Middle East · Gulf
Qatar
The lowest nominal entry price in the Gulf — USD 200,000 of property buys self-sponsored residency — backed by the region's strongest sovereign balance sheet, but with a real presence test and a narrow, developer-dominated freehold market.
Tax position
- Income tax (top)
- 0% — income tax is not imposed on employed individuals' salaries, wages and allowances
- Capital gains
- no personal capital gains tax on assets held outside a business activity
- Wealth tax
- none
- Inheritance tax
- none — no inheritance, estate or gift taxes in Qatar
- Special regime
- Standard corporate income tax of 10% on locally-sourced profits attributable to foreign ownership; QFC and QFZ regimes offer separate treatment; 15% domestic minimum top-up tax for large multinational groups
- Territorial
- Yes — foreign-source income generally outside scope
- CFC rules
- No
- Exit tax
- No
- CRS
- Participating
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