Bahrain Tax Update

Analysis

Slim Gargouri provides an update on tax developments in Bahrain, examining the tax agreement between the Kingdom and Hungary which was ratified in the Kingdom on 12 April 2015 and the Kingdom's income tax agreement with Cyprus.

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