Charges tax on Bahrain constituent entities and qualifying joint ventures where consolidated revenue reaches at least EUR 750 million in at least two of the four preceding fiscal years, adjusted for short or long periods.
What should you do now?Test each of the four preceding fiscal years, adjust for period length and document the two qualifying years before moving to entity scope.
What does the official Article provide?
The official source is Arabic. This English commentary is explanatory and is not presented as an official translation.
Charges tax on Bahrain constituent entities and qualifying joint ventures where consolidated revenue reaches at least EUR 750 million in at least two of the four preceding fiscal years, adjusted for short or long periods.
This is a verified summary, not a substitute quotation. The complete official Arabic text is linked below and must be read with the Regulations and later decisions for a final decision.
What does the Article mean in plain language?
The threshold tests consolidated group revenue, not the Bahrain entity's sales alone. Revenue of excluded entities still counts for the revenue test even though those entities are excluded from the charge.
MNE groups, Bahrain entities, joint ventures and tax and accounting teams.
Test each of the four preceding fiscal years, adjust for period length and document the two qualifying years before moving to entity scope.
How can the rule appear in practice?
If consolidated revenue was EUR 780m, 730m, 760m and 740m, the test is met in two years; Bahrain entities and exclusions must then be assessed.
This is an illustration only, not an NBR case or a binding outcome for a specific fact pattern.Treating one qualifying year, or Bahrain-only revenue, as sufficient.
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