Qatar Clarifies Application of New Income Tax Law

Qatar's General Tax Authority (GTA) recently issued Circular 14/2019, which provides clarification on certain transitional aspects of Qatar's new Income Tax Law (Law No. 24 of 2018) ({News-2019-01-24/A/6-previous coverage}), as well as new Arabic language requirements.

Clarifications on New Income Tax Law

One of the key points of clarification is that the new law is effective from the date it was issued, which was on 13 December 2018. As such, the new law applies for accounting periods be…