VAT Registration & Return Filing Support in Saudi Arabia
Registration assessed against the SAR 375,000 threshold, then every VAT return prepared from reconciled books.
VAT Services overview
Saudi VAT is charged at 15%. A resident business must register once its taxable supplies exceed SAR 375,000 over the past 12 months or are expected to over the next 12, and can register voluntarily from SAR 187,500. Returns are monthly for businesses with annual taxable supplies above SAR 40 million and quarterly for everyone else, with the return and the payment both due by the last day of the following month.
A Saudi VAT return is only as good as the books behind it. Once you are integrated with Fatoora, ZATCA already holds your sales invoice data, so a return that does not agree with it invites questions. The usual errors are input VAT claimed on invoices that do not meet the rules, imported services left out of the reverse charge, and zero-rated exports without the evidence to support them.
We assess whether and when you need to register, prepare the registration file, and then prepare each return from books we have reconciled. Every return reaches you with workings that tie each box to your ledger and to your e-invoicing data. Your authorised user submits it on the ZATCA portal, or your Saudi tax adviser files it. We prepare. You approve. You file.
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What each VAT period includes
- Registration check
- Your past and expected sales tested against the SAR 375,000 and 187,500 limits, with your registration date.
- Correct VAT on every line
- Every sale and purchase posted with the right VAT treatment: standard, zero-rated, exempt, or out of scope.
- VAT on services from abroad
- Services bought from overseas suppliers picked up under the reverse charge, so both sides of the VAT appear.
- Input VAT review
- Purchase invoices checked for the details needed to recover VAT, with non-recoverable costs set aside.
- Return and workings
- The return is prepared box by box and matched to your books and to the invoice data ZATCA already holds.
- Deadline calendar
- Return and payment dates for every period, with reminders well before the last day of the following month.
Every VAT return ties back to your books and to what ZATCA already sees.
Questions about VAT Services
When taxable supplies exceed SAR 375,000 over the past 12 months, or are expected to over the next 12. Voluntary registration is available from SAR 187,500. Zero-rated exports count toward the threshold. Late registration carries a fine of SAR 10,000. See Saudi VAT registration.
No. We prepare the return and send it to you with the workings. Your authorised user submits it on the ZATCA portal and pays through SADAD, or your Saudi tax adviser files it on your behalf. We are not a licensed Saudi tax agent.
Monthly if your annual taxable supplies exceed SAR 40 million; quarterly otherwise, unless ZATCA approves a request to file monthly. Either way the return and payment are due by the last day of the month after the period ends, so a quarter ending 30 September is due by 31 October.
Possibly. A non-resident that makes taxable supplies in the Kingdom where no Saudi customer accounts for the VAT under the reverse charge has to register, whatever its turnover. We review your contracts and customers and tell you which applies.
Yes. We review past returns against your books and e-invoicing data, quantify any difference and prepare the correction for you to submit through ZATCA's process. Finding the error yourself is better than waiting for ZATCA to find it.
Within 30 days of the month in which you pass the limit, registration then applies from the start of the next month. Registering late carries a fine of SAR 10,000, so we test your sales against the limit every month.
Paying late costs 5% of the unpaid VAT for each month or part of a month. Filing late costs 5% to 25% of the VAT due. We prepare each return well before the deadline so you have time to review and pay.
More ways we can help
All services- ZATCA E-InvoicingYour invoice data, VAT treatments and workflows ready for Fatoora integration before your wave date arrives.
- Zakat ServicesYour Zakat base calculated from year-end figures and the return prepared well inside ZATCA's 120-day window.
- Qawaem FilingYear-end financial statements prepared, mapped to XBRL and ready to upload to Qawaem within six months.
- Payroll ServicesMonthly payroll prepared with GOSI contributions, a Mudad wage file and end-of-service provisions that add up.
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