Qatar has no personal income tax, but foreign-owned entities pay 10% corporate tax. Your Commercial Bank of Qatar business statement is the General Tax Authority's revenue evidence. Get it into a real ledger.
Convert your CBQ statementQatar does not tax individual income. The tax conversation is almost entirely corporate: 10% on the profit share attributable to foreign ownership, with Qatari and GCC shares carved out. The General Tax Authority (GTA) wants a clear trail from revenue to net profit, and the company's CBQ statement is the foundation.
CBQ business statements are well-suited to this because every row carries a transaction reference number — a built-in audit-trail identifier. The hard part is not extraction; it is matching every revenue credit to an invoice. A clean CSV makes that match possible in Excel or a real bookkeeping tool.
CBQ statements show transaction reference number, date, description (Arabic + English), debit, credit, and a running QAR balance. Revenue credits arrive as NAPS transfers from local Qatari clients and SWIFT inbound wires from regional or international clients. Expense debits show as outbound NAPS, outward SWIFT, card payments, and annual account fees.
Corporate accounts may include sub-account rows for different departments. Kashfbank keeps each row distinct with its reference number so you can group or consolidate later — the GTA filing covers the Qatar entity's statement only, not subsidiary accounts in other jurisdictions.
The GTA wants total taxable revenue, total deductible expenses, and the net profit that produces the 10% due. The statement is the audit trail behind those numbers.
Structured bilingual PDF. Transaction reference number, date, description, debit, credit, and QAR running balance. Account header shows IBAN, account type, and period. Running balance updates after each transaction, convenient for reconciliation. Q-Pay/NAPS references for domestic; SWIFT for international.
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| تحويل محلي | Domestic transfer (Q-Pay/NAPS) |
| راتب | Salary (WPS) |
| تحويل خارجي | Outward SWIFT transfer |
| دفع ببطاقة | Card purchase |
| رسوم سنوية | Annual account fee |
Rules in Qatar differ — see our country guide
Pull the CBQ business statement for the tax period
Through CBQ Mobile Banking or corporate online banking, request the statement covering your accounting period. Most Qatari companies follow a calendar year for GTA purposes.
Upload and convert
Drop the PDF into Kashfbank. Bilingual columns and the reference-number column are read natively. A full year extracts in under a minute.
Categorise and reconcile
Apply your chart of accounts to the Category column — Revenue, Cost of Sales, Operating Expense, Payroll, Bank Charges, FX, Inter-company. Reconcile each row against the underlying invoice.
Generate the GTA inputs
Sum revenue, sum deductible expenses, calculate net profit. The 10% rate applies to the foreign-ownership share. Keep both the original CBQ PDF and the Excel export — Qatari record retention is five years.
Common challenges
Does Qatar's corporate tax apply to fully Qatari-owned companies?
Generally no. The 10% rate applies to the profit share attributable to foreign ownership. Fully Qatari-owned and GCC-owned entities are typically exempt, though they may file Zakat. Confirm the specific exemption with your tax advisor.
How do CBQ's reference numbers help during a GTA inspection?
Each transaction's reference number is preserved in the Description column. When the GTA queries a specific revenue credit, you can tie it back to the exact CBQ transaction and its supporting invoice without re-pulling the statement.
My CBQ corporate statement has departmental sub-account rows. Does that break the conversion?
No. Each row is extracted distinctly with its reference number. You apply grouping logic in Excel afterward to consolidate sub-accounts — the data stays intact and traceable.
Can the GTA accept the Excel export directly?
The GTA portal accepts the return and supporting schedules; the bank statement is audit evidence the taxpayer holds. The Kashfbank export is for your accountant's working papers and inspection requests, not direct portal upload.
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Regulator: Qatar Central Bank (QCB)
Fiscal year: Jan 1 – Dec 31
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