Qatar on Tuesday issued a law imposing a tax on income, which may make it the first Gulf state to impose taxes on income. The Qatar News Agency that the law will take effect from the beginning of January.

The agency said Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Deputy Emir of Qatar and the Crown Prince was released today by the Income Tax Act. The law provides for the imposition of this tax as of January 2010 and published in the official newspaper. A government official told Reuters that the new tax on income in Qatar will apply only to companies, not individuals.

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