Jordan public holidays 2026, GST rate and tax data
Jordan: GST rate 16% since 1 Jan 2010; 16 public holidays in 2026 (next: Christmas Day, 25 Dec 2026); corporate tax rate 20%; minimum wage 290 JOD per month; policy interest rate 6%; inflation rate (CPI) 115.63 index points.
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{ "country": "JO", "series": "vat", "value": 16, "unit": "percent", "effective_from": "2010-01-01", "last_confirmed": "2026-07-24", "source": { "name": "Income and Sales Tax Department (ISTD), 'The General Sales Tax Law No…", "url": "https://www.istd.gov.jo/ebv4.0/root_storage/en/eb_list_page/general_sales_tax_law_and_its_amendments_2023-1.pdf" } }
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Jordan public holidays 2026
16 days in 2026; next: Christmas Day on 25 Dec 2026. Official source: Prime Ministerial official circulars issued by Prime Minister Dr Jafar Hassan and carried… · last verified 24 Jul 2026
Fixed by law 2 Confirmed 11 Estimated 2 Substitute 1
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2026 Thu | New Year's Day - public-sector closure announced with the Christmas 2025 circular |
Fixed by law | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 16 Jan 2026 Fri | Isra and Mi'raj (27 Rajab 1447) officially commemorated occasion, NOT a work-suspension holiday in Jordan; fell on a Friday (weekend) in 2026 |
Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 20 Mar 2026 Fri | Eid al-Fitr, day 1 (1 Shawwal 1447) start of the announced 20-23 Mar 2026 public-sector holiday (moon-sighting dependent) |
Estimated | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 21 Mar 2026 Sat | Eid al-Fitr, day 2 — announced public-sector holiday | Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 22 Mar 2026 Sun | Eid al-Fitr, day 3 — announced public-sector holiday | Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 23 Mar 2026 Mon | Eid al-Fitr, day 4 last day of the announced holiday; work resumes Tue 24 Mar 2026 |
Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 30 Apr 2026 Thu | Labour Day observed public-sector closure moved to Thursday 30 Apr 2026 because the statutory date, 1 May, fell on a Friday (weekend) |
Substitute | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 25 May 2026 Mon | Independence Day — fixed 25 May Falls on a Monday in this year. |
Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 26 May 2026 Tue | Eid al-Adha, day 1 of the holiday (Day of Arafah, 9 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447) start of the announced 26-30 May 2026 public-sector holiday |
Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 27 May 2026 Wed | Eid al-Adha (10 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447) — announced public-sector holiday | Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 28 May 2026 Thu | Eid al-Adha, second day — announced public-sector holiday | Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 29 May 2026 Fri | Eid al-Adha, third day — announced public-sector holiday | Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 30 May 2026 Sat | Eid al-Adha, fourth day last day of the announced holiday; work resumes Sun 31 May 2026 |
Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 16 Jun 2026 Tue | Islamic (Hijri) New Year, 1 Muharram 1448 public-sector closure announced for Tuesday 16 Jun 2026 |
Confirmed | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 25 Aug 2026 Tue | Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (Mawlid al-Nabi, 12 Rabi al-Awwal 1448) — EXPECTED; no Prime Ministerial circular issued at confirmation, moon-sighting dependent | Estimated | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
| 25 Dec 2026 Fri | Christmas Day recurring official holiday; circular for 2026 not yet issued at confirmation, falls on a Friday |
Fixed by law | Prime Ministerial official circulars… |
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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Rate schedules and breakdowns
Withholding tax rates
0–10% across 4 withholding taxes — no single rate · in force from 2019-01-01 · Official source: Income and Sales Tax Department (ISTD) official commentary on Income Tax Law… · last verified 26 Aug 2026
Rates by payment type
| key | label | rate | applies to | effective from | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dividends | Dividends | 0 | dividends paid by Jordan-incorporated resident companies to non-resident (and resident) companies | 2019-01-01 | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Jordan… |
| Jordan levies NO dividend withholding tax: distributed profits are exempt under the domestic Income Tax Law. Dividends are paid gross. | |||||
| interest | Interest and deposit profits paid by banks and financial companies | 7 | interest, deposit profits and commissions paid by banks and financial companies in Jordan to legal persons (5% where the recipient is a natural person); FINAL tax for non-residents | 2019-01-01 | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Jordan… |
| The 7% headline is the legal-person rate; individuals bear 5%. Both are FINAL for non-residents. Interbank payments and payments to entities specified in executive instructions are exempt. Interest paid by non-bank payers to non-residents falls instead under the general 10%… | |||||
