Oman government shall impose tax on the remittances sent by foreign workers to their home countries. This is advised by the economic and financial committee of Oman.
In order to ease growing pressure on the state budget, two percent tax is to be levied.1.5m expatriate workers will be affected by the proposed tax where most of them come from south and Southeast Asia. It would also generate roughly OMR62m (USD161m) in annual tax income, based on the OMR3.1bn of outbound worker remittances recorded in 2012.
