Non-oil revenues increased for the state treasury as a result of tax reform.
Non-oil revenues increased for the state treasury as a result of tax reform.
2025-10-15
Non-oil tax revenues increased to 3.07 trillion dinars in 2023, 3.87 trillion dinars in 2024, and 1.155 trillion dinars in the first half of 2025 for the state treasury. These measures included expanding the tax base, introducing new activities under the income tax, adopting modern electronic systems for automation and payment, and activating exemptions for productive sectors.
The government has adopted an economic approach based on maximizing non-oil resources and promoting a developmental economy, emphasizing “the importance of taxes as a primary economic resource for the public treasury.”
In this context, a broad package of tax reform measures was launched.
This package also included Cabinet Resolution No. (24074), which included expanding the tax base, subjecting newly introduced activities to income tax, as well as subjecting electronic application companies to tax, and creating a sales system for premium and first-class restaurants and hotels, with the tax amount being collected and the taxpayer being released directly.
The key measures and important decisions also included establishing tax accounting mechanisms with foreign oil companies, mixed-sector companies, and private universities, submitting a draft of a new income tax law to replace the amended and effective Law No. 113 of 1982, establishing a tax inquiry platform, and moving toward fully automating the work of the General Tax Authority through a comprehensive tax system in cooperation with major electronic companies.
The reforms also included adopting a self-assessment and subsequent auditing mechanism, launching an electronic payment service at the Authority and its branches, and activating tax exemptions for productive agricultural lands, poultry farms, and hatcheries.
The tax reform also included the Prime Minister’s sponsorship of the “Tax Reform Conference,” which emphasized studying tax evasion and enhancing a business-friendly tax environment, in addition to tax accounting for extractive companies within licensing rounds.
A wide range of double taxation avoidance agreements has been signed with the governments of friendly countries.
In the same context, the Prime Minister sponsored the “Tax Conference for Economic Development and Revitalizing the Investment Environment,” which concluded with recommendations affirming the need not to impose tax increases that would negatively impact the business environment.
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