Madar Academy
Three structured introductory paths—one for each main tax—with every stage leading to available explanations, illustrations and tools.
Choose a tax and learn it step by step
The paths build general understanding; they do not award certification or determine a specific transaction without reviewing its facts.
Value Added Tax
Five suggested stages that start with the practical question and move to the relevant action and source.
Do I need to register for VAT?
Review registration status, thresholds, backward and forward tests, timing and documents.
Is my tax invoice complete?
Review the invoice type, mandatory fields and VAT calculation before issue.
How do I prepare a VAT return?
Organise outputs, inputs, imports and adjustments, then calculate and review the position before filing.
Should I pay, carry forward or request a refund?
Connect the return result to the next route and distinguish payment, carry-forward, refund and instalments.
I found an error or penalty—what is urgent?
Distinguish delay from incorrect data and identify the correction or review route promptly.
Excise Tax
Five suggested stages that start with the practical question and move to the relevant action and source.
Is the product excisable, and what is the indicative rate and calculation?
Start with the goods category and route, then verify the exact product with the NBR before relying on the result.
Do I need Excise registration or a tax-warehouse licence?
Identify the activity and starting point, then separate registration from a possible warehouse-licensing need.
When does Excise become due in the goods lifecycle?
Trace production, import, storage and movements under suspension to the point of tax due.
What is the return or declaration, payment and refund route?
Distinguish a producer or storage-company return from an import customs declaration, then follow the payment or refund route.
I received an Excise inspection or decision—what is the route?
Organise the document, deadline and evidence, and distinguish review, grievance and settlement routes.
Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax
Five suggested stages that start with the practical question and move to the relevant action and source.
Is my group within DMTT scope, and how do I register?
Check group status, the Revenue Test and Bahrain nexus, then identify the filing entity and deadline.
Can the tax be zero even when the group is in scope?
Distinguish exclusions and safe harbours from a full-computation result and identify obligations that may remain.
Who files the DMTT return, and when?
Start with the Revenue Test Notification, choose central or local filing and calculate the return deadline.
How do I move from the accounts to Tax Due?
Reconcile income and covered taxes, then calculate the ETR, substance exclusion, Taxable Income and Tax Due.
I received a decision or penalty—what is the deadline and route?
Calculate review, objection and court deadlines, review and objection fees, and understand fine and settlement boundaries.
Completing a path builds general understanding but does not replace current legislation or checking the taxpayer account, transaction facts and actual deadlines.