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Procedures for excluding and carrying forward Excess Negative Tax Expense when tax rates exceed the Minimum Rate or by election.

Document Type: ERS - Executive Regulations
Law: DMTT Law (Decree Law No. 11 of 2024)
Decision Number: executive-regulations-172-article-52
Year: 2024
Country: 🇧🇭 Bahrain
Official Name: Article 52 - Excess Negative Tax Expense Procedure
Last updated at: 2026-02-23 12:13:40 UTC

Chapter 6 - Tax Computation

Article 52 - Excess Negative Tax Expense Procedure

  1. On making an election in accordance with Paragraph A of Article 51 of these Regulations, or where the Additional Tax Rate for a jurisdiction for a Fiscal Year exceeds the Minimum Rate, a Filing Constituent Entity shall exclude the Excess Negative Tax Expense from its Adjusted Covered Taxes in respect of a Fiscal Year and, instead, establish an Excess Negative Tax Expense Carry-forward for that Multinational Enterprise Group of an amount equal to the excluded amount.

  2. For the purposes of Paragraph A of this Article, Excess Negative Tax Expense means any of the following:

    1. For a Filing Constituent Entity that makes an election under Paragraph A of this Article, an amount equal to the Additional Tax for Permanent Differences for that Fiscal Year.

    2. For a Filing Constituent Entity that has an Additional Tax Rate for a Fiscal Year that exceeds the Minimum Rate, an amount equal to the negative Adjusted Covered Taxes for that Fiscal Year.

  3. In each Fiscal Year following a Fiscal Year in respect of which Paragraph A of this Article applies, where a Filing Constituent Entity has Net Constituent Entity Income and Adjusted Covered Taxes in the Kingdom, the Filing Constituent Entity shall apply all of the following:

    1. Reduce the Adjusted Covered Taxes for the jurisdiction by the balance of the Excess Negative Tax Expense Carry-forward, but the amount of the Adjusted Covered Taxes after such reduction shall not be less than zero.

    2. Reduce the balance of the Excess Negative Tax Expense Carry-forward by the same amount.

  4. Where a Multinational Enterprise Group disposes of one or more of the Constituent Entities located in the Kingdom in respect of which an election under Paragraph A of this Article has been made, the Excess Negative Tax Expense Carry-forward shall remain an attribute of that Multinational Enterprise Group.

  5. Where a Multinational Enterprise Group disposes of all Constituent Entities located in the Kingdom and re-acquires or establishes Constituent Entities located in the Kingdom in a subsequent Fiscal Year, the balance of the Excess Negative Tax Expense Carry-forward shall be taken into account in determining the Adjusted Covered Taxes for the Kingdom beginning with that Fiscal Year.

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