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Tax Registration in Bahrain

VAT registration with the National Bureau for Revenue. Bahrain levies no general corporate income tax (0% for every sector except oil, gas and hydrocarbon extraction and refining, taxed at 46%) and no personal income tax, so for an ordinary company the only revenue registration is VAT. Registration is mandatory once annual taxable supplies exceed BHD 37,500, and voluntary from BHD 18,750; a non-resident making taxable supplies to non-registered persons in Bahrain must register from its first supply, with no threshold. The standard VAT rate has been 10% since 1 January 2022.

Filing authority
National Bureau for Revenue (NBR)
Typical turnaround

3–10 business days

BHBilled in

BHD

What we will need from you

Upload these once. They are stored encrypted and reused across every service you buy from us.

  • Commercial Registration (CR) certificate and activity details

  • Evidence of actual or expected annual taxable supplies against the BHD 37,500 mandatory / BHD 18,750 voluntary thresholds

  • Details and identification of the general manager / authorised signatory

  • Bahraini bank account details

Cost breakdown

Our fee and the government’s are always separate lines. Government fees are passed through at exactly what the authority charges — we add nothing to them.

VAT registration feeConfirmed before payment
Comriq professional feeFixed fee within 1 business day

How it runs

You will see these exact stages update in your client portal as we progress.

  1. Threshold Assessment

    Confirm whether registration is mandatory (taxable supplies over BHD 37,500), voluntary (over BHD 18,750), or immediate because you are a non-resident supplying non-registered persons in Bahrain.

  2. Application Filed

    VAT registration application submitted to the NBR with the CR and supporting details.

  3. VAT Account Live

    NBR issues the VAT registration certificate and NBR portal access, from which returns are filed.

Indicative guidance — confirmed before payment

Requirements and statutory fees are set by National Bureau for Revenue (NBR) and change without notice. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice. Your engagement letter and quote are the binding documents.