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VAT in Transactions

All sales and purchase transactions in Zoho Books are VAT-compliant. 

Once you’ve set up the taxes, contacts and items in your Zoho Books account, you can start creating transactions.

When creating a transaction, the default tax rate that you set for an item will be applied. However, this can be changed, if necessary.

Item VAT Settings

The available tax treatments of these transactions will determined by the:

  • Location from where your business is operating.
  • Place of supply.
  • Contact’s tax treatment.

If you are a VAT registered person in Bahrain, here are the different tax rates that can be applied on your transactions based on your customer’s tax treatment and the place of supply.

Sales Transactions in Bahrain

Customer Tax TreatmentPlace of SupplyTax Rates
VAT RegisteredBahrainStandard Rate [10%], Zero Rate, Exempt, Out of Scope, Domestic Reverse Charge (Out of Scope)
Non VAT RegisteredBahrainStandard Rate [10%], Zero Rate, Exempt, Out of Scope
GCC VAT RegisteredBahrainStandard Rate [10%], Zero Rate, Exempt
GCC VAT RegisteredGCCZero Rate
GCC Non VAT RegisteredBahrainStandard Rate [10%], Zero Rate, Exempt
GCC Non VAT RegisteredGCCZero Rate
Non GCC-Zero Rate

Purchase Transactions in Bahrain

Vendor Tax TreatmentPlace of SupplyTax Rates
VAT RegisteredBahrainStandard Rate [10%], Zero Rate, Exempt, Out of Scope, Domestic Reverse Charge - (Standard Rate [10%])
Non VAT RegisteredBahrainOut of Scope
GCC VAT RegisteredBahrainGoods / Goods & Services - Out of Scope
Services - Exempt, Reverse Charge (Standard Rate [10%], Zero Rate)
GCC Non VAT RegisteredBahrainGoods / Goods & Services - Out of Scope
Services - Exempt, Reverse Charge (Standard Rate [10%], Zero Rate)
Non GCC-Goods / Goods & Services - Out of Scope
Services - Exempt, Reverse Charge (Standard Rate [10%], Zero Rate)

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