Tax Filing & Returns in Qatar
Preparation and electronic filing of the Qatari corporate income tax return through Dhareeba, with audited financial statements attached. The return is due within four months from the end of the company's accounting period and the tax payable is due the same day — 30 April for a calendar-year taxpayer. The charge is 10% under Income Tax Law No. 24 of 2018 on the foreign-owned profit share (the Qatari/GCC-resident-owned share is exempt; 35% applies to petroleum and petrochemical operations under Law No. 3 of 2007). Alongside it: 5% final withholding tax deducted at source on royalties, interest, commissions and fees for services performed wholly or partly in Qatar and paid to non-residents not connected with a Qatari permanent establishment (dividends are exempt from WHT), remitted by the resident payer. There is no VAT return — Qatar has not implemented VAT. Registered excise taxpayers file periodic excise returns (tobacco 100%, energy drinks 100%, alcohol, pork and special-purpose goods 100%, carbonated drinks 50%, under Excise Tax Law No. 25 of 2018 in force since 1 January 2019). All GTA correspondence must be in Arabic.
10–25 business days
QAR
What we will need from you
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Audited financial statements for the accounting period
Audited accounts accompany the corporate tax return and a licensed auditor must be appointed.
Trial balance, ledgers and supporting schedules
Shareholder nationality split for the exempt-profit computation
Records of payments to non-residents and withholding-tax deductions
Where royalties, interest, commissions or service fees were paid to non-residents without a Qatari permanent establishment.
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.
| Corporate income tax return filing (Dhareeba)No filing fee was confirmed from a readable authority page, so this is unpriced rather than asserted as free; tax due is separate. DEADLINE, on the GTA-based PwC tax-administration summary: the return is due within four months from the end of the accounting period and the tax payable is due the same day (30 April for a calendar-year taxpayer). Confirm.gov.qa/en/laws and the Dhareeba portal. | Confirmed before payment |
| Withholding tax remittance and returnNo fee; the 5% WHT itself is the payment. | Confirmed before payment |
| VAT returnNOT APPLICABLE — no VAT is in force in Qatar as at 10 September 2026.pwc.com/qatar/corporate/other-taxes). There is no VAT return to file. | Confirmed before payment |
| Comriq professional fee | Fixed fee within 1 business day |
How it runs
You will see these exact stages update in your client portal as we progress.
Records Received
Accounting records, ledgers and the shareholder nationality split collected and reconciled.
Audit Completed
The licensed auditor completes the audited financial statements that must accompany the return.
Return Prepared
The corporate income tax computation is drafted — 10% on the foreign-owned profit share, with the Qatari/GCC share treated as exempt — and any withholding-tax position reconciled.
Your Approval
You review and sign off before submission.
Filed on Dhareeba
Submitted through the GTA's Dhareeba system within four months of the period end, with the tax paid on the same day the return is due; confirmation delivered.
Indicative guidance — confirmed before payment
Requirements and statutory fees are set by General Tax Authority (GTA) — Dhareeba and change without notice. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice. Your engagement letter and quote are the binding documents.