Bahrain VAT Registration
Invoicing and accounting software to stay VAT compliant.
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Bahrain businesses can start registering for VAT soon. This guide explains the process of enrolling your business for VAT in Bahrain, registration requirement & timelines.
This guide will cover the following subjects:
- Eligibility criteria to enrol for VAT
- Process of VAT registration
- Key timelines for enrolment process
Please note, the Bahrain VAT law is not published yet, this article is just a draft of the final article, with structure and flow, it will be complete with details once we get the required details, which will be available after the law gets published.
Eligibility for registration
Any business that meets the minimum threshold set for taxable supplies needs to get VAT registration for business. Please note, while calculating the value of supplies the business must consider both standard rated as well as zero rated sales.
Any business in Bahrain that has a total taxable supplies including imports greater than or equal to _________, must enrol for VAT.
For calculating the value of taxable supplies a business must consider the supplier made in the previous 12 months. Registration criteria for non-residents
Any business run by a non-resident individual or entity has to mandatorily register for Bahrain VAT irrespective of the value of supplies. Based on the news, VAT will come into effect very soon, in early 2019.
Process of VAT registration
Businesses that meet the above highlighted criteria can start enrolling for VAT starting on _____by logging in to the online VAT registration portal provided by Bahrain tax authorities.
VAT registration is a simple process, just follow the below steps:
- Visit the Bahrain VAT portal, here is the link:
- Create a new account, this will trigger an email to your registered email address
- Verify your details as per the instructions in the email
- Now, login to the portal with your verified email and password to complete the registration process
- You may be required to provide documents to verify your identity and business, please provide the needful
Key timelines for enrolment process
Here are the key dates for you to remember:
Registration process begins on:
First VAT return filing date:
Ongoing returns filing:
For Bahrain VAT registered business, there are quite a few software services in the market that offer VAT compliance software but very few are exhaustive. Most of the software are very basic and do not have features to track import VAT and VAT under reverse charge.
Our recommendation to small businesses is choose a software that truly helps you stay Bahrain VAT compliant. The software should be easy to use and affordable. It should let you export or download the VAT data in excel or PDF. The user of such software should need no support from a VAT consultant and should be able to file VAT returns on own.
This guide will cover the following subjects:
- Eligibility criteria to enrol for VAT
- Process of VAT registration
- Key timelines for enrolment process
Please note, the Bahrain VAT law is not published yet, this article is just a draft of the final article, with structure and flow, it will be complete with details once we get the required details, which will be available after the law gets published.
Eligibility for registration
Any business that meets the minimum threshold set for taxable supplies needs to get VAT registration for business. Please note, while calculating the value of supplies the business must consider both standard rated as well as zero rated sales.
Any business in Bahrain that has a total taxable supplies including imports greater than or equal to _________, must enrol for VAT.
For calculating the value of taxable supplies a business must consider the supplier made in the previous 12 months. Registration criteria for non-residents
Any business run by a non-resident individual or entity has to mandatorily register for Bahrain VAT irrespective of the value of supplies. Based on the news, VAT will come into effect very soon, in early 2019.
Process of VAT registration
Businesses that meet the above highlighted criteria can start enrolling for VAT starting on _____by logging in to the online VAT registration portal provided by Bahrain tax authorities.
VAT registration is a simple process, just follow the below steps:
- Visit the Bahrain VAT portal, here is the link:
- Create a new account, this will trigger an email to your registered email address
- Verify your details as per the instructions in the email
- Now, login to the portal with your verified email and password to complete the registration process
- You may be required to provide documents to verify your identity and business, please provide the needful
Key timelines for enrolment process
Here are the key dates for you to remember:
Registration process begins on:
First VAT return filing date:
Ongoing returns filing:
For Bahrain VAT registered business, there are quite a few software services in the market that offer VAT compliance software but very few are exhaustive. Most of the software are very basic and do not have features to track import VAT and VAT under reverse charge.
Our recommendation to small businesses is choose a software that truly helps you stay Bahrain VAT compliant. The software should be easy to use and affordable. It should let you export or download the VAT data in excel or PDF. The user of such software should need no support from a VAT consultant and should be able to file VAT returns on own.