Article 15 establishes a Transitional Country-by-Country Report (CbCR) Safe Harbor, which reduces the top-up tax to zero for tax periods starting on or before 31 December 2026. This relief applies if an MNE Group meets one of three tests in Kuwait: the de minimis test (revenue < €10m and income < €1m), the effective tax rate test (ETR ≥16% for 2025, ≥17% for 2026), or the routine profits test where profit is below the substance-based income exclusion defined in Article 10. The provision excludes stateless entities and certain MNEs. Further controls will be defined by executive regulations.
The tax due on a taxpayer shall be zero for any tax period starts on or before 31 December 2026 without the inclusion of tax periods ended after 30 June 2028 in one of the following cases:
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