Property tax in Oman
See what Oman's tax rules do to your property portfolio.
What Freeholt models for property, income and retirement in Oman, and what it does not.
Free to start. No card. Rules reviewed 2 July 2026.
Modelled here
- Tax on rental income
- Duty on purchase
OMR · Rates as at 2 July 2026 · Estimates, not advice
No personal income tax today. The GCC's first PIT (5% above OMR 42,000, rental income included) starts 1 Jan 2028. Foreigners buy freehold in Integrated Tourism Complexes; OMR 250k earns residency.
How rental income is taxed in Oman
For a resident owner: There is no tax on residential rental income. For an owner living abroad and renting this out: There is no tax on residential rental income.
Capital gains on a sale
There is no capital gains tax on residential property.
Annual property tax while holding
An annual property or land tax is not modelled here, which is not the same as there being none. Treat holding costs on this page as excluding it.
What it costs to buy
About 3% of the price on purchase. Transfer fee 3%; freehold for foreigners only in ITC/designated zones.
Can a foreign buyer purchase here?
A foreign buyer may own freehold only inside designated zones. Freehold for foreigners only in Integrated Tourism Complexes and 2025 designated zones; OMR 250k earns residency.
Where the tax actually lands
Oman taking nothing does not mean nobody does. An owner who is tax resident somewhere that taxes worldwide income generally pays tax on the rent and any gain from this property THERE, at that country's rates, with credit for anything paid here. That makes the owner's country of residence the thing that decides the tax bill on this property, not the country the property sits in. Freeholt models the residence side separately, so setting a country of residence in the app shows the whole picture rather than a zero.
Residents of Oman with property abroad
Oman has no income tax on rent and no capital gains tax, so rent and gains from property abroad are not taxed here either. Only the country where the property is taxes them.
How Freeholt models Oman
Every rate above is priced from Freeholt's own table for Oman and runs through the whole projection: rental income, a modelled sale and the annual holding costs all use the same figures. They cannot be edited yet, so a position that differs from the defaults has to be read with that in mind. The estimate assumes an individual owner rather than a company or trust, and where a rule is not modelled it is listed below rather than quietly priced at zero.
What running this property costs
In Oman this covers ITC service charges, insurance and management. No annual property tax.
How borrowing works here
Local mortgages for residents; ITC purchases often developer financed or cash.
What actually happened here
This country's own record, one year at a time. Nothing on this page is borrowed from another country. Move across a chart to read a year.
Recent rule changes in Oman
- 2028-01-01 Royal Decree 56/2025: 5% personal income tax above OMR 42,000 from 1 Jan 2028. Residents taxed worldwide, rental income and real estate gains included (primary residence sale exempt). COMPUTED from 2028 projection years.
- The executive regulations of the Personal Income Tax Law, due by mid 2026, were still unissued in Oct 2026. They will set the foreign tax credit, primary residence designation and withholding procedures.(proposed only, never priced into your figures)
What Freeholt models here
- ModelledTax on rental income
- Resident and non resident rates, with interest and losses treated under the local rule.
- None hereCapital gains on a sale
- No general capital gains tax; the page says what applies instead.
- ModelledDuty on purchase
- One off, on the way in, at the scale in force.
- Not yetAnnual property or land tax
- Not priced here; the page says where the charge falls instead.
- Not yetIncome tax beyond the rent
- Not modelled for this country yet.
- Not yetDividends, interest and share sales
- Not modelled for this country yet.
- Not yetRetirement savings
- Not modelled for this country yet.
- Not yetInheritance and what happens on death
- Not modelled for this country yet.
What Freeholt does not model here
- Any annual property or land tax, which may still exist here
- Inheritance and estate tax
- Treaty relief between this country and the owner's country of residence
Coverage deepens country by country. Every figure is an estimate, not advice.
Compare with another country
Each page is built from the same table the app runs on, so the figures line up side by side.
Compare Oman with another country — rent, gains, annual tax and duty, side by side.
Questions people ask
- Does Freeholt model Oman property tax?
- Yes. Rental income tax and duty on purchase are priced from Freeholt's own rate table for Oman. Oman levies no capital gains tax, so there is nothing to price. Annual property or land tax is not priced here, and the page says so rather than showing a zero. The rates are not editable yet, so one that differs in a particular case cannot be overridden. Every figure is an estimate, not advice.
- How is rental income from Oman taxed if I live somewhere else?
- There is no tax on residential rental income. Tax may also be due in the country of residence, with credit for what was paid here. Estimates only, not advice.
- What are the Oman figures as at?
- The rate table for Oman was last reviewed on 2 July 2026. Freeholt date stamps every country rather than implying all of them were checked on the same day. Estimates only, not advice.
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