During the last 2 years, KITAS (Kuwait Integrated Tax Administration System) was developed
and implemented with the assistance of a Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) programme
contracted with the World Bank. KITAS implementation started progressively during the last
6-12 months within the Kuwait Tax Department (KTD) managing the current 3 taxes of the
country (Income Tax on Foreign Companies, Zakat, and Withholding on Contracts) and issuing
a series of requested Tax Compliance Certificates.
The major two key questions are: Could Kuwait extend KITAS for the administration of the new
VAT or should Kuwait procure a more robust-ready Commercial-Of-The-Shelf (COTS) ITAS?
Could one or the other solution be ready on time for implementation either on January 2018 or
January 2019?