GTL Summary:

Article 33 provides robust anti-avoidance measures. The Authority can withdraw tax advantages from transactions primarily aimed at avoidance, reclassify transactions to reflect their true substance, and adjust tax amounts for related parties. Significantly, Law 11/2022 added transfer pricing rules: if a Qatari enterprise and a foreign enterprise (related via management, control, or capital) engage in transactions on non-market terms, the Authority can adjust profits to match an arm's length basis. Furthermore, tax exemptions are restricted to entities with an actual place of management in Qatar, targeting profit shifting to low-tax jurisdictions.

Document Type: Tax Law Article
Law: Income Tax Law 24 of 2018
Article Number: 33
Country: πŸ‡ΆπŸ‡¦ Qatar
Location: Section 9 - General Provisions
Order: 51
Last updated at: 2026-02-23 12:13:40 UTC

SECTION 9 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 33 [18]

In case the taxpayer enters into agreements, transactions, or operations primarily aimed at avoiding the due tax, the Authority may withdraw the tax advantage obtained due to these agreements, transactions, or operations, according to the provisions of the Regulations.

The Authority may, in any of the cases stipulated in the previous Clause, take any or all of the following measures:

  1. Reclassify the transaction if its form does not reflect its true substance.

  2. Adjust the amount of tax due from the taxpayer or any other person related to the agreements, transactions, or operations stipulated in the first Clause of this Article.

[If a Qatari enterprise directly or indirectly participates in the management, control, or capital of a foreign enterprise, or a foreign enterprise directly or indirectly participates in the management, control, or capital of a Qatari enterprise, or the same persons directly or indirectly participate in the management, control, or capital of both a Qatari and a foreign enterprise, and conditions are imposed or established between the two enterprises in their commercial or financial relations that differ from those that would be established between two independent enterprises, any profits that would have accrued to any of the enterprises but for those conditions may be included in the profits of the Qatari enterprise and subjected to tax accordingly.

The entity is not entitled to any exemption or tax advantage unless its actual place of management is in the state.] [G40]

Footnotes

[18](Amended by Law 2022/11)

GTL Notes

[G40]Inserted by Amending Law No. (11) of 2022.

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