Oman public holidays 2026, VAT rate and tax data
Oman: VAT rate 5% since 16 Apr 2021; 7 public holidays in 2026 (next: National Day, 25 Nov 2026); corporate tax rate 15%; policy interest rate 4.5%; inflation rate (CPI) 3.2%.
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{ "country": "OM", "series": "vat", "value": 5, "unit": "percent", "effective_from": "2021-04-16", "last_confirmed": "2026-10-05", "source": { "name": "Oman Tax Authority", "url": "https://tms.taxoman.gov.om/portal/vat-faqs" } }
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Oman public holidays 2026
7 days in 2026; next: National Day on 25 Nov 2026. Official source: Ministry of Labour / Council of Ministers · last verified 24 Jul 2026
Estimated 2 Substitute 5
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jan 2026 Thu | Accession Day - the day His Majesty the Sultan assumed power observed Thursday 15 January 2026 |
Substitute | Ministry of Labour / Council of… |
| 18 Jan 2026 Sun | Al Isra' wal Mi'raj 27 Rajab 1447; observed Sunday 18 January 2026 |
Substitute | Ministry of Labour / Council of… |
| 19 Mar 2026 Thu | Eid al-Fitr holiday Thu 19 Mar to Mon 23 Mar 2026 (29 Ramadan 1447 onward), work resumes Tue 24 Mar; moon-sighting dependent |
Estimated | Ministry of Labour / Council of… |
| 26 May 2026 Tue | Eid al-Adha holiday Tue 26 May to Sat 30 May 2026 (9 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447 onward), work resumes Sun 31 May; moon-sighting dependent |
Estimated | Ministry of Labour / Council of… |
| 18 Jun 2026 Thu | Hijri (Islamic) New Year 1 Muharram 1448, observed Thursday 18 June 2026 |
Substitute | Ministry of Labour / Council of… |
| 27 Aug 2026 Thu | Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad 12 Rabi' al-Awwal 1448, observed Thursday 27 August 2026 |
Substitute | Ministry of Labour / Council of… |
| 25 Nov 2026 Wed | National Day statutory date 20-21 November, observed on these dates for 2026; two-day holiday Wed 25 and Thu 26 November 2026 |
Substitute | Ministry of Labour / Council of… |
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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Minimum wage for Omani nationals in the private sector
5 figures held on this page · in force from 2013-07-01 · Official source: Ministerial Order (Decision) No. 222 of 2013 fixing the Minimum Wage for Omani… · last verified 24 Jul 2026
| scope | Omani nationals in the private sector only |
|---|---|
| basic wage | 225 |
| allowances | 100 |
| total monthly minimum | 325 |
| expatriate workers |
Withholding tax rates
0–10% across 5 withholding taxes — no single rate · in force from 2023-01-11 · Official source: Oman Tax Authority, Tax Portal, "Withholding Tax": tax is imposed on income… · last verified 14 Aug 2026 secondary
Rates by payment type
| key | label | rate | applies to | effective from | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dividends | Dividends (statutory 10%, suspended - nothing levied) | 0 | dividends distributed by Omani companies to foreign persons without an Omani permanent establishment | 2023-01-11 | Royal Directive of 11 January 2023… |
| Rate 0 reflects what is LEVIED, not what the statute says: the 10% head introduced by RD 9/2017 remains in the law but has collected nothing since 6 May 2019 and was suspended without sunset by the January 2023 Royal Directive. Were the suspension ever lifted, the statutory 10%… | |||||
| interest | Interest (statutory 10%, suspended - nothing levied) | 0 | interest paid to foreign persons without an Omani permanent establishment | 2023-01-11 | Royal Directive of 11 January 2023, as… |
| Same footing as dividends: suspended since 6 May 2019, made sunset-free in January 2023. Interest is paid gross in practice. | |||||
| royalties | Royalties | 10 | royalties paid to foreign persons without an Omani permanent establishment, including consideration for research and development and for the use of or right to use computer software | — | Oman Tax Authority, Tax Portal… |
| Fully in force - the suspensions do NOT extend to royalties. 10% of the gross amount, withheld by the Omani payer. Lease of ships, aircraft and aircraft engines was carved out of this head by suspension effective 29 December 2022. | |||||
| management-fees | Management fees | 10 | management fees paid to foreign persons without an Omani permanent establishment | — | Oman Tax Authority, Tax Portal… |
| service-fees | Fees for the provision of services | 10 | consideration for the provision of services paid to foreign persons without an Omani permanent establishment, subject to the exclusions defined in the Executive Regulations and OTA guidance | — | Oman Tax Authority, Tax Portal… |
| This head is IN FORCE (the dividend/interest suspension does not cover it), but its scope is narrowed by defined exclusions in the Executive Regulations and OTA guidance - categories such as conference participation, training, transport, insurance, reinsurance, airline tickets… | |||||
Statutory social-insurance contributions
