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Limited partnership

Commandite by Shares CompanyBahrain

What it takes to form, own and run a limited partnership in Bahrain, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.

This company type

At a glance

Owners' liability
Mixed: some partners limited, at least one unlimited
Officialsijilat.bhRead 10 Oct 2026
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joint partners who are jointly liable to the extent of their entire personal wealth
Owners
At least 4
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The number of promoters of this type of company shall not be less than four.
Directors
At least 1
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The administration of a limited partnership by shares shall be assigned to one joint partner or more
Minimum capital
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Formation fee
BHD 50
Officialsijilat.bhRead 10 Oct 2026
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Issuance of a Commercial Registration without License• BHD 50 New CR without license application.
Tax on profit
Not in our records
Notary needed: YesFormed online: Yes

Form it

Who registers it

Registry
Formed without visiting
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Formed online
Yes

What it takes to form

A notary
Required
A resident director
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Paying up the capital
Not in our records

Own it

Who may own and run it

Directors
At least 1
Official sijilat.bh read 10 Oct 2026
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The administration of a limited partnership by shares shall be assigned to one joint partner or more
Shareholders
At least 4
Official sijilat.bh read 10 Oct 2026
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The number of promoters of this type of company shall not be less than four.
Members
At least 4
Official sijilat.bh read 10 Oct 2026
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The number of promoters of this type of company shall not be less than four.
A local company secretary
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

A local registered agent
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Each year, at the registry

Annual registry fee
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Accounts on the public record
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Audit for a small company
Required
Official sijilat.bh read 10 Oct 2026
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A limited partnership by shares shall have one auditor or more.
Audit
Not in our records

Important dates

When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.

Not in our records No dates for the Commandite by Shares Company are in our records.

What is public

Not in our records What the register shows the public is not in our records for the Commandite by Shares Company.

Tax

Tax on profit

How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.

Not in our records

How this type is taxed is not in our records. A partnership or sole trader is often taxed through its owners; incp.pro does not assume it.

CFC rules in Bahrain
Not in our records

Close it

Closing it

The other end, which most guides leave out.

Route
Dissolution on a ground in Art. 320 of the Commercial Companies Law (expiry of the period, fulfilment of the objects, loss of the property, a unanimous resolution of the partners, merger) or by court order (Art. 321); the company is then in liquidation (Art. 325) under liquidators appointed by the partners or the general assembly and entered in the Commercial Registry (Arts. 328-329); after the final accounts are approved the liquidator enters the completion of liquidation in the Registry and applies for striking off the company's name (Art. 343). The Minister may also strike off the registration of a company that has not traded for a year (Art. 320).
Official sijilat.bh read 25 Oct 2026
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A company shall be dissolved for any of the following reasons: a) Expiry of its specified period, unless the company’s Memorandum or Articles of Incorporation provide for its renewal.
Statutory fee
Not in our records

Every business in Bahrain

VAT

Standard rate
10%

The standard rate has been 10% since 1 January 2022, raised from 5%.

Official nbr.gov.bh read 22 Oct 2026
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واعتبارًا من 1 يناير 2022، تم تعديل النسبة الأساسية للقيمة المضافة على أن تكون بنسبة 10%.
Other rates
  • 0% Zero-rated supplies
Registration threshold
BHD 37,500

annual taxable supplies (standard-rated and zero-rated); annual taxable supplies, actual or expected

Official nbr.gov.bh read 22 Oct 2026
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التسجيل لأغراض القيمة المضافة في حال تجاوزت قيمة التوريدات السنوية الخاضعة للقيمة المضافة (الخاضعة للنسبة الأساسية ونسبة الصفر بالمئة) حد التسجيل الإلزامي البالغ 37,500 دينار بحريني
Voluntary registration
Yes

A business whose annual expenses or taxable supplies exceed BHD 18,750 may register voluntarily.

Official nbr.gov.bh read 22 Oct 2026
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يمكن للمنشآت والأفراد التسجيل اختياريًا ممن تفوق نفقاتهم أو توريداتهم السنوية الخاضعة للقيمة المضافة 18,750 دينار بحريني
A foreign company
Registers from its first taxable supply; no local representative required

A non-resident without a place of business or fixed establishment in Bahrain that supplies non-VAT-registered persons there must register within 30 days of the first taxable supply, regardless of the annual thresholds; supplies to VAT-registered persons are not registered but reverse-charged. A non-resident may register directly or appoint a VAT representative.

Official nbr.gov.bh read 22 Oct 2026
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الذين يقومون بالتوريد لأشخاص غير خاضعين للقيمة المضافة في مملكة البحرين، يتعين عليهم التسجيل للقيمة المضافة خلال ثلاثين يوماً من أول توريد خاضع للقيمة المضافة في مملكة البحرين بغض النظر عن حدود التوريدات السنوية المذكورة أعلاه
Returns filed
Depends on the business
Official nbr.gov.bh read 22 Oct 2026
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تنقسم فترات القيمة المضافة إلى شهرية، سنوية وربع سنوية وذلك حسب ما يلي
Tax authority
Registration page read 2026-10-22

Payment and banking services

None of the services whose lists we hold names Bahrain. Each provider, and what a listing means.

Reference

Its name and code

Kind
Limited partnership
Derived our grouping, the same words in every country
Name in law
Commandite by Shares Company
ISO 20275 code
990B