Holding CompanyQatar · Qatar Financial Centre
What it takes to form, own and run a private limited company in Qatar · Qatar Financial Centre, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.
This company type
At a glance
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A Holding Company is a Company incorporated under the Companies Regulations and registered by the CRO as a Holding Company.
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A Holding Company shall have a minimum of one director which may
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
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Application for the incorporation a Special 4.1 Nil
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The standard rate of corporation tax is 10%.
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
Not in our records A notary, A resident director, Paying up the capital: none of these is in our records for the Holding Company.
Own it
Who may own and run it
- Directors
- At least 1 · a company may be one
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A Holding Company shall have a minimum of one director which may
- Shareholders
- At least 1 · a company may be one
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A Holding Company is a Company incorporated under the Companies Regulations and registered by the CRO as a Holding Company.
- Members
- At least 1 · one person may form it alone
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A Holding Company is a Company incorporated under the Companies Regulations and registered by the CRO as a Holding Company.
- A local company secretary
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- A local registered agent
- Not required
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A Holding Company may appoint a Support Service Provider.
Each year, at the registry
- Annual registry fee
- USD 500 (about €437)
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Annual fee for a Special Company 4.2.4 500
- 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
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Audit
- A Holding Company that is Passive is not required to appoint auditors or file accounts unless directed by the QFC Authority (Special Company Regulations Art 21); otherwise the Companies Regulations audit rules apply.
Important dates
When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.
- File a notice of any change to directors or secretary
- 21 days after change of officers
With QFC Companies Registration Office
Special Company Regulations Art 20A.9.
- Notify a change to Shareholders, legal owners or Beneficial Owners
- 21 days after change of beneficial owners
With QFC Companies Registration Office
Article 23A.1; a transfer of shares also needs the QFC Authority's written non-objection (Art 23B.1).
What is public
Not in our records What the register shows the public is not in our records for the Holding Company.
Tax
Tax on profit
How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.
Flat · 10%+1 regime
Corporation tax at the standard rate of 10% on Local Source Taxable Profits (QFC Tax Regulations Art 9); the registry's tax page says income earned through holding structures or SPCs is exempt subject to conditions, which were not read in the Tax Regulations.
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The standard rate of corporation tax is 10%.
Work it out on a profit figure: the company’s tax, the owner’s, and what is left.
Special regimes that may apply
- Free Zones exemption from the Income Tax Law free zone · 100% exempt
Entities established in a free zone created by decree on the proposal of the Council of Ministers — currently Ras Bufontas and Umm Alhoul Law No. 34 of 2005 on Free Zones, as amended by Decree Law No. 21 of 2017, article 7; zones established by decree under article 2
Whether a company qualifies depends on its activity and conditions set in each statute.
- CFC rules in Qatar
- Not in our records
Close it
Closing it
The other end, which most guides leave out.
- Route
- Voluntary deregistration on application to the Companies Registration Office (CRO), which may strike the company off after three months (earlier if it is not carrying on business) provided any Insolvency Regulations requirement is met; the CRO may also strike off after a three-month notice (Companies Regulations Art. 131).
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(4) A Company or Branch may apply to the CRO for voluntary deregistration, at the conclusion of 3 months from the date of the application, the Company or Branch may be struck off the register.
- Statutory fee
- Not in our records
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VAT
- Standard rate
- Not in our recordsThe tax authority’s pages have not been read for Qatar.
Payment and banking services
None of the services whose lists we hold names Qatar. Each provider, and what a listing means.
Reference
Its name and code
- Kind
- Private limited companyDerived our grouping, the same words in every country
- Name in law
- Holding Company
- Identifier
- QA-QFC-HOLDINGA form ISO 20275 does not list.