The Assistant Undersecretary for Development and Policy of Public Revenues at the Ministry of Finance and National Economy, Rana Ebrahim Faqihi, highlighted that the 5% Value Added Tax (VAT) will not be applied on 94 basic foodstuffs in addition to essential sectors such as education, health, real estate, oil and gas among other important sectors.

Bahrain’s National Bureau for Taxation, the entity responsible for tax administration and collection according to Law and regulations, launched a new website (www.nbt.gov.bh). The website provides more information to taxpayers and collectors on the Kingdom’s newly introduced VAT and its registration process. Bahrain’s VAT Law will be implemented starting Jan 1st 2019, in line with the unified VAT agreement approved by the Gulf Cooperation Council at the Riyadh Summit in 2015.