Oman·
Oman's VAT System in 2026: Fawtara Goes Live, a Tourist Refund Scheme in the Works, and a 50-Year Incentive Bet
Oman's VAT system, in place since April 2021, picked up its most significant change yet in 2026: a national e-invoicing mandate that, unlike its Gulf neighbors, brings every type of transaction into scope at once. Around that central development sit a tourist VAT refund scheme still being finalized, a tax authority reporting genuinely strong revenue growth while ruling out any rate change, and a 50-year tax incentive bet on a new international financial hub.
