English translation published by the Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission. The Arabic text published in the Official Gazette remains the legal reference in the event of any discrepancy.
This Article lists acts treated as tax evasion, including continued registration, filing or payment failures beyond prescribed periods, improper deduction or refund, forged evidence, specified invoice conduct and failure to maintain records. Potential criminal exposure requires immediate specialist review.
Taxable Persons, finance teams and advisers applying this Article to a Bahrain VAT position.
Potential evasion requires analysis of offence elements, not only an administrative penalty estimate.
Current text
Application steps
- 1
Preserve documents and existing records.
- 2
Identify the alleged act, period and any required knowledge or intent.
- 3
Obtain specialised legal and tax advice.
Connected provisions
Official guides and tools
Connected Madar tools
Fabricated invoices
Creating fictitious invoices to claim Input VAT is not an ordinary calculation error; it may fall within tax evasion and requires immediate specialist legal review.
Questions to help you apply it
- Which listed act is alleged?
- What evidence establishes the required elements?