Sales invoicing

For the supply of most products, services and payments in advance, a VAT invoice is required.

Required invoice data includes this information:

  • Date and number
  • Name
  • Address and official registration number of both the vendor and customer
  • Supply date of goods and services
  • Product description and quantity
  • Goods and services taxable value
  • Rate and tax value

Invoices must include a pre-printed number to account for all transactions.

The word copy must be included on invoices that are copies.

Bahrain specifics

A taxable person making supplies of goods or services in Bahrain is required to issue tax invoices and, depending on the circumstances, other documents.

Taxable people must issue tax invoices for the supply of goods and services made by them in Bahrain. Tax invoices are required regardless of whether the supply is made to residents or to non-residents. A tax invoice must be issued by a taxable person when making a deemed supply of goods and services. A tax invoice must be delivered to the customer.

A tax invoice can be issued in an electronic or paper format, subject to specific conditions and approval from the NBR. If a tax invoice is damaged or lost, then the supplier can issue an identical invoice. It must state clearly that the replacement invoice was issued as a substitute to the original tax invoice. Copies of an original tax invoice must be clearly marked with the words duplicate of original.

How Infor meets this requirement

For billing invoice setup, see the Financials Setup and Administration Guide.

To create and print tax invoices, see the Billing User Guide.