Main Contents:

• Company law, forms of doing business and establishing a business and additional requirements for foreigners
• Investment law, local participation requirements, offset obligations, free trade zones, passive investment and investment protection
• Taxation of companies
• Taxation of individuals, including taxation of wages and salaries, taxation of other income, zakat and social security
• Wthholding taxes on dividends, interest, salaries and payments to non-residents
• Sales tax and other consumption taxes
• Tax incentives
• Taxation of special businesses such as oil companies
• Avoidance of double taxation

Information on regional organizations and other topics relevant to the region is also featured throughout the service. Each chapter contains extensive references to statutory provisions and administrative notices and practice. These are complemented by the English texts of all available tax treaties concluded by countries in the region.

Countries Covered:
Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Autonomous Areas, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.