Bahrain Tax Update
Analysis
The existing taxes to which the Convention shall apply are:
in Bahrain, to income tax payable under Bahrain Legislative Decree No. 22/1979; and
in Hungary:
(i) the personal income tax;
(ii) the corporate tax
The treaty's main provisions are as follows:
Permanent establishment
The term "permanent establishment" means a fixed place of business through which the business of an enterprise is wholly or partly carried on. A building site, a construction, assembly or installation project constitutes a permanent establishment only if it lasts more than twelve months.
The term permanent establishment covers as well:
a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry or any other place of extraction of natural resources;
a refinery;
a sales outlet; and
a warehouse in relation to a person providing storage facilities for others.
Dividends