Bahrain capital gains tax: none on shares, crypto or property
Bahrain has no general personal capital-gains tax, so the tax on your investment gain is zero. Shares, crypto and property alike, the National Bureau for Revenue framework has no dedicated personal CGT rule. What matters instead is the registration fee property transfers carry on the transaction, not the gain.
Verified as of 2026-09-18 against the National Bureau for Revenue and the government property-registration service.
Current rules
Taxes on selling shares, crypto and property in Bahrain
What you pay when you sell
| Asset | Tax on the gain |
|---|---|
| Shares (personal investment) | Nothing. No personal CGT applies |
| Crypto | Nothing |
| Property (personal investment) | Nothing on the gain |
| Property transfer | 1.7% property-registration fee when registered within 60 days of notarisation, 2% after that period, a transaction cost |
Transaction taxes that replace CGT
| Tax | Rate and trigger |
|---|---|
| Property-registration transfer fee | 1.7% of the transfer when registered within 60 days of notarisation; 2% after that period |
| VAT | 10% (from 1 January 2022); mandatory registration when annual supplies exceed BHD 37,500 |
| Securities transaction tax | None in the cited official sources |
Sourced from the authority pages above, as of 2026-09-18.
Questions
Bahrain capital gains tax questions
Does Bahrain have a capital gains tax?
Not for individuals. Bahrain's official tax framework has no general personal capital-gains tax, and no dedicated personal CGT rule appears in the National Bureau for Revenue material. Whether you sell shares after a week or a villa after twenty years, the gain itself is not taxed.
When would a gain be taxed?
The framework states no personal CGT rate for any situation. The official material separates the large-multinational domestic minimum top-up tax from personal taxation.
What does selling property cost?
The property-registration transfer fee: 1.7% of the transfer when the sale is registered within 60 days of notarisation, and 2% after that period. It is charged on the transaction whether you make a gain or a loss, so it is a transaction cost, not a gains tax.
Is crypto taxed in Bahrain?
Not as a personal capital gain. Bahrain has no general personal capital-gains tax, and no general securities transaction tax replacing it appears in the cited official sources. The 10% VAT applies to consumption, not to private disposals.
What exactly does the National Bureau for Revenue say?
Bahrain has no general personal capital-gains tax identified in the official tax framework reviewed: no dedicated personal CGT rule was located in the National Bureau for Revenue material. Source: https://www.nbr.gov.bh/
What about businesses and special regimes?
The current official material distinguishes the large-multinational domestic minimum top-up tax from personal taxation; business-specific or special-regime treatment should not be inferred from the passive-investor result.
What fee applies to property transfers?
Property disposals carry property-registration transfer fees of 1.7% when registered within 60 days of notarisation and 2% after that period — a transaction cost, not a gains tax. Source: https://services.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/ar/BSP/GSX-UI-EServiceDetails?esID=956
Is there a securities-transfer tax?
No general securities transaction tax replacing personal CGT was identified in the cited official sources.