- Saudi Arabia approved amendments to the GCC Unified VAT Agreement to strengthen cross-border VAT rules, import VAT collection, refund mechanisms, and tax information sharing among GCC states.
- The GCC VAT framework applies a 5% standard VAT rate across member states and covers supplies of goods and services, imports, and reverse-charge services.
- The agreement includes detailed place-of-supply rules, with special treatment for intra-GCC trade, B2B services, real estate, transport, and telecommunications.
- It sets VAT registration thresholds in Saudi Arabia at SAR 375,000 for mandatory registration and SAR 187,500 for voluntary registration.
- Businesses must keep VAT records for at least five years, or 15 years for real-estate-related transactions.
Source: regfollower.com
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