The QFC is a leading onshore business and financial centre located in Doha, welcoming international firms to set up business in Qatar. It aims to promote Qatar as a major business and commercial hub at the crossroads between East and West. The QFC offers its own international legal and business environment governed by English common law, which allows up to 100% foreign ownership, 100% repatriation of profits, and charges a competitive rate of 10% corporate tax on locally sourced profits, all while integrating businesses into Qatar’s swift expansion into a major trade and investment centre.
What is the Qatar Financial Centre?
Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) is a leading onshore business and financial centre located in Doha, welcoming international firms to set up business in Qatar. QFC invites businesses, from start-ups to large corporations seeking to expand to the region, to benefit from flexible legal and regulatory services, regulated and non-regulated, that meet international best practice.
With QFC, firms can accelerate business growth in Qatar and beyond while becoming part of the country’s swift expansion into a major trade and investment hub. Since 2005, QFC has helped over 1,500+ companies from across the globe set up and run their operations in Qatar as one of the world’s fastest growing economies.
QFC allows up to 100% foreign ownership, 100% repatriation of profits, and charges a rate of 10% corporate tax on locally sourced profits. Its legal, judicial, and regulatory framework is based on English common law and international best practice, with an independent court, regulatory tribunal, and dispute-resolution centre.