Bahrain public holidays 2026, VAT rate and tax data
Bahrain: VAT rate 10% since 1 Jan 2022; 8 public holidays in 2026 (next: National Day, 16 Dec 2026); policy interest rate 4.75%; inflation rate (CPI) 104.9 index points.
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{ "country": "BH", "series": "vat", "value": 10, "unit": "percent", "effective_from": "2022-01-01", "last_confirmed": "2026-07-24", "source": { "name": "National Bureau for Revenue (NBR)", "url": "https://www.nbr.gov.bh/vat_faqs" } }
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Bahrain public holidays 2026
8 days in 2026; next: National Day on 16 Dec 2026. Official source: Central Bank of Bahrain · last verified 24 Jul 2026
Fixed by law 2 Confirmed 1 Estimated 5
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2026 Thu | New Year's Day | Fixed by law | Central Bank of Bahrain |
| 20 Mar 2026 Fri | Eid Al Fitr 1447 20-22 March 2026 (Hijri, moon-sighting dependent) |
Estimated | Central Bank of Bahrain |
| 1 May 2026 Fri | Labour Day | Fixed by law | Central Bank of Bahrain |
| 27 May 2026 Wed | Eid Al Adha 1447 27-29 May 2026 (Hijri, moon-sighting dependent) |
Estimated | Central Bank of Bahrain |
| 16 Jun 2026 Tue | Al Hijra (Islamic) New Year 1448 (Hijri, moon-sighting dependent) | Estimated | Central Bank of Bahrain |
| 24 Jun 2026 Wed | Ashoora 1448 24-25 June 2026, the 9th and 10th of Muharram (Hijri, moon-sighting dependent) |
Estimated | Central Bank of Bahrain |
| 25 Aug 2026 Tue | Prophet's Birthday 1448 (Hijri, moon-sighting dependent) | Estimated | Central Bank of Bahrain |
| 16 Dec 2026 Wed | National Day 16-17 December 2026 |
Confirmed | Central Bank of Bahrain |
Status is read from the record: fixed by law follows from a standing rule (a fixed date or the Easter computus); confirmed is dated in the cited official calendar and not flagged provisional; estimated is provisional or moon-sighting dependent; substitute stands in for a statutory day that fell on a weekend or was moved. Hover a status for the reason.
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Withholding tax rates
0% across 3 withholding taxes — no single rate · in force from — · Official source: PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Bahrain (reviewed 26 July 2026): 'There are no… · last verified 10 Aug 2026 secondary
Rates by payment type
| key | label | rate | applies to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dividends | Dividends | 0 | dividends paid by Bahraini companies to non-residents | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Bahrain… |
| No withholding tax exists; dividends are paid gross. The 2025 DMTT (Decree-Law 11/2024) taxes large multinationals' Bahraini profits by assessment and did not introduce any dividend withholding. | ||||
| interest | Interest | 0 | interest paid from Bahrain to non-residents | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Bahrain… |
| No withholding tax exists; interest is paid gross. | ||||
| royalties | Royalties | 0 | royalties paid from Bahrain to non-residents | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Bahrain… |
| No withholding tax exists; royalties are paid gross. | ||||
Statutory social-insurance contributions
1–21% across 6 contribution branches · in force from 2026-01-01 · Official source: Social Insurance Organization (SIO), Kingdom of Bahrain · last verified 11 Aug 2026 secondary
| key | label | rate total | rate employee | rate employer | unit | base | currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| old_age_disability_death_bahraini | التأمين ضد الشيخوخة والعجز والوفاة — للبحرينيين فقط / Insurance against old age, disability and death — BAHRAINI NATIONALS ONLY | 21 | 7 | 14 | percent | The insured person's monthly wage. APPLIES ONLY TO BAHRAINI NATIONALS — an expatriate private-sector employee is not in this branch at all and neither the employee nor the employer pays anything under it. GCC nationals working in Bahrain are covered instead under the Unified Regulation for extending insurance protection to GCC nationals working outside their own State (approved by Law No. 68 of 2006), which routes their contributions to their home scheme. | BHD |
| THE 11% IN THE LAW IS THE BASE FIGURE, NOT THE CURRENT ONE. The employer's share is rising by a point a year and is 14% in this branch for 2026. THE EMPLOYEE'S 7% HAS NOT MOVED and is not scheduled to: the entire increase falls on the employer. Read the employer figure together… | |||||||
| employment_injury | التأمين ضد إصابات العمل / Insurance against employment injuries — employer only, and it DOES cover expatriates | 3 | 0 | 3 | percent | The monthly wages of the employer's workers. Applies to Bahraini AND non-Bahraini private-sector employees alike — this is the branch that brings an expatriate worker inside the Social Insurance Law at all. | BHD |
