Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Middle East Oceania | International Organizations This year in review lists all EY Tax Alerts concerning significant developments in the Middle East during 2025. |
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| Bahrain |
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| 11.06.2025 | Bahrain announces mandatory advanced Wages Protection System, effective February 2026 (2025-2235) |
| Israel |
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| 11.20.2025 | Israeli Ministry of Finance publishes draft legislation for implementing Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax (2025-2338) |
| 11.12.2025 | Israel corporate income tax Circular No. 8/2025 — income allocation to R&D centers (2025-2276) |
| 11.05.2025 | Israeli tax reform aims to accelerate growth in high-tech sector (2025-2228) |
| 03.14.2025 | Israel issues professional circular on acceleration of vesting period for equity plans under Ordinance Section 102 (2025-0688) |
| 02.27.2025 | Israel publishes Income Tax Circular with details on CbCR (2025-0575) |
| 01.31.2025 | Israel makes legislative changes affecting private companies (2025-0364) |
| Kuwait |
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| 07.14.2025 | Kuwait issues Executive Regulations to the Kuwait DMTT Law (2025-1440) |
| 07.10.2025 | Kuwait ratifies tax treaty with Saudi Arabia (2025-1415) |
| 01.29.2025 | Kuwait implements domestic top-up tax on MNEs (2025-0350) |
| Oman |
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| 07.08.2025 | Oman to introduce personal income tax from January 2028 (2025-1393) |
| 05.07.2025 | Oman issues law on special economic zones and free zones (2025-0998) |
| 01.06.2025 | Oman issues Supplementary Tax Law for certain multinational enterprises (2025-0145) |
| Qatar |
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| 03.27.2025 | Qatar amends provisions of Income Tax Law No. (24) of 2018 to introduce DMTT and IIR (2025-0766) |
| 02.26.2025 | Qatar ratifies double tax treaty with Saudi Arabia (2025-0563) |
| Saudi Arabia |
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| 12.10.2025 | Saudi Arabia amends its integrated customs tariff schedule (2025-2468) |
| 12.03.2025 | Saudi Arabia to implement new excise tax method for sweetened beverages (2025-2415) |
| 10.06.2025 | Saudi Arabia announces 24th wave of Phase 2 e-invoicing integration (2025-2023) |
| 08.14.2025 | Saudi Arabia approves new real estate ownership law by non-Saudis (2025-1687) |
| 07.07.2025 | Saudi Arabia announces 23rd wave of Phase 2 e-invoicing integration (2025-1387) |
| 07.07.2025 | Saudi Arabia further extends tax amnesty initiative until 31 December 2025 (2025-1390) |
| 06.24.2025 | Saudi Arabia approves amendment to Executive Regulations for Zakat Collection on real estate and off-plan projects (2025-1338) |
| 06.23.2025 | Saudi Arabia amends filing deadline for applying Zakat Executive Regulations to prior years (2025-1328) |
| 05.16.2025 | Saudi Arabia issues Real Estate Transaction Tax Implementing Regulations (2025-1076) |
| 04.22.2025 | Saudi Arabia approves amendments to VAT Implementing Regulations (2025-0932) |
| 03.26.2025 | Saudi Arabia announces 22nd wave of Phase 2 e-invoicing integration (2025-0759) |
| 03.13.2025 | Saudi Arabia issues amendment to Executive Regulations for Zakat Collection (2025-0658) |
| 03.03.2025 | Saudi Arabia announces 21st wave of Phase 2 e-invoicing integration (2025-0589) |
| 02.20.2025 | Saudi Arabia releases guidelines on advance pricing agreements (2025-0523) |
| 02.05.2025 | Saudi Arabia announces 20th wave of Phase 2 e-invoicing integration (2025-0403) |
| 01.16.2025 | Saudi Arabia proposes amendments to Zakat Executive Regulations for real estate projects under construction (2025-0255) |
| 01.02.2025 | Saudi Arabia announces 19th wave of Phase 2 e-invoicing integration (2025-0104) |
| 01.02.2025 | Saudi Arabia further extends tax amnesty initiative until 30 June 2025 (2025-0106) |
| United Arab Emirates |
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| 12.05.2025 | UAE Ministry of Finance publishes Cabinet Decision on penalties for noncompliance with e-invoicing (2025-2433) |
| 11.24.2025 | UAE completes first corporate tax compliance cycle: Key insights for future readiness (2025-2357) |
| 09.30.2025 | UAE Ministry of Finance publishes Ministerial Decisions on e-invoicing (2025-1964) |
| 03.20.2025 | UAE Ministry of Finance releases Accredited Service Provider accreditation process and criteria (2025-0724) |
| 02.18.2025 | UAE issues domestic minimum top-up tax legislation (2025-0505) |
| 02.14.2025 | UAE Ministry of Finance releases consultation document on eInvoicing — detailed review (2025-0475) |
| 02.06.2025 | UAE Ministry of Finance releases consultation document on eInvoicing (2025-0417) |