Expats in Oman can heave a sigh of relief, at least for now, after the Sultanate confirmed there are no plans to make foreign workers pay income tax.
Saudi Arabia had last week announced that it was considering introducing the tax for its expat population.
The news sent a ripple through the GCC expat population, but Oman’s Ministry of Manpower, in a statement to the Times of Oman, confirmed it has no plans to go down that route.
Said Salem Al Saadi, advisor at the Ministry of Manpower, said the country does not encourage income tax, particularly when it is only targeting the expat community.
“We are not encouraging this. Every country has its own procedures, and in this country, we do not encourage such a tax. If there is any kind of tax, it will be for everyone, expats and Omanis. Expats are not strangers for us, and they work according to the Labour Law. The Labour Law controls all the expats and it does not involve income tax.”
Source: TimesOfOman