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Saudi Tax System Training Kit

  • 1 day
  • 2 sessions
  • 120 min / session
  • 4 hours in total
  • Intermediate level
  • Arabic

Description

This training kit introduces trainers and teachers to the Saudi tax system, its emergence and development over the decades, and reviews the beginnings of the history of taxes in Saudi Arabia, from imposing tax on personal income, capital gains and companies in the fifties, through reconsidering the tax law and exempting citizens from it, up to stopping income tax on expatriates in 1975 as a result of rising oil prices and the Kingdom's need to attract expatriate competencies to contribute to economic development and infrastructure.

The kit also addresses the details of corporate tax in Saudi Arabia, and clarifies the fundamental differences between oil and non-oil companies in the Kingdom and the Gulf states, and the tax rates applied to each type, in addition to a comprehensive review of tax exemptions in Saudi Arabia granted to loss-making companies and their time period, and taxes on foreign labour, answering the question of what are the foundations of the tax system in Saudi Arabia in a practical and organised way that is easy to train on.

Objectives

  • Identifying the history of taxes in Saudi Arabia and the milestones in the development of the Saudi tax system since its inception.
  • Identifying the differences between the tax on oil and non-oil companies in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring Gulf states.
  • Explaining the mechanism for applying tax exemptions in Saudi Arabia and their prescribed time conditions for loss-making companies.
  • Analysing the impact of fees imposed on foreign labour in supporting national cadre training programmes.
  • Evaluating the similarities and differences between the tax system in Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf tax systems.

Who it's for

Accountants and finance staff, teachers and trainers, and anyone interested in tax systems.

Training sessions

  • Opening activity
  • What value-added tax is
  • Training activity
  • Aims of imposing value-added tax
  • Reasons for imposing value-added tax in Saudi Arabia
  • Features of value-added tax
  • Basic rules for imposing value-added tax
  • The difference between value-added tax and sales tax
  • Training activity

Version 1 — updated 16 October 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Accountants and finance staff, teachers and trainers, and anyone interested in tax systems.

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