| royalties | Royalties (within the 10% non-resident withholding) | 10 | royalties and similar Jordanian-source income paid to non-residents; final tax | 2019-01-01 | Income Tax Law No. 34 of 2014 as… |
| Royalties are not a separately named head with their own rate: they fall within the general 10% final withholding on payments of Jordanian-source income to non-residents. | |||||
| non-resident-services | Imported services from non-residents | 10 | any imported services provided by a non-resident legal entity; final tax, plus national contribution tax at a sector-dependent rate | 2019-01-01 | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Jordan… |
| The effective deduction exceeds 10% because the payer must also account for national contribution tax (rate varies by the payer's industry, 1%-7% under the 2018 amendment). The 10% is a final tax on the non-resident. | |||||
Personal income tax brackets (natural persons)
5–30% across 6 bands · in force from 2019-01-01 · Official source: Income and Sales Tax Department, official English text of 'Law No. (34) of 2014… · last verified 24 Jul 2026
| min | max | rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5000 | 5 |
| 5000 | 10000 | 10 |
| 10000 | 15000 | 15 |
| 15000 | 20000 | 20 |
| 20000 | 1000000 | 25 |
| 1000000 | — | 30 |
Statutory social-insurance contributions
0.75–17.5% across 5 contribution branches · in force from 2026-01-01 · Official source: Social Security Corporation (المؤسسة العامة للضمان الاجتماعي), Jordan · last verified 11 Aug 2026
| key | label | rate total | rate employee | rate employer | unit | base | ceiling monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| old_age_disability_death | Old-Age, Disability and Death Insurance / تأمين الشيخوخة والعجز والوفاة | 17.5 | 6.5 | 11 | percent | The monthly deductible wage: "the cash or in-kind remunerations received by the insured in return for his/her work in accordance with the principles and conditions stipulated in the Bylaws" (Social Security Law No. 1 of 2014, article 2). Under the Insurance Coverage Bylaw article 11(A) the following are EXPRESSLY NOT part of the deductible wage: overtime allowance for hours worked beyond the statutory working hours; annual grants paid by the firm in excess of the agreed wage on a given occasion; cash gratuities and gifts given to the insured by customers, whether directly or through the firm; and representation allowance. Floor: not less than the minimum wage under the applicable labour law. Ceiling: JOD 3,733 per month for 2026. | 3733 |
| The dominant branch — 17.5% of the 21.75% total. The phase-in is COMPLETE: 11% and 6.5% have been the terminal rates since 1 January 2017, so any schedule showing a rising annual step is out of date. Note that a Jordanian contributing VOLUNTARILY pays the whole 17.5% himself… | |||||||
| work_injury | Work Injury Insurance / تأمين إصابات العمل — employer only | 2 | 0 | 2 | percent | Same monthly deductible wage as the other branches, subject to the same minimum-wage floor and the JOD 3,733 monthly ceiling for 2026. | 3733 |
| Employer-only, and NOT risk-rated: a flat 2% for every employer whatever the industry, with no accident-class table and no experience rating. THE 1% DISCOUNT IS GONE. Private-sector firms once paid an effectively reduced 1%; that reduction was suspended from 1 January 2020 by… | |||||||
| maternity | Maternity Insurance / تأمين الأمومة — employer only | 0.75 | 0 | 0.75 | percent | Same monthly deductible wage, subject to the minimum-wage floor and the JOD 3,733 monthly ceiling for 2026. | 3733 |
| Employer-only, payable on EVERY insured employee's wage — men and women alike. It is a pooled 0.75% across the whole payroll, not a charge triggered by employing women, which is precisely the point of the design: it removes the incentive to avoid hiring women of childbearing age… | |||||||
| unemployment | Unemployment Insurance / تأمين التعطل عن العمل | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | percent | Same monthly deductible wage, subject to the minimum-wage floor and the JOD 3,733 monthly ceiling for 2026. | 3733 |
| THE ONLY BRANCH IN THE JORDANIAN SCHEME WHERE THE EMPLOYEE PAYS MORE THAN THE EMPLOYER — 1% against 0.5%. Engines that assume the employer always carries the larger share will invert this line. The contributions credit an individual saving account for the insured rather than a… | |||||||
| hazardous_occupations_supplement | Hazardous occupations supplement / اشتراك المهن الخطرة — additional employer contribution | 1 | 0 | 1 | percent | Same monthly deductible wage as the other branches, subject to the same floor and the JOD 3,733 monthly ceiling for 2026. Payable only in respect of insured persons working in occupations classified as hazardous. | 3733 |
| AN EXTRA POINT ON TOP OF THE 14.25%, NOT PART OF IT. An employer with insured persons in scheduled hazardous occupations pays 15.25% for those employees while the employee still pays 7.5% — a scheme total of 22.75%, not 21.75%. It is employer-borne entirely; nothing extra is… | |||||||
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