Country pack
communityQatar
Ekwo is free, open source accounting software. Its Qatar pack carries the chart of accounts (Qatar reference chart of accounts, 107 accounts), 1 tax rates in QAR, and the financial statements (Statement of financial position, Statement of profit or loss). Last checked on 2026-10-10 against 10 texts of law and official sources.
- Country code
QA- Currency
QAR- Pack version
0.1.0- Last checked
- 2026-10-10
What the pack carries
- Charts of accountsWhat a company installs, and who each chart is published for.
default(default) — 107 accounts, for companies
- TaxesHow many the pack carries, at which distinct rates, and which treatments it can express.
- 2 taxes at rates of 0
not_subject - Periodic declarationThe form the accounts are read into, the cadences it is filed on, and how many boxes it has.
- no periodic return declared
- When it is dueA rule of the country, not a date. A pack that cannot state its rule states nothing.
- no declaration to be due
- The file it is deposited asThe brick of packages/formats that writes it, where one exists.
- no declaration to deposit
- Electronic invoicingThe profile the country imposes, the day it starts, and the text that imposes it.
- no profile — no obligation in law
No Qatari law in force obliges a business to issue or accept an electronic invoice (consulted 10 October 2026). On 6 May 2026 the Council of Ministers approved a DRAFT law on electronic invoicing and its implementing regulations, prepared by the Ministry of Finance with the General Tax Authority; the draft was still to pass the Shura Council and receive the Amir's assent, and this pack's research found no sign that it has been promulgated or published in the Official Gazette (the almeezan.qa legal portal could not be opened). It names no technical model, platform, scope, threshold or go-live date, and industry commentary pointing to a phased start from 1 January 2027, large taxpayers first, is expectation and not an official date. `obligation` is therefore `none` and `profile`, `party_scheme` and `vat_scheme` are null: the draft is the next change to watch, and no profile is invented for it. No Peppol Authority for Qatar was found, and no VAT identifier exists for a scheme to carry.
- Where the tax balance landsThe accounts a filed declaration settles to, by role.
- payable no account named
- receivable no account named
- Bank statementsThe formats this country’s banks send, and whether anything here reads them.
- no format named
- Payment filesThe formats the country’s banks accept for an outgoing payment.
- no format named
- Financial statementsThe schemes the chart reports on, and the taxonomy their keys are written against.
QA-IFRS-SFP— 22 linesQA-IFRS-IS— 9 lines
- Who has read itA pack is reviewed when a named professional has read it against the law, and never before.
communityno named reviewer10 sources cited- Last checked against the lawThe most recent day somebody opened one of the texts the pack was built from.
- 2026-10-10
- Pack versionWhat this pack calls itself, the day it says its transcription is true, and the languages it publishes.
0.1.0— published 2026-10-10ar,en
Free, and operated
Where the open core stops.
The line is operational, not functional. Everything that keeps working on its own is open core; what needs credentials, a certificate or a channel somebody keeps running is the hosted edition.
What it was built from
10 sources — the law this pack was read against
- Law No. (24) of 2018 Promulgating the Income Tax Law (General Tax Authority's English text)
General Tax Authority · law · read 2026-10-10
- Income Tax Law and its Executive Regulations, 2024 edition (General Tax Authority's English text)
General Tax Authority · regulation · read 2026-10-10
- Excise Tax Law (Law No. (25) of 2018) and its Executive Regulations, 2024 edition (General Tax Authority's English text)
General Tax Authority · law · read 2026-10-10
- State of Qatar introduces new excise tax mechanism on sweetened drinks (Law No. (2) of 2026)
General Tax Authority · guidance · read 2026-10-10
- Council of Ministers Resolution No. (2) of 2026 on the Global Minimum Tax (Pillar Two) Regulations (General Tax Authority's English text)
General Tax Authority · regulation · read 2026-10-10
- Laws and regulations — tax laws in force
General Tax Authority · guidance · read 2026-10-10
- Law No. (11) of 2015 Promulgating the Commercial Companies Law (unofficial English translation; the official text is on almeezan.qa, which this pack's research could not open)
Qatar legislation (unofficial translation published by a law firm) · law · read 2026-10-10
- Customs — duty tariffs and trade regulations
Invest Qatar · guidance · read 2026-10-10
- Qatar approves draft e-invoicing law and implementing regulations (Council of Ministers, 6 May 2026)
EY Tax Alerts · guidance · read 2026-10-10
- Dhareeba — the General Tax Authority's electronic tax portal
General Tax Authority · portal · read 2026-10-10
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