Middle East
Energy, industrial and large cap services operators, Saudi Arabia
0% personal income tax, no exchange controls, and CMA regulated capital markets give long cycle businesses a stable base. Zakat at 2.5% applies to GCC shareholders in lieu of CIT, with participation exemption on qualifying dividends.
0% PITCMA regulatedZakat 2.5%
Start setup {placement} 4 min · no card required
Corp tax
20%
Fastest setup
8 weeks
Tax treaties
50
Region
Middle East
What you'll need
- No resident director required
- Local registered office required
- Economic-substance test applies
- Minimum capital: SAR 500,000
- Administrative language: Arabic
- Legal system: Civil law
Tax and treaty profile
- Corporate tax 20%
- Effective rate ~0%
- Tax treaties 50
- VAT rate 15%
- Withholding on dividends 5%
Key treaty partners
UKFranceGermanyJapanChinaIndia
Banking and payments
- Banking takes 2 to 4 weeks with KYC
- Stripe not supported
- Wise supported
- EMI license framework available
Considerations
If you are an SME or need quick, cheap setup
Saudi requires SAR 500K minimum share capital, 4-8 week incorporation, year-1 costs of SAR 20-60K and 30-90 day bank account openings, with Arabic language administration. For lean MENA entry:
SAR 500K min capitalArabic admin4-8 week setup