10% VAT, 3-decimal BHD, Arabic-first invoices, Benefit Pay reconciliation. Built for Manama SMEs and every free-zone entity from BIIP to Salman Industrial City.
Every Bahrain business with taxable supplies above BHD 37,500 / year must register for VAT with the National Bureau for Revenue and file quarterly (or monthly, above BHD 3 million). Invoices must show TRN, 3-decimal BHD amounts, VAT breakdown per line, and be issued within 15 days of the taxable event. Businex360 handles all of it automatically β including the 3-decimal rounding rules that break most cloud POS systems built for 2-decimal currencies.
Coming next: NBR is consulting on Kingdom-wide e-invoicing, expected to launch in phases from 2026 for large taxpayers and roll out to SMEs by 2027. When it lands, our compliance layer will ship the required real-time reporting hooks the same day β no upgrade fee, no re-onboarding.
Every feature below ships out of the box. No middleware. No connector fees.
Every calculation uses banker's rounding to 3 decimals β the NBR default β so quarterly returns tie back to the fils on the invoice.
Bilingual Arabic-first layout with TRN, supplier & customer details, HS codes, VAT-exempt reason codes, and the 15-day issue-date guard.
Records Benefit Pay, BenefitPay QR, Visa, MasterCard, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, cash and bank transfer per invoice line.
One-click quarterly VAT return export in the NBR-required format. Standard-rated, zero-rated, exempt and imports auto-classified per invoice.
Print or email receipts in Arabic, English, or side-by-side. Native RTL on-screen and on the printed 80mm thermal receipt.
Retailers with Manama + Muharraq + Riffa locations get per-branch inventory, consolidated CR-level VAT, and per-cashier reconciliation.
Bahrain moved from 5% to 10% in January 2022. E-invoicing is next.
| Date | Change | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | VAT introduced at 5% | All VAT-registered entities |
| Jan 2022 | Standard rate raised to 10% | Live β all standard-rated supplies |
| 2026 (expected) | E-invoicing consultation β pilot | Large taxpayers first |
| 2027 (expected) | SME e-invoicing rollout | All VAT-registered businesses |
Retail, F&B, financial services, Bahrain Bay & Diplomatic Area entities.
Aviation, logistics, seafood, BIIP entities and airport-side SMEs.
Residential retail, family businesses, private schools, healthcare clinics.
Industrial workshops, aluminium downstream, oil-services suppliers.
Manufacturing, food processing, export-oriented SMEs with correct VAT treatment.
Fintech, e-commerce and licensed money-services businesses.
City Centre to Bab Al Bahrain. Barcode scanning, per-branch inventory, NBR-compliant B2B tax invoices for wholesale customers.
Split bills, kitchen tickets, delivery-app reconciliation for Talabat, Jahez, Snoonu and Zomato.
Retainer billing, timesheets, project profitability, CBB-regulated invoice formats for financial institutions.
Alba supply chain: casting shops, extrusion, powder coating β job costing plus VAT recognition on milestones.
KBSP freight consolidators: multi-currency billing, customs pass-through, per-consignment reconciliation.
Progress billing, retention accounting, MoW-approved contractors, subcontractor pass-through with VAT.
10% VAT, BHD-3-decimal, Benefit Pay
Talabat + Jahez + kitchen tickets
Same compliance approach we use
NBR-ready, BHD-first, Arabic-first. No credit card. No time limit.