What are the main compliance obligations for a business in Bahrain?

VAT at 10 per cent filed with the National Bureau for Revenue, monthly or quarterly depending on turnover; social insurance contributions to the SIO at different rates for Bahraini and expatriate staff; work permits and the Bahrainisation ratio through the LMRA; and salaries paid through the Wage Protection System.

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Software Development Company in Riffa

Software development company in Riffa - custom web and mobile applications, ERP and integrations for Riffa businesses and government-linked entities.

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Bahrain Bay and the Manama skyline — Bahrain Bay in Manama, where most of our Bahrain work lands. Photo by Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

CurrencyBahraini dinar (BHD), pegged to the US dollar

TaxVAT at 10% filed with the National Bureau for Revenue (NBR)

FilingNational Bureau for Revenue, through the the NBR portal portal

National visionBahrain Economic Vision 2030

Why businesses in Bahrain choose Shyphan

Contracting, logistics, energy services, hospitality, retail and professional services firms make up the bulk of the Bahraini private sector, and a great many of them still run on spreadsheets and disconnected tools. We put a single system in place - quotes, orders, invoices, stock and collections - without asking the team to change how they actually work.

Bahrain applies no VAT today. A GCC-wide VAT has been agreed in principle but is not yet in force, so what matters now is excise tax on tobacco, energy and soft drinks, and corporate income tax at 10% on the foreign-owned share of profits - Bahraini and GCC-owned entities are largely exempt. Returns are filed with the National Bureau for Revenue through its the NBR portal portal. We configure your finance system for the NBR portal-ready records, riyal and multi-currency working, SIO contributions and bilingual Arabic and English documents.

Cities we serve in Bahrain

ManamaRiffaMuharraqHamad TownIsa TownSitraBudaiyaA'ali

Free zones & business hubs

BLZ at Bahrain Logistics Zone and Hidd, the Bahrain Financial Harbour, Bahrain International Investment Park, and onshore registration through the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Groups often hold entities in more than one.

Key sectors we serve in Bahrain

Trading & distributionReal estate & constructionLogisticsHospitality & tourismFinancial servicesRetail & e-commerce

At a glance

Software Development Company in Riffa: the short answer

What it is: Software development company in Riffa - custom web and mobile applications, ERP and integrations for Riffa businesses and government-linked entities.
Best suited to: Software Development Company in Riffa suits Bahraini companies that have outgrown spreadsheets but do not want an enterprise rollout.
Typical timeline: A single-app rollout for a small team typically goes live in three to five weeks including data migration and training.
Local specifics: VAT at 10% filed with the National Bureau for Revenue (NBR) at 10% on the foreign-owned share of profits, filed with the the National Bureau for Revenue (NBR). Riyal and multi-currency working, SIO payroll files, Arabic and English documents.
Delivered by: Shyphan AI Solutions, a Zoho Premium Partner listed on Zoho's official partner directory. Support on Bahrain hours (AST), Sunday to Thursday. Call +91 95651 53545.
Last reviewed: 10 September 2026

How we deliver Software Development Company

Scope & design

We scope your requirement and design the solution and user flows.

Build

We build on a fixed, transparent plan with regular demos.

QA & UAT

We test thoroughly and run user-acceptance testing before launch.

Launch & support

We deploy, hand over documentation and support you.

Why businesses choose Shyphan

Fixed, transparent pricing

Know the full cost after a free scoping call - no hidden fees.

Compliance built in

5% vat, 10% corporate income tax and fta the NBR portal filing readiness.

Zoho Premium & Odoo Partner

Certified delivery, verifiable on the official partner directories.

Support that stays

Training, documentation and ongoing support after go-live.

Serving businesses across Manama, Riffa, Muharraq, Hamad Town, Isa Town, Sitra and Budaiya, delivered on-site and remotely.

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Software Development Company in Bahrain: questions answered

Do you serve Riffa?

Yes - on-site and remote delivery for Riffa businesses.

What do you build?

Web and mobile apps, business software, ERP and integrations.

Do you support Arabic?

Yes - full Arabic (RTL) and English.

Is pricing fixed?

Yes - a fixed quote after a free scoping call.

