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Saudi Arabia VAT Rates 2026

Saudi Arabia (المملكة العربية السعودية) levies Value Added Tax as ضريبة القيمة المضافة (VAT). The standard rate is 15%, applied to most goods and services. Saudi Arabia applies a single flat rate with no reduced rates.

Registration and filing

Access rates via API

The TaxID API returns current VAT and GST rates for 200+ countries and territories. Use the /api/v1/rates/SA endpoint to get Saudi Arabia data programmatically. Responses are cached for 24 hours.

curl http://localhost:3000/api/v1/rates/SA
# No authentication required for rate lookups

# Response:
# { "country_code": "SA", "tax_type": "vat",
#   "standard_rate": 15, "reduced_rates": [],
#   "currency": "SAR", "last_updated": "2026-06-12" }

Fetching the rate in code

// Fetch current Saudi Arabia VAT rates (no auth required)
const rates = await fetch('http://localhost:3000/api/v1/rates/SA').then(r => r.json());
// → { standard_rate: 15, reduced_rates: [],
//     currency: 'SAR' }

applyRate(rates.standard_rate);

About Saudi Arabia VAT

Saudi Arabia executed the sharpest VAT increase in modern history, tripling the rate from 5% to 15% overnight in July 2020 when oil revenues collapsed. Officials have repeatedly floated an eventual reduction, but 15% remains the rate underpinning Vision 2030's non-oil revenue targets. ZATCA's FATOORA e-invoicing mandate — clearance-based for B2B since 2023 and rolling out in waves by turnover — is the most advanced in the Gulf, and real-estate transactions are carved out into a separate 5% transfer tax.

VAT in Saudi Arabia is administered by the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA).

Sources: PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries · ZATCA (accessed Jun 2026)

Rate history

• 2018VAT introduced at 5% under the GCC framework
• 2020Tripled to 15% in July to offset pandemic-era oil revenue collapse

Frequently asked questions

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