Documents / Guides
The International Tax Information Exchange System (ITIES) is managed by the National Bureau for Revenue. The system provides the functionality required for make FATCA, CRS and Economic Substance (NTJ).
This page provides links to the key agencies, including NBR, CBB and MOICT and provides links to important documents on the use of the ITIES system and the official documents from the OECD and IRS which explain the data that needs to be entered.
Guide documents
CRS and Economic Substance Online Forms Corrections
FATCA Online Forms User Manual
Submitting FATCA and CRS reports using XML
Frequently Asked Questions
Economic Substance
Economic Substance form for MOICT
Economic Substance form for CBB
CRS and Economic Substance Online Forms Corrections
Economic Substance form for MOICT Video
Video Guides
Initial Registration Registration Video
Setting up Organisations Organisations Video
Setting up Reporting Entities Reporting Entities Video
CRS & FATCA XML submission CRS & FATCA XML Video
CRS & FATCA Online Forms CRS & FATCA Online Forms Video
Official Documents
FATCA Schema is USA’s IRS document
CRS Schema is an OECD document
Economic Substance Guidance published by the OECD
Economic Substance for Geographically Mobile Activities in the Kingdom of Bahrain
NBR provides the list of reportable jurisdictions for CRS (https://www.nbr.gov.bh/common_reporting_standard)
ITIES Technical Documents
Links
CRS Webpage: (https://www.nbr.gov.bh/FTR/common_reporting_standard)
ESR Webpage: (https://www.nbr.gov.bh/FTR/bebs_projects/action_5) )
FATCA Webpage: (https://www.cbb.gov.bh/compliance/)
For Technical Support: (ities-itsupport@nbr.gov.bh)