Value Added Tax (VAT) has now gone live in Oman with effect from 16 April 2021. The provisions of the Oman VAT legislation have now come into effect, and businesses with a required registration date of 16 April 2021 must now be able to charge VAT where applicable, issue tax invoices, and meet all other VAT compliance obligations.
Businesses with lower annual supplies will be required to meet their obligations by the applicable registration date, as per the following:
Value of annual supplies |
Period to apply |
Registration date |
More than OMR 1,000,000 |
1 Feb 2021 to |
16 Apr 2021 |
OMR 500,000 to |
1 Apr 2021 to |
1 Jul 2021 |
OMR 250,000 to |
1 Jul 2021 to |
1 Oct 2021 |
OMR 38,500 to |
1 Dec 2021 to |
1 Apr 2022 |
The Oman Tax Authority (OTA) has published additional VAT guidance/clarifications, as follows:
Deloitte will shortly publish a more detailed alert on the new guidance/clarifications.
The Bahrain National Bureau for Revenue (NBR) has published a guide on VAT agents / VAT representatives.
The guide is intended to clarify the rules relating to VAT agents, who are persons authorized by the NBR to act on behalf of a VAT payer in their name to assist them with meeting their compliance obligations, and the rules relating to VAT representatives, who may be appointed by non-residents to essentially replace the VAT payer in terms of their obligations to the NBR.
The guide outlines the process and requirements for obtaining authorization to act as a VAT agent / VAT representative, and to be appointed by a VAT payer to take on the role. Those seeking to either act as a VAT agent or representative, or to appoint such persons to act on behalf of their business, should familiarize themselves with the guide.
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