Qatar public holidays 2026, VAT rate and tax data
Qatar: 4 public holidays in 2026 (next: Qatar National Day, 18 Dec 2026); corporate tax rate 10%; policy interest rate 4.1%; inflation rate (CPI) 110.12 index points.
12 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against; most recently verified 28 Oct 2026. Currency QAR.
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{ "country": "QA", "series": "policy-rate", "value": 4.1, "unit": "percent", "effective_from": "2026-09-17", "last_confirmed": "2026-10-24", "source": { "name": "Qatar Central Bank monetary policy decision, 16 Sep 2026 (Qatar News…", "url": "https://qna.org.qa/en/news/news-details?date=16%2F09%2F2026&id=qatar-central-bank-hikes-rates" } }
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Qatar public holidays 2026
4 days in 2026; next: Qatar National Day on 18 Dec 2026. Official source: Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar · last verified 24 Jul 2026
Confirmed 2 Estimated 2
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 2026 Tue | National Sports Day (second Tuesday of February) | Confirmed | Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar |
| 17 Mar 2026 Tue | Eid al-Fitr public-sector holiday 17-23 Mar 2026 (moon-sighting dependent) |
Estimated | Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar |
| 26 May 2026 Tue | Eid al-Adha public-sector holiday 26-30 May 2026 (moon-sighting dependent) |
Estimated | Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar |
| 18 Dec 2026 Fri | Qatar National Day | Confirmed | Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar |
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
National non-discriminatory minimum wage
4 figures held on this page · in force from 2021-03-20 · Official source: Law No. (17) of 2020 Determining the National Minimum Wage for Workers and… · last verified 24 Jul 2026
| basic wage | 1000 |
|---|---|
| food allowance | 300 |
| housing allowance | 500 |
| total if food and housing not provided | 1800 |
Withholding tax rates
0–5% across 4 withholding taxes — no single rate · in force from 2018-12-13 · Official source: Law No. (24) of 2018 Promulgating the Income Tax Law, Article 9(2): 'Subject to… · last verified 10 Aug 2026
Rates by payment type
| key | label | rate | applies to | effective from | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dividends | Dividends | 0 | profit distributions by Qatari companies to non-resident shareholders | 2018-12-13 | Law No. (24) of 2018, Article 9(2)… |
| Qatar levies NO dividend withholding tax: dividends are simply outside the Article 9(2) withholding list, and distributions out of taxed or exempt profits are themselves exempt income under Article 4(5). Dividends are paid gross. | |||||
| interest | Interest | 5 | interest paid to non-residents for activities not connected to a permanent establishment in Qatar | 2018-12-13 | Law No. (24) of 2018, Article 9(2)… |
| A FINAL tax on the gross amount. The 7% interest rate under repealed Law No. 21 of 2009 no longer applies; certain interest payments (e.g. on banking deposits) are carved out by the Executive Regulations. | |||||
| royalties | Royalties | 5 | royalties paid to non-residents for activities not connected to a permanent establishment in Qatar | 2018-12-13 | Law No. (24) of 2018, Article 9(2)… |
| technical-service-fees | Commissions and fees for services (including technical fees) | 5 | commissions, brokerage fees, technical fees and other fees for services performed wholly or partially in Qatar - extended by the Executive Regulations to services used, utilised or benefited in Qatar even if performed abroad - paid to non-residents without a Qatari PE | 2018-12-13 | Law No. (24) of 2018, Article 9(2)… |
| The Executive Regulations' place-of-benefit extension is the operative scope trap: a service performed entirely offshore can still be withheld on if its benefit is enjoyed in Qatar. | |||||
Statutory social-insurance contributions
0–21% across 2 contribution branches · in force from 2023-01-03 · Official source: Social Insurance Law promulgated by Law No. (1) of 2022 (State of Qatar) and… · last verified 11 Aug 2026 secondary
| key | label | rate total | rate employee | rate employer | unit | base | currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| social_insurance_qatari_national | التأمينات الاجتماعية — للقطريين / Social insurance (retirement, disability and survivors) — QATARI NATIONALS ONLY | 21 | 7 | 14 | percent | The CONTRIBUTORY WAGE, which is basic salary plus the social allowance and the housing allowance — not total gross remuneration and not basic salary alone. Subject to a maximum contributory wage of QAR 100,000 per month. APPLIES ONLY TO QATARI NATIONALS. A national of another GCC State working in Qatar is covered under the unified GCC insurance-protection arrangement and contributes to their home State's scheme; a non-GCC expatriate is outside the contributory system entirely. | QAR |
| THE RATES DOUBLED IN EFFECT ON 3 JANUARY 2023 AND OLD SCHEDULES ARE STILL IN CIRCULATION. Employer 10% to 14%, employee 5% to 7% — a 40% increase on both sides. Any Qatar rate table showing 10%/5% predates Law No. 1 of 2022. THE BASE IS NARROWER THAN GROSS PAY: the contributory… | |||||||
| end_of_service_gratuity_expatriates | مكافأة نهاية الخدمة / End-of-service gratuity for employees outside the social-insurance scheme — employer liability, no contribution rate | — | 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, based on length of service and final basic wage under the Labour Law, at a statutory minimum of three weeks' basic wage for each year of service, payable to an employee who has completed at least one year of continuous service, with pro-rating for part years. The employer and employee may agree a more generous formula but not a less generous one. | QAR |
| THIS IS THE ONLY STATUTORY RETIREMENT-TYPE COST FOR THE GREAT MAJORITY OF QATAR'S PRIVATE-SECTOR WORKFORCE, AND IT CARRIES NO PERCENTAGE. rate_employer is null because the obligation is an accrual against a future lump sum, not a monthly payroll contribution. Nothing is ever… | |||||||
Tax filing deadlines
1 deadline rule · in force from — · Official source: 1 rule, 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 | cit | return | Corporate income tax return | annual | Taxpayers subject to Qatar income tax (filing via the Dhareeba system). | primary | 2026-10-28 | Taxes information |
| 'Within four months following the culmination of the tax year' modelled as the last day of the fourth month after year end (31 December -> 30 April). Exact only for month-end tax years. Default tax year is the calendar year; other year ends are permitted. | ||||||||
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