GTL Summary:

Requires the exclusion of certain expenses from intra-group financing arrangements between Low-Tax Constituent Entities and High-Tax Counterparties to prevent base erosion without commensurate income increases.

Document Type: ERS - Executive Regulations
Law: DMTT Law (Decree Law No. 11 of 2024)
Decision Number: executive-regulations-172-article-18
Year: 2024
Country: 🇧🇭 Bahrain
Official Name: Article 18 - Adjustments in Respect of Intra-group Financing Arrangements
Last updated at: 2026-02-23 12:13:40 UTC

Chapter 4 - Accounting

Article 18 - Adjustments in Respect of Intra-group Financing Arrangements

  1. Paragraph B of this Article shall apply where a Constituent Entity located in the Kingdom which is a Low-Tax Constituent Entity has incurred any expense related to an Intra-group Financing Arrangement with a High-Tax Counterparty.

  2. For the purposes of determining the Net Constituent Entity Income or Loss for a Fiscal Year, the Constituent Entities located in the Kingdom shall exclude any expense attributable to an Intra-group Financing Arrangement that can reasonably be expected over the duration of the arrangement to increase the amount of expenses taken into account in determining the Net Constituent Entity Income or Loss without resulting in a commensurate increase in the Taxable Profit or Loss of the High-Tax Counterparty.

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