| THE ONLY CONTRIBUTORY BRANCH THAT REACHES EXPATRIATES IN FULL, AND THE HINGE OF THE WHOLE BAHRAINI SYSTEM. Because a non-Bahraini worker is "covered by the provisions of the insurance against Employment Injuries Branch", that coverage is what defines who falls inside the… | |||||||
| unemployment_bahraini | التأمين ضد التعطل — للبحرينيين / Insurance against unemployment — Bahraini nationals | 2 | 1 | 1 | percent | The insured person's monthly wage. A third 1% is paid by the Government on top of the two shares shown, so the branch is funded at 3% in total but only 2 points fall on the payroll. | BHD |
| THE ONLY MATCHED BRANCH IN THE BAHRAINI SCHEME — 1% each side — and the only one with a third statutory payer. Bahrain was the first Gulf state to run a genuine contributory unemployment insurance. Note that the employee's 1% reaches expatriates while the employer's 1% does not… | |||||||
| unemployment_non_bahraini | التأمين ضد التعطل — لغير البحرينيين / Insurance against unemployment — expatriate employees, employee share only | 1 | 1 | 0 | percent | The expatriate employee's monthly wage. The employer's 1% and the Government's 1% do not apply in respect of a non-Bahraini employee. | BHD |
| SERVED SEPARATELY BECAUSE THE EXPATRIATE'S POSITION IS NOT THE BAHRAINI'S. An expatriate private-sector employee in Bahrain has exactly ONE payslip deduction — this 1% — and it is the whole of what leaves their pay. Their employer pays 3% employment injury plus the… | |||||||
| eosb_non_bahraini_first_three_years | مكافأة نهاية الخدمة لغير البحرينيين — السنوات الثلاث الأولى / End-of-service remuneration for non-Bahrainis, first three years — employer only | 4.2 | 0 | 4.2 | percent | "Wage" as defined in the Regulation: "The amount specified in the contract of employment payable periodically to the worker, in addition to any increases and social allowance, if any." Payable monthly to the Social Insurance Organization for the first three years counted from the date the insured person commenced employment with that employer. | BHD |
| BAHRAIN HAS CONVERTED THE EXPATRIATE END-OF-SERVICE GRATUITY FROM A BALANCE-SHEET ACCRUAL INTO A MONTHLY CASH CONTRIBUTION. Since 1 March 2024 the employer no longer pays a lump sum on termination out of its own funds; it pays SIO every month, and SIO pays the worker at the end… | |||||||
| eosb_non_bahraini_after_three_years | مكافأة نهاية الخدمة لغير البحرينيين — بعد ثلاث سنوات / End-of-service remuneration for non-Bahrainis, fourth year onwards — employer only | 8.4 | 0 | 8.4 | percent | The same contractual wage plus increases and social allowance, for every year of service after the first three, until the end of service. | BHD |
| THE STEP-UP IS BY LENGTH OF SERVICE WITH THAT EMPLOYER, NOT BY CALENDAR DATE, AND ARTICLE 13 BACKDATES IT. An expatriate who already had more than three years' service with the employer on 1 March 2024 went straight onto 8.4% — there was no fresh three-year clock. A payroll… | |||||||
Tax filing deadlines
3 deadline rules · in force from — · Official source: 3 rules, each cited to its own official source; series-level citation is the… · last verified 28 Oct 2026
| key | tax | obligation | label | frequency | applies to | confidence | last confirmed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vat-return-monthly | vat | return | VAT return — monthly periods | monthly | VAT registrants assigned monthly periods (large taxpayers). | primary | 2026-10-28 | When to file |
| Anchor (Arabic page text): VAT-registered persons must file VAT returns by the last day of the month following the end of the VAT period. Payment timing is not stated in the anchor (see gaps). Calendar-aligned periods are the default; NBR may assign staggered periods. | ||||||||
| vat-return-quarterly | vat | return | VAT return — quarterly periods | quarterly | VAT registrants assigned quarterly periods. | primary | 2026-10-28 | When to file |
| Anchor (Arabic page text): VAT-registered persons must file VAT returns by the last day of the month following the end of the VAT period. Payment timing is not stated in the anchor (see gaps). Calendar-aligned periods are the default; NBR may assign staggered periods. | ||||||||
| vat-return-annual | vat | return | VAT return — annual periods | annual | VAT registrants assigned an annual period, if any. | primary | 2026-10-28 | When to file |
| Anchor (Arabic page text): VAT-registered persons must file VAT returns by the last day of the month following the end of the VAT period. Payment timing is not stated in the anchor (see gaps). Calendar-aligned periods are the default; NBR may assign staggered periods. | ||||||||
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