Aqid ERPBusiness taxes in Kuwait: what a company actually pays
Kuwait has no VAT, no excise and no personal income tax. Who pays the 15 % corporate tax, 1 % Zakat, 2.5 % NLST and the new minimum top-up tax, and what a small Kuwaiti company pays.
Guides to the rules in Kuwait
VAT, e-invoicing, corporate tax and end of service, explained with worked examples and checked against the authority's own pages.
Paying salaries in Kuwait: payday and bank-transfer rules
Kuwait's Labour Law on payday: in dinars, at least monthly, within seven days of the due date, and into a local bank account once you employ five or more.
Leave and working hours in Kuwait: the rules payroll follows
Kuwait's Labour Law on hours, overtime at 25 % extra, holiday and rest-day pay, sliding-scale sick leave and 30 days' annual leave, with an example in KWD.
End-of-service indemnity in Kuwait: how it is calculated
Kuwait's private-sector indemnity under Law No. 6 of 2010 (article 51): 15 days' pay for each of the first five years, a month for each year after, capped at a year and a half's pay. Worked example in KWD.
PIFSS contributions in Kuwait: rates, ceilings and a worked example
What a Kuwaiti employee and their employer pay to the Public Institution for Social Security: basic and supplementary insurance, pension increase, financial reward and unemployment, on salary up to KWD 1,500 and KWD 2,750.
How to choose accounting software in Kuwait: 7 checks
What accounting software in Kuwait must do: the tax rules, e-invoicing, payroll, currency, Arabic, your data and the price. A checklist to compare products against.