How do we start?

Book a free consultation.

Who pays the 10% corporate income tax in Bahrain?

It applies to the foreign-owned share of profits. Wholly Bahraini and GCC-owned entities are largely exempt, which means a joint venture is taxed on part of its profit and not the rest. That split has to be visible in the books from day one, so we set up the entity and ownership structure before any transactions are posted rather than reconstructing it at year end.

Can you file through the NBR portal?

Filing itself stays with your tax agent, and the NBR portal is the National Bureau for Revenue's portal they use. Our job is to make their work straightforward: a clean chart of accounts, supporting documents attached to entries, related-party transactions visible, and reports they can use directly rather than rebuild.

Do you handle SIO payroll for Bahrain?

Yes. Payroll is structured so the Wage Protection System file can be produced from the same data that drives the ledger, rather than being maintained separately in a spreadsheet, and it reconciles back to your accounts each month.

How long does implementation take?

A single-app rollout for a small team typically goes live in three to five weeks including data migration and training. Multi-entity, multi-currency or heavily automated builds run six to twelve weeks and we phase them, so the first group is working while the next is being configured. You get the timeline in writing with the fixed quote, before any work starts.

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excise tax on selected goods, 10% corporate income tax and NBR the NBR portal filing readiness
Arabic & English delivery
Fixed-quote pricing

Who this is for

Is Software Development Company in Riffa the right fit for you?

Software Development Company in Riffa suits Bahraini companies that have outgrown spreadsheets but do not want an enterprise rollout. If that is you, the licence usually pays for itself inside the first quarter. We will say so on the discovery call if it will not.

It is a poor fit if you need a heavily bespoke system with no commercial off-the-shelf equivalent, or if nobody internally can own the data. In either case we will tell you on the first call rather than after the invoice.

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What Bahrain compliance means in practice

Bahrain has no personal income tax and no general corporate income tax, so most of the compliance load sits in two places: VAT with the National Bureau for Revenue, and the workforce obligations administered by the SIO and the LMRA.

Obligation	What the rule is	What has to be configured
VAT	VAT is 10 per cent, raised from 5 per cent in January 2022. Registration is compulsory above the mandatory threshold. Returns are monthly for larger taxpayers and quarterly for the rest, filed with the National Bureau for Revenue.	Tax codes for standard, zero-rated and exempt supplies, tax invoices carrying the fields the NBR requires in Arabic and English, and a return that reconciles to the ledger.
Corporate taxation	There is no general corporate income tax; it applies only to oil and gas activity. A 15 per cent Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax applies to in-scope multinational groups from 2025.	For a group subsidiary, a ledger that supports the parent's consolidation and the top-up tax computation without a separate set of books.
Social insurance	Contributions go to the Social Insurance Organisation, at different rates for Bahraini and expatriate employees.	Two contribution rule sets applied by nationality, so the payroll does not need a manual adjustment every month.
Bahrainisation and the LMRA	The Labour Market Regulatory Authority administers work permits and the Bahrainisation ratio your licence requires.	Nationality, permit number and expiry held against every employee, with the ratio reported rather than counted by hand, and permit expiry alerts before they bite.
Wage Protection System	Salaries must be paid through the Wage Protection System so that payment is traceable to the registered employment record.	A WPS-format payment file generated from the payroll run, matched to the same employee records the permits are held against.
Commercial registration	Commercial registrations are maintained through Sijilat and renewed annually, with activity codes that have to match what you actually do.	Licence and registration expiry tracked in the system alongside the contracts that depend on them.

The filing calendar

Monthly or quarterlyVAT return to the NBR
MonthlySIO contributions and WPS salary transfer
On renewalLMRA work permits and Sijilat commercial registration
AnnuallyFinancial statements, and the DMTT return where it applies

Who you file with

VatNational Bureau for Revenue
Social insuranceSocial Insurance Organisation
Work permits and bahrainisationLabour Market Regulatory Authority

We configure the system to produce what these returns ask for, and we test it against your own transactions before go-live. We are not tax agents: your accountant or tax adviser signs the return, and rates and thresholds change, so treat this as the shape of the work rather than advice. Last reviewed 15 September 2026.

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