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How to invoice in Saudi Arabia

If you are VAT-registered in Saudi Arabia, your tax invoices must come from a ZATCA-compliant e-invoicing system. Here is who that applies to and what you can use this site for.

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VAT registration

The standard VAT rate is 15%. Registration is mandatory when your taxable supplies exceed SAR 375,000 a year, and voluntary above SAR 187,500. Businesses below these thresholds do not charge VAT.

E-invoicing (Fatoora) is mandatory for VAT-registered businesses

Since 4 December 2021 (Phase 1, "generation"), every VAT-registered business must issue its tax invoices and credit and debit notes using a compliant electronic invoicing solution. Handwritten invoices, and invoices created in ordinary editors, are not accepted for VAT purposes.

Phase 2 ("integration") requires your system to connect to ZATCA's Fatoora platform, sending XML invoices with a cryptographic stamp and QR code. It is being rolled out in waves:

  • Wave 24: businesses with VAT-subject revenue above SAR 375,000 in 2022, 2023 or 2024 had to integrate by 30 June 2026.
  • Wave 25, announced in July 2026: businesses above SAR 187,500 in any year from 2022 to 2025 must integrate by 1 February 2027.

What this means for you: if you are VAT-registered, use a ZATCA-approved e-invoicing solution for your tax invoices. The PDF invoices made on this site are not ZATCA tax invoices.

When this site is the right tool

  • You are not VAT-registered (below the thresholds) and need a clear, professional invoice.
  • You need a quote or a proforma invoice before the final tax invoice.
  • You need a receipt or an invoice for a client abroad.

What a Saudi tax invoice contains

For reference, a standard tax invoice (business to business) includes the invoice date and sequential number, the supplier's and customer's names, addresses and VAT numbers, a description of the goods or services, quantities and unit prices, the VAT rate and amount, and the total. A simplified tax invoice (to consumers) has fewer fields but must carry a QR code. Tax invoices must be in Arabic; another language may appear alongside. This site can produce Arabic invoices, which are useful for non-VAT documents.

Keeping records

Keep invoices and accounting records for at least six years, and longer for some real estate transactions. Export a backup from My invoices regularly.

This page is also available in Arabic.

Official sources

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change, so check the official sources above or ask an accountant before relying on it.

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