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Oman set to implement 5% VAT in 2021

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Monday, October 12, 2020

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has issued a Royal Decree to implement the Value-Added Tax (VAT) in April 2021.

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Oman will be the fourth of six Arab Gulf states to introduce VAT as part of a 2016 VAT union agreement. The six states have agreed to implement a 5% tax on goods and services. So far, only Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain have done so.

His Majesty also issued another Decrees to amend some provisions of the Criminal Procedures Law.

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