Qatar Value-added tax (VAT)
Qatar Value-added tax (VAT): no single figure applies. The reason is set out below, cited to the governing instrument. Last checked against the official source on 24 Jul 2026.
Standard VAT rate. STRUCTURAL NULL — Qatar has NOT enacted VAT as of the confirmation date.
| Current value | no single figure |
|---|---|
| In force from | — |
| Official source | Qatar General Tax Authority (GTA) — taxes overview: Qatar levies corporate income tax and excise tax; no value-added tax is in force |
| Last verified | 2026-07-24 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
NO VAT IS IN FORCE in Qatar as of 24 Jul 2026. Qatar signed the GCC Unified VAT Framework Agreement (2016/2018), which commits members to a 5% standard VAT, but Qatar has never enacted domestic VAT legislation and has repeatedly deferred rollout; no in-force rate exists to serve, hence value: null. Do NOT confuse this with the SEPARATE EXCISE TAX, which is NOT a VAT: excise tax was introduced under Law No. 25 of 2018, effective 1 January 2019, and is administered by the GTA at 100% on tobacco and energy drinks, 50%/tiered on carbonated and sweetened beverages, and 100% on 'special purpose' goods (per gta.gov.qa the sweetened-beverage element is now applied on a sugar-content tiered basis). A draft e-invoicing law was approved in May 2026 and is widely read as VAT preparation, but no VAT law had been passed at confirmation. Serve null until the GTA publishes an enacted VAT law with a rate and effective date.
Get it programmatically
curl https://asiaref.dev/v1/qa/vat
# $0.005 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://asiaref.dev/v1/qa/vat/history?from=2020-01-01
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The same figure elsewhere: Saudi Arabia · Singapore · South Korea · Sri Lanka · Taiwan · all 28