0–18.5% across 6 contribution branches · in force from 2026-01-01 · Official source: Social Protection Law promulgated by Royal Decree 52/2023 (Sultanate of Oman)… · last verified 11 Aug 2026 secondary
| key | label | rate total | rate employee | rate employer | unit | base | currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| old_age_disability_death | تأمين الشيخوخة والعجز والوفاة / Old-age, disability and death insurance — OMANI NATIONALS | 18.5 | 7.5 | 11 | percent | The insured person's monthly wage, within a contribution wage range of OMR 180 to OMR 3,000 a month — a floor as well as a ceiling. APPLIES TO OMANI NATIONALS. A non-Omani private-sector employee is outside this branch; a GCC national working in Oman is covered under the unified GCC insurance-protection arrangement and contributes to their home State's scheme. | OMR |
| THE LARGEST BRANCH ON BOTH SIDES AND THE ONE THE 2023 REFORM CHANGED MOST. Royal Decree 52/2023 did not merely rename the scheme: it unified previously separate Omani pension funds, extended coverage, and reset the contribution structure into the branch-by-branch form shown… | |||||||
| occupational_injury_disease | تأمين إصابات العمل والأمراض المهنية / Work injury and occupational disease insurance — employer only | 1 | 0 | 1 | percent | The insured person's monthly wage, subject to the same OMR 3,000 maximum. Currently applied in respect of Omani employees; extension to non-Omani workers is on a deferred commencement (see the notes). | OMR |
| Employer-only, flat, and not risk-rated by industry. THE IMPORTANT POINT IS TIMING, NOT RATE: occupational-injury cover for NON-OMANI workers is on a deferred commencement under Royal Decree 60/2025, running to five years from the issue of Royal Decree 52/2023 — so an employer… | |||||||
| employment_security | تأمين الأمان الوظيفي / Employment security (job-security) insurance — OMANI NATIONALS | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | percent | The insured person's monthly wage, within the OMR 180 to OMR 3,000 contribution range. Omani nationals. | OMR |
| The only matched branch in the Omani scheme — 0.5% each side. It funds income support for an Omani national who loses employment, and is the Omani counterpart of Bahrain's unemployment insurance and Saudi Arabia's SANED. Small in cash terms but a distinct branch with its own… | |||||||
| maternity_leave_insurance | تأمين إجازة الأمومة / Maternity leave insurance — employer only, and it reaches non-Omani employees too | 1 | 0 | 1 | percent | The employee's monthly wage, subject to the OMR 3,000 maximum. Applied in respect of employees generally, not only Omani nationals — this is one of the few branches that reaches the expatriate workforce. | OMR |
| CHARGED ON THE WHOLE INSURED PAYROLL, NOT ON WOMEN, AND NOT ONLY ON OMANIS. 1% employer-only for every covered employee regardless of sex or nationality, pooling the cost of statutory maternity leave so that it does not fall on the individual employer of a woman who takes it… | |||||||
| sick_and_other_leave_insurance | تأمين الإجازات المرضية وغيرها / Sick and other leave insurance — employer only | 1 | 0 | 1 | percent | The employee's monthly wage, subject to the OMR 3,000 maximum. | OMR |
| CONFIRM COMMENCEMENT BEFORE APPLYING THIS RATE. The branch rate is 1% of wage, employer-only, and is not in dispute. What IS uncertain at this record's date is whether it is being collected: Royal Decree 60/2025 moved commencement from July 2025 to July 2026, which has now… | |||||||
| end_of_service_gratuity_non_omani | مكافأة نهاية الخدمة لغير العمانيين / End-of-service gratuity for non-Omani employees — employer liability, no contribution rate (until the 2027 savings scheme) | — | 0 | — | percent | Not a percentage of monthly payroll and not paid to any fund. A terminal lump sum owed by the employer directly to the employee on the basis of length of service and basic wage, under the Labour Law: one month's basic wage for each year of service, with pro-rating for part years. | OMR |
| THIS IS THE OPERATIVE END-OF-SERVICE POSITION FOR OMAN'S EXPATRIATE WORKFORCE AS AT THIS RECORD'S DATE, AND IT CARRIES NO RATE. rate_employer is null because the obligation is an accrual against a future lump sum rather than a monthly contribution. Nothing is deducted from the… | |||||||
Tax filing deadlines
2 deadline rules · in force from — · Official source: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cit-return-15pct | cit | return | Income tax return — taxpayers taxed at 15% | annual | Companies, permanent establishments and other taxpayers subject to income tax at the 15% rate. | primary | 2026-10-28 | Income Tax FAQs |
| 'Before the expiry of four months' from year end modelled as the last day of the fourth month (31 December -> 30 April). Exact only for month-end tax years. | ||||||||
| cit-return-3pct | cit | return | Income tax return — taxpayers taxed at 3% | annual | Small taxpayers eligible for the 3% rate. | primary | 2026-10-28 | Income Tax FAQs |
| 'Before the expiry of three months' modelled as the last day of the third month after year end (31 December -> 31 March). | ||||||||
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