DocsOriginDevis
Une offre chiffrée. Pas un document fiscal et non enregistrée dans vos livres jusqu'à acceptation.
SA
Value added tax
Invoicing in Saudi Arabia
A business registered in Saudi Arabia charges VAT at a standard rate of 15%, invoices in SAR, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Saudi Arabia. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Saudi Arabia once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.
Invoicing in Saudi Arabia is free forever with DocsOrigin: every document type, every export, no card and no trial.
Tax in Saudi Arabia
VAT
15%
Reduced and zero rates
0%
How reliable is this figure
Graded high: this rate has been checked against a tax-authority or official source. It is still your responsibility to confirm it before you rely on it.
Whatever the grade, your own setting always wins — a rate you enter overrides the registry everywhere, including on documents already dated in the past.
Document types recognised in Saudi Arabia
These are the documents DocsOrigin will offer a business registered in Saudi Arabia, under the names used there. A type that has no meaning locally is not offered at all.
Facture pro forma
Une demande de paiement. N'ouvre pas droit au client de déduire la taxe.
Facture
Le document fiscal lui-même. Verrouillé une fois émis.
Facture-reçu
Facture et paiement en un seul document, pour quand vous êtes payé sur-le-champ.
Reçu
Confirme l'argent reçu contre une facture.
Avoir
La seule façon légale d'annuler ou de réduire un document déjà émis.
Bon de livraison
Marchandises remises sans frais.
Tax identifier
On a document issued in Saudi Arabia the identifier is labelled VAT number. It is printed in the header of every tax document, isolated left-to-right so it reads correctly in any interface language.
Expected format
^3\d{14}$
DocsOrigin checks this identifier's structure as you type — a wrong number on an issued document cannot be corrected by editing it.
Numbering
Documents in Saudi Arabia are expected to run in an unbroken sequence. DocsOrigin allocates the number at the moment of issue — never earlier — so a draft that is abandoned does not burn a number and leave a gap you have to explain.
Prefix, padding and yearly reset are configurable per document type, and the series is kept separately for each type.
How Saudi Arabia writes dates and money
Set the country and these stop being settings you have to think about. The examples below are rendered by the same formatter the documents use.
- Date
- 21/09/2026
- Amount
- ر.س12,345.67
- Currency
- SAR
- Minor units
- 2
SAR is written with 2 decimal places, and every amount is stored as a whole number of minor units. ⛔ Money never touches floating point.
Special rules in Saudi Arabia
Structured e-invoicing
ZATCA Fatoora
E-invoices need a QR code and, in phase 2, clearance or reporting to ZATCA.
A worked example in Saudi Arabia
Three lines, priced identically everywhere, run through the real tax engine with the Saudi Arabia registry entry applied. This is what the document looks like there.
Devis
Facture pro forma
Facture
Facture-reçu
Reçu
Avoir
Northwind Studio
VAT number 000000000 · Saudi Arabia
Facture
N° 2026-0042
| Description | Quantité | Prix unitaire | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travail de conception | 12 | ر.س45.00 | ر.س540.00 |
| Charte graphique | 1 | ر.س380.00 | ر.س380.00 |
| Support contractuel | 3 | ر.س60.00 | ر.س180.00 |
Total net
ر.س1,100.00
VAT 15%
ر.س165.00
Total
ر.س1,265.00
Invoicing in Saudi Arabia — questions
What tax rate do I charge in Saudi Arabia?
The standard VAT rate recorded for Saudi Arabia is 15%. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.
Which document do I issue to a customer in Saudi Arabia?
The document set recognised in Saudi Arabia is listed above, under the names used locally. For a paid sale the usual document is Facture, and a mistake on an issued document is corrected with a credit note rather than an edit.
Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Saudi Arabia?
No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Saudi Arabia as everywhere else: no subscription, no card, no trial, no per-document fee and no export fee. Optional professional services are the only thing that is ever charged for, and they are quoted per project.
What if the rate for Saudi Arabia is wrong or changes?
Set your own rate in the business settings and it overrides the registry immediately, for new documents and for any date. Rates are applied by document date, so an old document keeps the rate that applied when it was issued.
Issue your first Saudi Arabia document
Choose Saudi Arabia once. The tax, the document names, the numbering, the date order and the currency format are configured together, and it costs nothing.
Free forever for businesses Créer votre première factureThis page describes what DocsOrigin does with the registry entry for Saudi Arabia. It is not tax advice, and it is not a statement of Saudi Arabia law. Confirm your obligations with your accountant or the tax authority. Registry data as of 2026-08.