The taxpayer is required to submit details of transactions related to taxable sales and purchases by submitting an electronic VAT Return Form. The submission of the VAT Return Form is commonly referred to as VAT return filing.
The first VAT return in Bahrain is due on 30th April, 2019 for tax period April to March, 2019. This will be filed by the businesses whose annual supplies are more than 5,000,000 BHD and have registered under Bahrain VAT by 31st December, 2018. Click Here to read more about the VAT return filing Period and VAT return due date.
The VAT Return Form is an electronic form in which the taxpayer needs to summarize the details of the total output tax due and the total input tax recoverable for a given tax period. All the details need to be filed electronically by logging to the National Bureau for Revenue (NBR).