E-Invoicing in Saudi Arabia

Welcome to FATOORAH – your path to electronic invoicing in Saudi Arabia

Since December 2021, Saudi Arabia has been moving forward with the groundbreaking FATOORAH project to make the use of electronic invoices (e-invoices) mandatory for companies. This innovative initiative, launched by the Saudi Arabian tax authority ZATCA (The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority), covers various transaction types.

Time frame

• From then on January 1, 2023 Companies with a taxable turnover of over three billion Saudi riyals in 2021 are required to issue electronic invoices and connect to the ZATCA portal.
• From then on July 1, 2023 Companies whose VAT subject profit exceeds 500 million Saudi Riyals must join ZATCA.
• From then on October 1, 2023 Companies with an annual turnover of more than 250 million Saudi Riyals in 2021 and/or 2022 are required to send their invoices to the ZATCA platform.
• From then on November 1, 2023 The obligation concerns companies with an annual turnover of more than 150 million Saudi riyals in 2021 and/or 2022.
• From then on January 1, 2024 Companies with an annual turnover of more than 70 million Saudi Riyals in 2021 and/or 2022 are required to use the ZATCA platform.
• From then on February 1, 2024 Companies with an annual turnover of more than 50 million Saudi Riyals will be required to connect to the ZATCA portal to send invoices.
• From then on March 1, 2024 The obligation concerns companies with an annual turnover of 40 million Saudi riyals.
• From then on June 1, 2024 Companies with an annual turnover of more than 30 million Saudi Riyals must send their invoices to the ZATCA portal.

applicability

E-invoice covers various transaction types including Business-to-Business (B2B), Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Government (B2G).

format

E-invoices in Saudi Arabia are only possible UBL-XML or PDF/A-3 format with embedded XML permitted.

Electronic signature

An electronic or digital signature for electronic invoicing is causing obligation.

How e-invoicing works

Further information

https://zatca.gov.sa/en/E-Invoicing/Pages/default.aspx

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