E-invoicing for property managers and landlords in Saudi Arabia: rent, fees, deposits and refunds
Residential rent is exempt, commercial rent carries 15%, and a manager's fees carry 15% whatever the rent is, but which of those invoices is yours depends on whose name is on the lease. Who issues what, and how deposits, service charges, a year's rent paid upfront and an early-termination refund are handled, from ZATCA's own real-estate and agents guidelines.
E-invoicing for clinics in Saudi Arabia: the patient at the desk, the insurer at month-end
A clinic issues two different e-invoices every day: a simplified invoice to the patient paying at the desk, reported within 24 hours, and a standard tax invoice to the insurer, cleared before it is sent. How to split a visit between them, why a Saudi patient's national ID decides whether the document is accepted at all, and how cancellations and rejected claims are corrected, with the VAT worked out.
E-invoicing for subscription and recurring-billing businesses in Saudi Arabia
A subscription is one agreement and many supplies: each billing cycle is its own invoice, cleared for a business customer or reported for a consumer. Where the tax point falls under Article 20(1), what an annual plan paid upfront becomes, a new invoice for a mid-cycle upgrade, a credit note for a pro-rated refund, what a failed card changes, and the API calls a billing system makes.
Can a Saudi business still invoice from Excel or Word? What ZATCA requires, and what to use instead
No. Since Phase 1 began on 4 December 2021, ZATCA has required invoices to come from a compliant e-invoicing solution, and Phase 2 adds what no spreadsheet can produce: XML with a UUID, a hash chain, a cryptographic stamp and a QR code, cleared or reported through Fatoora. Who is in scope and when, the three honest options, and a checklist for moving off the template.
E-invoicing for contractors in Saudi Arabia: progress claims, advance payments, retention and subcontractors
A progress certificate proves the work; the tax invoice raised on it is what goes to ZATCA. For a contractor billing a VAT-registered owner that invoice is a standard one, cleared before the owner receives it. How to invoice each claim, the advance and its recovery, retention, penalties, variations and subcontractors, with one claim worked through at 15% VAT.
E-invoicing for software houses and IT firms in Saudi Arabia
Two problems that get confused with each other: invoicing your own clients for milestones, retainers and rebilled hosting — every one of them a standard invoice needing clearance — and the ticket that says a client system must issue ZATCA invoices. An honest cost of building that yourself, and the alternatives.
Invoicing Saudi business clients as a consultancy: what changes when every invoice is a standard one
If your clients are companies, almost nothing you issue is a simple PDF you email when the work is done. It carries the client VAT number and address, it has to be cleared by the Authority before you send it, and the VAT on it falls due whether or not the client pays you in 90 days.