No personal income tax in Kuwait — but if you run a foreign-owned entity, file Zakat, or prepare for VAT readiness, you need a clean NBK export. Done in seconds.
Convert your NBK statementKuwait has no personal income tax and no VAT as of 2026. That removes one workload, but it does not remove tax prep. Foreign-owned entities pay 15% corporate tax on Kuwait-source income. Kuwaiti shareholders in listed companies face 1% NLST and 2.5% Zakat contributions. Owners of GCC and international subsidiaries reconcile their NBK statement against group-level filings in jurisdictions that do tax.
NBK's bilingual PDF is the source document for all of these. Converting it to a structured spreadsheet is what makes the reconciliation possible — manual re-keying of KWD figures to three decimal places is where errors creep in.
For foreign corporate tax: NBK statements prove revenue receipts and expense outflows that DIT (Directorate of Income Tax) auditors trace against declared income. SWIFT inbound credits labelled "حوالة دولية" are the strongest evidence of Kuwait-source revenue.
For Zakat and NLST: closing balance figures, investment receipts, and KWD-denominated profit distributions need to be summed by Hijri or Gregorian period. NBK runs Gregorian; some agencies file Hijri. The converted CSV lets you filter to either.
Pull every credit and debit with full 3-decimal KWD precision, keep the original Arabic narration, and tag the SWIFT BIC on international wires.
Text-layer PDF generated from Misys/Temenos core banking. Bilingual columns side-by-side (Arabic right, English left). KWD rendered to 3 decimal places throughout. Account header shows IBAN, civil ID reference, and statement period. Closing balance repeated at the bottom of each page.
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| تحويل واردة | Incoming transfer |
| راتب | Salary credit |
| كي نت | KNet POS payment |
| سحب ATM | ATM cash withdrawal |
| رسوم خدمات | Service fee charge |
Rules in Kuwait differ — see our country guide
Pull the statement covering your tax period
From NBK Mobile or the WATANI portal, request the statement covering your full filing period. Most Kuwait corporates use Jan–Dec Gregorian.
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The bilingual PDF goes in as-is. KWD's three decimal places stay intact across every row.
Categorise revenue, expense, and tax lines
Filter by Category to isolate inbound revenue wires from KNet spend, internal transfers, and service fees. Each line keeps its original Arabic label for the audit trail.
Export and reconcile against your filing
Download as Excel or CSV. Sum credits for revenue, debits for expenses. The 3-decimal KWD totals reconcile to the fil against your trial balance.
Common challenges
Kuwait has no income tax. Why convert the statement at all?
Foreign-owned entities pay 15% corporate tax. Listed Kuwaiti companies file Zakat and NLST. International parent companies need the NBK statement as a subsidiary-level source document. All of these need a structured export.
Does the export keep KWD to three decimal places?
Yes. 12.500 stays 12.500. This precision is essential when reconciling against invoices or DIT-submitted revenue figures.
Can I get the export in Hijri dates for government-aligned filings?
NBK issues Gregorian dates. The CSV preserves DD/MM/YYYY Gregorian. If your filing needs Hijri, your accountant can map the dates after export, or keep the original NBK PDF alongside as the source.
Does Kashfbank flag related-party wires for disclosure?
Outward international wires are extracted with the beneficiary IBAN and SWIFT BIC in the Description column. Your accountant or auditor identifies which counterparties are related parties — the data is there for them to filter.
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Regulator: Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK)
Fiscal year: Apr 1 – Mar 31 (government); Jan–Dec (private sector)
Full country guide →Statement language: Arabic / English