Qatar

Qatar - Mixed (Civil and Sharia)
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Qatar taxes

If you want to incorporate in Qatar, this article will educate you on the tax laws for a LLC which is the most common company type in Qatar.

Qatar imposes corporate tax on income derived within the territory. This means that income earned outside Qatar, from our research, and this is not personal tax advice, is not subject to taxation. Taxes are very reasonable in Qatar because the headline corporation tax rate is 10%, except for income from oil and gas operations, which is taxed at a 35% rate. Qatar ranks 34th when compared to CIT globally.

There is no value-added tax in Qatar, which ranks the country as 1st overall with regards to value added tax rate worldwide. In terms of other taxation, an employer will contribute 10% to the equivalent of a social security fund and an employee will contribute 5%. The overall complexity of the tax system is low. This is measured by average time to comply with a country's labor tax requirements is as it is 36hours. Contributing to this is the number of yearly labor tax payments, which is 11 in QA.

Thin capitalization restrictions are not in effect. Thin capitalisation refers to any sort of laws on a business and the debt-to-asset ratios.
Dividends received by a Qatar entity are not taxable. Dividends received from a foreign entity are deemed to be foreign-source income and therefore not taxable. A dividend is a distribution of a company earnings, passed by the board of directors, to shareholders.Dividends can be either shares of stock, cash payments, or other property. Capital Gains from transactions within the country are included in corporate tax base. A capital gains tax is levied on the profits that a corporation or natural person realizes when they sell sells a capital asset for a price that is higher than the purchase price.

Qatar does not levy withholding tax on payments on dividends to non- residents. Interest and royalties remitted abroad are subject to a withholding tax of 7% and 5%, respectively. Unless rates are reduced under a tax treaty.
There is no known tax on wealth in Qatar. There are no known inheritance, real property and transfer taxes in Qatar. There are commonly used credits for innovation and foreign investment that include tax incentives in this country.

The above is not tax or legal advice for your company particular tax obligations. Incorporations.io can help you to find a lawyer in Qatar who can advise you. Ready to get started? Click the free consultation button above.

It takes approximately 5 hours to file and prepare documents for a Qatar Mixed (Civil and Sharia).
The corporate tax is approximately 10% which is 35 in the world.

Owners of a company in Qatar are not allowed to carry back a loss and may be allowed to carry forward a loss for 3 years.

The vat rate in Qatar is 0% which ranks 1 in the world.

Patent box
RND credit
Wealth tax
Estate tax
Transfer taxes
Asset taxes
Capital duties
77Tax treaties
0%Offshore Tax
10%Corp rate
-Loss carryback years
5Corporate time
0%VAT rate
10%Capital gains
2018AEOI planned

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Qatar

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Qatar Tax Treaties

CountryTypeDate signed
Vietnam
DTC 2009-05-08
Hungary
DTC 2012-01-18
Turkey
DTC 2001-12-25
Cayman Islands
TIEA2012-10-26
Monaco
DTC 2009-09-17
Panama
DTC 2010-09-23
Austria
DTC 2010-12-30
Croatia
DTC 2008-06-24
Greenland
TIEA2013-09-06
South Korea
DTC 2007-03-27
Norway
DTC 2009-06-29
Sri Lanka
DTC 2004-11-07
Netherlands
DTC 2008-04-24
Gambia
DTC 2014-11-18
Singapore
DTC 2006-11-28
Mexico
DTC 2012-05-14
Pakistan
DTC 1999-06-04
Portugal
DTC 2011-12-12
Jordan
DTC 2004-01-12
France
DTC 1990-12-04
Tunisia
DTC 1997-03-08
Japan DTC 2015-02-20
San Marino
DTC 2013-03-17
India
DTC 1999-04-07
Macedonia
DTC 2008-01-28
Mauritius
DTC 2008-07-28
Cyprus
DTC 2008-11-11
Italy
DTC 2002-10-15
Denmark
TIEA2013-09-06
Russia
DTC 1998-04-20
Ireland
DTC 2012-06-12
Barbados
DTC 2012-12-06
Philippines
DTC 2008-12-14
Syria
DTC 2003-10-23
Bulgaria
DTC 2010-03-22
Poland
DTC 2008-11-18
Faroe Islands
TIEA2013-09-06
Belgium
DTC 2007-11-06
Senegal
DTC 1998-06-10
South Africa
DTC 2015-03-06
Bermuda
DTC 2012-05-10
Luxembourg
DTC 2009-07-03
Lebanon
DTC 2005-01-23
United Kingdom
DTC 2009-06-25
Belarus
DTC 2007-04-03
Azerbaijan
DTC 2007-08-28
Finland
TIEA2013-09-06
Seychelles
DTC 2006-07-01
Iceland
TIEA2013-09-06
Bosnia and Herzegovina
DTC 2010-07-21
Guernsey
DTC 2013-02-22
Hong Kong
DTC 2013-05-13
China
DTC 2001-04-02
Kyrgyzstan
DTC 2014-06-01
Morocco
DTC 2006-03-17
Kazakhstan
DTC 2014-01-19
Slovenia
DTC 2010-01-10
Latvia
DTC 2014-09-06
Sweden
TIEA2013-09-06
Greece
DTC 2008-10-26
Armenia
DTC 2002-04-22
Switzerland
DTC 2009-09-24
Malta
DTC 2009-08-26
Nepal
DTC 2007-10-15
Ecuador
DTC 2014-10-22
Cuba
DTC 2006-11-07
Yemen
DTC 2000-08-07
Serbia
DTC 2009-10-02
Malaysia
DTC 2008-07-03
Georgia
DTC 2010-12-20
Albania
DTC 2011-10-18
Indonesia
DTC 2006-04-30
Isle of Man
DTC 2012-05-06
Mauritania
DTC 2003-12-25
Romania
DTC 1999-10-04
Venezuela
DTC 2006-07-28
Jersey
DTC 2012-03-20

Country Info

National Flag of
دولة قطر (ara)
Currency
QAR
Area Code
+974
Capital
Doha
Region
Western Asia
Native Languages
Arabic