VAT Press Releases

Riyadh - 24 December, 2018: The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT) called on all businesses registered in VAT whose annual revenues from taxable goods and services totals SAR 40 million or more to file their November tax returns before the end of December.

Riyadh, 20 December 2018: The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT) announced that today (Thursday, December 20, 2018) is the VAT registration deadline for businesses with annual supplies of SAR 375,000 or more.

Riyadh, 18 December, 2018: The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT), in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce, Investment, continued its field inspection campaigns aimed at ensuring the VAT readiness and compliance of businesses with annual supply of SAR 375,000 or more, as well as educating them about how to register and the penalties resulting from non-registration by the December 20, 2018, deadline.

Riyadh – 16 December, 2018: The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT) issued a reminder that less than 5 days remain for businesses with annual supplies of SAR 375,000 or more to register in the VAT system, urging those who have not yet registered to go ahead and do so through the official VAT website (vat.gov.sa) before the Thursday, 20 December, 2018 deadline.

Riyadh, 12 December 2018: The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT), in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce and Investment, commenced a field campaign last week aimed at ensuring that businesses with annual supplies of SAR 375,000 or more are registered in VAT and ready for its implementation ahead of the registration deadline on 20 December, 2018.

Riyadh, 11 December 2018 : The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT) reminded businesses with annual supplies in excess of SAR 375,000 to expedite their registration in the VAT system before December 20, 2018, in order to avoid penalties and fines.

Riyadh - 2 December, 2018: The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT) called on businesses with annual revenues of SAR 375,000 or more to register in the VAT system before 20 December, 2018, as mandated the United VAT Agreement signed by the GCC states and the VAT Law and implementing regulations.

Riyadh - 25 November, 2018: The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT) called on all businesses registered in VAT whose annual revenues from taxable goods and services totals SAR 40 million or more to file their October tax returns before the end of November.

Riyadh 21 November 2018: The General Authority of Zakat and Tax has renewed its call for businesses whose annual revenues exceed SR 375,000 to register for VAT before 20 December 2018 via VAT.GOV.SA.

Riyadh - 15 November, 2018: The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT) announced that it carried out more than 25,100 VAT awareness visits over the past 2 months to businesses subject to the tax across the Kingdom’s various regions to educate them about key tax laws and regulations.

Riyadh, October 25, 2018: The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT) called on all businesses registered in VAT whose annual revenues from taxable goods and services exceed SAR 40 million to file their tax returns for the month of September before Oct 31, 2018 through the GAZT online portal (gazt.gov.sa). The same deadline applies to businesses with annual revenues from taxable goods and services less than SAR 40 million for their tax returns for the third quarter of the year.

Riyadh, October 9, 2018: The General Authority for Zakat and Tax (GAZT) announced that last week it issued 56 VAT-related violations against a number of shops selling women's supplies in Jeddah and Dammam.