Odoo accounting and tax in Jordan
Every Jordan tax and accounting item we configure and test before a go-live, printed in full rather than condensed.
9 items 1 unconfirmed Printed as checked, not condensed.
Tax rules that shape an Odoo configuration in Jordan
Each item below is one thing the tax setup has to get right before go-live.
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General Sales Tax (GST) is the indirect tax. The standard rate is 16%.
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Zero rating applies to exports of goods and services outside Jordan, to free zone areas and markets, to the Aqaba Special Economic Zone and to development areas. That is a fiscal position and tax-mapping job in Odoo, not a rate change.
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A 5% withholding tax applies to services supplied by resident natural persons and civil companies, including doctors, lawyers, engineers, auditors, consultants, insurance agents, brokers, arbitrators, financial intermediaries and shipping agents. Non-resident service providers are withheld at 10% plus national contribution tax.
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Interest and commissions paid by banks carry 5% withholding for individuals and 7% for legal entities, treated as a final tax for non-residents.
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The corporate income tax return is due before the end of the fourth month following the end of the tax period, with the balance payable on the same date. Businesses with gross income above JOD 1 million make an advance payment of 40% of accrued income tax within 30 days of the fiscal half-year end. Late payment runs at 0.4% per week.
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GST returns are filed every two months, due within one month of the end of the period.
Unconfirmed. Sources agreed, no primary confirmation found.
The reporting framework your Jordan books sit inside
What your statements have to comply with, and what that means for the chart of accounts.
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Odoo's l10n_jo module ships a Jordanian chart of accounts, taxes, a tax report and fiscal positions, so the ledger structure is not a from-scratch build.
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Tax audits usually happen within a year of filing, and an auditor may not audit a return more than four years after the filing date. Keep four years of supporting detail queryable in the system.
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Returns are submitted through the tax authority's online portal rather than on paper.
Checked Localization notes on this page checked on 22 August 2026.
Rates, formats, thresholds and submission windows change. We configure against the rules in force at build time and confirm every figure with your accountant or tax advisor before sign-off. If a rule moves after go-live, it is a support ticket, not a rebuild. Read more on our Odoo localization service.
How we build accounting and tax for Jordan
The delivery method behind the list above. The same four steps on a 10-user rollout and on a multi-company programme, with the depth scaled to the scope.
- 1 Chart of accounts from your accountant. We configure against the mapping your accountant signs, not a default template someone picked in the install wizard.
- 2 Every tax gets a test document. An invoice, a credit note and a period report per tax, checked against a figure your accountant produced independently.
- 3 Opening balances reconcile. Prior-period data is loaded and tied back to your last filed set of accounts before anyone posts a live transaction.
- 4 Filing outputs come out of Odoo. Reports are produced from the system, checked line by line, then handed over with a written procedure so your team runs them without us.
What we need from you to quote it
Bring these to the first call and you get a scoped, priced accounting and tax plan for Jordan instead of a range.
- โ Your current chart of accounts and the tax codes in use today.
- โ The last filed set of accounts and the last filed return.
- โ The name of the accountant or tax advisor who signs off the configuration.
Services behind this work
The rest of the Jordan localization detail
Each topic has its own page with the full item list, the same way this one does.
Accounting and tax in other markets we cover
Running the same rollout across borders? These pages carry the same depth for each market, so you can compare before scoping a multi-country phase.
Scope accounting and tax for your Jordan rollout.
Send us the list above with your answers against it. We come back with what is configuration, what is a connector, and what is a build, priced before the project starts.