Set up Saudi taxes in your Shopify store

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This short guide will help you configure taxes correctly in your Shopify store based in Saudi Arabia.

Please note that you're obliged to charge taxes only if your business is VAT registered.

Tax settings

You can set taxes for your store in Saudi Arabia in SettingsTaxes of your Shopify admin.

If you do not see the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the Tax rates list of countries, you will need to add it as a shipping zone first:

  1. If you do not see United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia in the Tax rates list, go to SettingsShippingShipping profiles and click Create new profile.
  2. Click Create Shipping zone and select United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Once you have both countries included in your Tax rates list, you can set up their taxes:

  1. Go to the SettingsTaxes page in your Shopify admin and click on Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
  2. Enter the 5% tax rate into the Country Tax field. 
  3. Leave the regions with 0%tax and with the setting added to 5% federal tax.

Shopify tax settings for Saudi Arabia

A preview of tax settings for Saudi Arabia.

Shopify tax settings for United Arab Emirates

A preview of tax settings for United Arab Emirates.

Zero-rated and tax-exempt goods

If you are selling zero-rated or tax-exempt goods (goods for which no tax is charged), you will need to set up tax overrides.

To set up tax overrides in Shopify:

  1. Go to SettingsTaxes in your Shopify admin and click Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
  2. Scroll down to Tax overrides.
  3. Add a collection of products from your store that are subject to zero-rate and tax-exempt rules and set their Tax Rate to 0%.

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Invoices

Sufio invoices are compliant with account legislation in Saudi Arabia. They also serve as a valid documentation for both VAT taxed and VAT-free orders shipped both within and outside Saudi Arabia.

Issuing invoices with a correct tax breakdown is vitally important for your bookkeeping and tax purposes.

If you are selling to businesses (B2B), Sufio invoices display all the required information including your TIN number and the TIN numbers of your customers.