Compliance Services in Saudi Arabia

The table covers the obligations most operating companies share. Your exact dates depend on your registration date, financial year and VAT period, and rules change, so check each date against the authority's current guidance before filing.

Under the Commercial Registration Law that took effect in 2025, the CR is no longer renewed. Instead, the Ministry of Commerce requires an annual confirmation of the information in the register, due one year from the date of registration and completed online through business.sa. If the confirmation is not submitted within 90 days of its due date, the ministry suspends the registration and the services linked to it.

The MISA license changed in a similar way. Under the Investment Law that took effect in 2025, foreign investors hold an investment registration, which still needs an annual update. MISA's Investor Guide states that the update fee must be paid within 15 business days of notification, or the registration is considered void. Because a foreign-owned company's standing rests on that registration, this is one date that cannot slip.

Once a company has employees, compliance becomes monthly. GOSI contributions are paid for every employee, the wage file is uploaded to Mudad under the Wage Protection System, and the Saudization ratio that sets your Nitaqat band is calculated from your Qiwa records.

Since 15 April 2026, the Ministry of Human Resources calculates Saudization rates from employment contracts documented on Qiwa, so a Saudi employee whose contract is not documented there may not count toward your ratio. The wage figures in GOSI, Qiwa and the WPS file should also match. The platforms compare them, and a mismatch is the employer's problem.

ZATCA's e-invoicing rules (FATOORA) apply to everyone subject to VAT, except non-resident taxable persons. Phase 1 has applied since 4 December 2021: invoices must be generated by a compliant electronic system, and manual invoices no longer count as compliant tax invoices. Phase 2, integration with ZATCA's platform, has rolled out in waves since 1 January 2023, and ZATCA notifies each taxpayer of its integration date at least six months in advance.

For a new company, the practical step is to choose an invoicing system that meets the requirements before the first invoice. Replacing one later is slower than choosing correctly at the start.

Lapses are rarely announced. The first sign is usually a blocked transaction, often on a platform that seems unrelated. These are the knock-on effects to know about:

We combine three services around one calendar. Our PRO team handles confirmations, renewals and permits on the government platforms. Our accounting and Zakat and tax services keep the books, prepare VAT, Zakat and income tax returns, and get financial statements ready for filing. Our payroll service runs GOSI and WPS each month. If files have already lapsed, we start with a catch-up of prior periods and bring each file current.

We work on the official platforms under the access and authorization you grant. We are not a government body, and we have no special access. Our team is based in Jeddah, speaks Arabic, English, Hindi, Urdu and French, and is reachable by phone, WhatsApp or email, Sunday to Thursday, 9:00 to 18:00 KSA time.