🇧🇭 Bahrain

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ·

Bahrain has implemented statutory country-by-country reporting requirements. The jurisdiction does not enforce controlled foreign company rules or interest limitation rules. Tax revenue accounted for 2.8% of GDP in 2020, based on central government figures only.Auto-generated summary of the verified data below; every fact traces to a source on this page.

2.8%
tax-to-GDP, central govt only (2020, World Bank)
3/11
enforcement powers assessed

Headline statutory rates

As stated in PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries’ territory overview (fetched 2026-08-20) — the wording is PwC’s; source.

TaxHeadline rate as stated
Headline PIT rateNA
Headline CIT rate46 for oil corp.'s; 0 for other corp.'s; Note that 15% DMTT may apply.
Standard VAT rate10
Headline individual capital gains tax rateNA
Headline corporate capital gains tax rateNA
WHT rates (%) (Dividends/Interest/Royalties)NA
Headline net wealth/worth tax rateNA
Headline inheritance tax rateNA
Headline gift tax rateNA NA stands for Not Applicable (i.e. the territory does not have the indicated tax or requirement) NP stands for Not Provided (i.e. the information is not currently provided in this chart)

Enforcement powers

Controlled foreign company (CFC) rules  No — power absent

Recorded in the OECD Corporate Tax Statistics anti-avoidance rules dataset (2026).

OECD Corporate Tax Statistics: "Is there a controlled foreign company rule in place? · Not applicable" — No

Source: OECD Corporate Tax StatisticsOECD / IMF survey data · derived from the administration’s own survey answer

Interest limitation rules  No — power absent

Recorded in the OECD Corporate Tax Statistics anti-avoidance rules dataset (2026).

OECD Corporate Tax Statistics: "Is there an interest limitation rule in place? · Not applicable" — No

Source: OECD Corporate Tax StatisticsOECD / IMF survey data · derived from the administration’s own survey answer

Country-by-country reporting  Yes — statutory power

Recorded in the OECD Corporate Tax Statistics anti-avoidance rules dataset (0).

OECD Corporate Tax Statistics: "Is there a country-by-country reporting law in place?" — Yes

Source: OECD Corporate Tax StatisticsOECD / IMF survey data · derived from the administration’s own survey answer

Anti-avoidance regime detail (OECD Corporate Tax Statistics)

OECD-curated descriptions of this jurisdiction’s CFC, interest-limitation, CbCR and IP-regime rules.

CFC rules2 data points
Is there a controlled foreign company rule in place? · Regime 1No
Is there a controlled foreign company rule in place? · Not applicableNo
Interest limitation2 data points
Is there an interest limitation rule in place? · Rule 1No
Is there an interest limitation rule in place? · Not applicableNo
Country-by-country reporting4 data points
Is there a country-by-country reporting law in place?Yes
Deadline by which filings must be submitted12 months
Reports are required for MNEs with annual revenues aboveBHD 342 million
Headquarter jurisidiction filing required from01-Jan-21