Saudi Arabia tax & financial deadlines
ZATCA obligations: Zakat, income tax, VAT and withholding tax.
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Upcoming deadlines
Depends on your own dates or a set rule
These follow your financial year, reporting period, payment date or a business-day rule, so no single calendar date is shown.
Zakat and/or income tax annual return
File & payWithin 120 days after the end of the financial year.
Annual Zakat and/or corporate income tax declaration and payment.
Applies to: Companies: Zakat for Saudi/GCC-owned shares, income tax for foreign-owned shares (mixed-ownership companies file both)
Authority: Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA)ZATCA — Zakat and income taxLast checked Sunday 4 October 2026Income tax advance payments
PayBy the end of the 6th, 9th and 12th months of the financial year.
Three advance payments during the financial year.
Applies to: Income-tax payers whose advance payment calculation exceeds the threshold
Zakat-only payers do not make advance payments.
Authority: Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA)ZATCA — Income taxLast checked Sunday 4 October 2026VAT return and payment
File & payBy the last day of the month after the end of the tax period.
Due dates follow your VAT tax period.
Applies to: VAT-registered businesses (monthly if annual supplies exceed SAR 40m, otherwise quarterly)
Withholding tax return and payment
File & payWithin the first 10 days of the month after payment.
Monthly withholding tax return and payment for the previous month.
Applies to: Resident payers making payments to non-residents
Authority: Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA)ZATCA — Withholding taxLast checked Sunday 4 October 2026