08 — Gulf

Bahrain

Legacy Gulf financial hub.

The Gulf's original offshore financial hub — decades of institutional infrastructure, now competing with newer Gulf challengers.

United Arab Emirates Global HQ — gateway to the GCC Bahrain Legacy Gulf financial hub
Bahrain
SCHEMATIC — NOT TO SCALE

01 — The numbers

What's actually moving in Bahrain.

15%
Domestic minimum top-up tax on multinationals with over €750m in global revenue, effective for fiscal years from January 2025 — Bahrain's first corporate income tax of any kind.
BAHRAIN NATIONAL BUREAU FOR REVENUE, DECREE-LAW NO. 11 OF 2024

Building or backing something in Bahrain?