The Oman Tax Authority (OTA) has been approved as a Peppol Authority and is advancing its e-invoicing rollout. A consultation session on December 9, 2025 reviewed the draft data dictionary, and OTA has set a phased accreditation schedule for Q1–Q3 2026, culminating in an August 2026 pilot where taxpayers can exchange e‑invoices. The draft dictionary specifies 53 mandatory fields for standard tax e‑invoices and 66 additional conditional fields.
The OTA registration portal opens in Q1 2026, indicated February 2026.
Testing opens in Q2 2026 (May 2026) and the pilot is scheduled for Q3 2026 (August 2026), when taxpayers can begin exchanging e‑invoices.
The draft proposes 53 mandatory fields for standard tax e‑invoices, with 66 additional fields required under certain conditions.
OTA hosted the consultation session on December 9, 2025.
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