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.

Maak uw eerste factuur A worked example in Saudi Arabia

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.

Offerte

Een geprijsd aanbod. Geen belastingdocument en niet geregistreerd in uw boeken tot aanvaarding.

Pro forma factuur

Een verzoek om betaling. Geeft de klant niet het recht om belasting af te trekken.

Belastingfactuur

Het belastingdocument zelf. Vergrendeld na uitgifte.

Factuur-kwitantie

Factuur en betaling in één document, voor wanneer u ter plekke wordt betaald.

Kwitantie

Bevestigt geldsontvangst tegen een factuur.

Creditnota

De enige wettelijke manier om een reeds uitgegeven document te annuleren of te verminderen.

Afleveringsnota

Goederen overhandigd zonder vergoeding.

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.

Offerte Pro forma factuur Belastingfactuur Factuur-kwitantie Kwitantie Creditnota

Northwind Studio

VAT number 000000000 · Saudi Arabia

Belastingfactuur

Nr. 2026-0042

21/09/2026

Factureren aan Riverbank Coffee

Omschrijving	Aantal	Eenheidsprijs	Totaal
Ontwerpwerk	12	ر.س45.00	ر.س540.00
Merkrichtlijnen	1	ر.س380.00	ر.س380.00
Ondersteuningscontract	3	ر.س60.00	ر.س180.00

Nettototaal ر.س1,100.00

VAT 15% ر.س165.00

Totaal 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 Belastingfactuur, 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 Maak uw eerste factuur

This 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.