%) may apply to approved enterprises granted Development Approval Order statusIncome Tax (Development Approval Order) provisions / Income Tax Order, 1975 | |
| Withholding tax on dividends (non-resident) | 15% (reduced to 12.5% for companies in Botswana/Lesotho/South Africa; 10% under the SA DTA where holding exceeds 25%)Income Tax Order, 1975 | |
| Withholding tax on interest (non-resident) | 10%Income Tax Order, 1975 | |
| Withholding tax on royalties and management fees (non-resident) |
Eswatini levies company tax on income from a source within or deemed within the country. The headline rate was reduced to 25% for year-ends after 31 December 2024. Withholding taxes apply to a range of payments, especially to non-residents.
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| 15% (a 5% refund may be available where a DTA applies, on application)Income Tax Order, 1975 |
| Withholding tax on non-resident contractors/professionals | 15%Income Tax Order, 1975 |
| Withholding tax on entertainers and sportspersons (non-resident) | 15%Income Tax Order, 1975 |
| Corporate return filing deadline | Within 120 days of the 30 June year-end (extensions routinely granted, typically a further 60 days)Income Tax Order, 1975 |
| First provisional tax installment | Due within six months of the company's financial year-endIncome Tax Order, 1975 |
| Second provisional tax installment | Due no later than the last day of the company's financial yearIncome Tax Order, 1975 |
| Tax audit lookback period | Departmental practice is to audit going back four years; there is no statute of limitationsIncome Tax Order, 1975 |
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