Bahrain Tax filing deadlines
Bahrain Tax filing deadlines: 3 deadline rules held, cited to 3 rules, each cited to its own official source; series-level citation is the first VAT rule's: When to file. Last checked against the official source on 13 Oct 2026.
Official source: 3 rules, each cited to its own official source; series-level citation is the first VAT rule's: When to file · Last checked 2026-10-13 · source fingerprint
Recurring statutory filing and payment deadlines in Bahrain for VAT/GST returns and payments, held as rules, each cited to the official source with the verbatim phrase that states it. The API computes the actual due dates from these rules, rolled for this country's weekend and national public holidays, and lists every day it stepped over.
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| Current value | 3 deadline rules |
|---|---|
| In force from | — |
| Official source | 3 rules, each cited to its own official source; series-level citation is the first VAT rule's: When to file — VAT return filing, National Bureau for Revenue (Bahrain) |
| Last verified | 2026-10-13 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
RULES, NOT DATES. Each rule carries its own citation, anchor phrase and last_confirmed; the series last_confirmed is the oldest of them. effective_from is null on purpose: the rules rest on different instruments with different commencement dates, and no single date would be true of all of them. The paid response adds due_dates, computed from the rules over a window (default the next 365 days; from/to/year_end/tax query parameters). scripts/deadline-verify.mjs re-fetches every cited source and re-finds every anchor.
Get it programmatically
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# Provenance: curl https://mearef.dev/provenance/bh/filing-deadlinesThe rules
Each rule is cited to the official source, with the phrase that states it. A machine re-reads every cited source and re-finds that phrase; a rule whose phrase disappears is flagged for review.
| Tax | Obligation | Frequency | Due | Weekend / holiday | Official source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAT / GST | VAT return — monthly periods VAT registrants assigned monthly periods (large taxpayers). | monthly | last day of the following month | source silent; not moved, flagged | When to file — VAT return filing, National Bureau for Revenue… “على الخاضعين للقيمة المضافة تقديم إقرارات القيمة المضافة حتى اليوم الأخير من الشهر التالي لانتهاء فترة القيمة المضافة” | 2026-10-13 |
| VAT / GST | VAT return — quarterly periods VAT registrants assigned quarterly periods. | quarterly | last day of the following month | source silent; not moved, flagged | When to file — VAT return filing, National Bureau for Revenue… “على الخاضعين للقيمة المضافة تقديم إقرارات القيمة المضافة حتى اليوم الأخير من الشهر التالي لانتهاء فترة القيمة المضافة” | 2026-10-13 |
| VAT / GST | VAT return — annual periods VAT registrants assigned an annual period, if any. | annual | last day of the following month | source silent; not moved, flagged | When to file — VAT return filing, National Bureau for Revenue… “على الخاضعين للقيمة المضافة تقديم إقرارات القيمة المضافة حتى اليوم الأخير من الشهر التالي لانتهاء فترة القيمة المضافة” | 2026-10-13 |
Due in the next 120 days
| Due date | Obligation | Period | Statutory date, if moved |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | VAT return — monthly periods | 2026-09-01 – 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-31 2026-10-31 Saturday roll unverified |
| 2026-10-31 | VAT return — quarterly periods | 2026-07-01 – 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-31 2026-10-31 Saturday roll unverified |
| 2026-11-30 | VAT return — monthly periods | 2026-10-01 – 2026-10-31 | — |
| 2026-12-31 | VAT return — monthly periods | 2026-11-01 – 2026-11-30 | — |
| 2027-01-31 | VAT return — annual periods | 2026-01-01 – 2026-12-31 | — (weekend-checked only) |
| 2027-01-31 | VAT return — monthly periods | 2026-12-01 – 2026-12-31 | — (weekend-checked only) |
| 2027-01-31 | VAT return — quarterly periods | 2026-10-01 – 2026-12-31 | — (weekend-checked only) |
Business days exclude this country's weekly rest days (Friday, Saturday) and the NATIONAL public holidays in its public-holidays series. Regional holidays are not applied. Each due date is computed from the cited rule; the rule is the citable fact, the date is our arithmetic on it. Thresholds, elections, extensions and sector regimes that move a taxpayer between rules are described in each rule's applies_to and notes, not decided here. The served holiday calendar covers 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31. Dates outside it are weekend-checked only and may still fall on a public holiday. Where roll_unverified is true the statutory date is not a business day and the cited source does not say whether the deadline moves earlier or later. We do not guess: due_date is the statutory date, and the adjustments list names the conflict.
Not covered here
We hold no verified rule for these taxes in BH. Each reason is given; where a deadline exists but its source could not be verified, we hold none rather than guess.
- PAYE / payroll withholding: Not researched / unverified: no employer payroll income tax withholding found on nbr.gov.bh (absence not anchored).
- Corporate income tax: No general corporate income tax verified on nbr.gov.bh; the Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax return deadline was not found on an official page.
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Other Bahrain series: CBB Key Policy Rate · Value-added tax (VAT) · VAT registration threshold · Statutory national minimum wage · Official public holidays · Consumer Price Index (latest month) · General corporate income tax rate · Withholding tax rates · Legal interest on commercial debts · Personal income tax · Statutory social-insurance contributions
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