Aqid ERPQatar tax and payroll glossary
The terms a Qatari business meets with the GTA and the Ministry of Labour, each with its meaning, a worked example in riyals and the pages where it is used. Qatar has no VAT. In Arabic and English.
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- Dhareeba (Qatar's tax portal)The GTA's online portal, where a business in Qatar registers, files its tax returns and pays.
E
- End-of-service gratuity (Qatar)What Qatar's Labour Law owes a worker on leaving after a year: at least three weeks' basic wage per year.
- Excise tax (Qatar)Qatar's tax on tobacco, energy drinks and special-purpose goods, and since July 2026 on drinks by sugar per litre.
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- GTA (General Tax Authority, Qatar)Qatar's tax authority: it administers income tax, withholding tax and excise, through the Dhareeba portal.
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- Income tax (Qatar)Qatar's 10% tax on company profits, charged on the share of the profit that belongs to foreign owners.
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- Tax card (Qatar)The GTA's proof that a business is registered for tax in Qatar, carrying its tax identification number.
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- Withholding tax (Qatar)The 5% a payer in Qatar keeps back from royalties, interest, commissions and service fees paid to non-residents.
- WPS (Qatar Wage Protection System)Qatar's system for paying private-sector wages by bank transfer, run by the Ministry of Labour and the QCB.
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Aqid ERP in Qatar
Set up for Qatar's rules from the first day.
- Plans from 77 ر.ق a month
- No VAT
- Withholding tax
- End of service (Art. 54)