Middle East · Gulf
Bahrain
The cheapest credible long-term Gulf residency — USD 345,000 of property, aggregatable across a portfolio, or a pension-based route needing no capital at all — offset by the weakest sovereign credit in the GCC.
Tax position
- Income tax (top)
- 0% — no personal income tax
- Capital gains
- none
- Wealth tax
- none
- Inheritance tax
- believed none, but NOT verified — PwC's Bahrain guidance does not address inheritance, estate or gift taxes. Confirm before relying on this.
- Special regime
- 15% domestic minimum top-up tax under Decree-Law 11/2024 for MNE groups with revenue of at least EUR 750m, effective for fiscal years starting on or after 1 January 2025 — Bahrain is no longer a zero-tax jurisdiction for large groups; 10% VAT since 2022
- Territorial
- Yes — foreign-source income generally outside scope
- CFC rules
- No
- Exit tax
- No
- CRS
- Participating
1 route into Bahrain
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