Middle East / Saudi Arabia
VAT and Zakat compliance, e-invoicing readiness, and IFRS financial reporting for businesses established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia's compliance environment has moved faster than most finance functions can keep pace with — Zakat computation alongside VAT, an e-invoicing mandate now in its integration phase, and IFRS as endorsed in the Kingdom sitting behind the numbers. Most of this is finance-function work we can run remotely; where a licensed local auditor's signature is required, we say so plainly.
We are registered for VAT but Zakat computation is still a scramble every year.
Zakat and VAT run on the same coordinated calendar, not as two separate fire-drills.
Fatoora Phase 2 integration is coming and our invoicing system isn't ready.
Integration readiness assessed against what your systems actually generate today.
Our financial statements need to be prepared under IFRS as endorsed in the Kingdom.
IFRS financial statement preparation done to a standard your stakeholders and auditor both accept.
We need a statutory audit opinion and don't yet have a SOCPA-licensed relationship.
We prepare the file to audit-ready standard and help you get to a licensed auditor's sign-off.
Our office runs lean and bookkeeping keeps slipping.
Bookkeeping, payroll and management reporting run remotely, on a fixed monthly cadence.
We're a Pakistani group setting up in Saudi Arabia for the first time.
Entity structuring and the Pakistan-side tax consequences, covered from day one.
We do not hold SOCPA auditor licensing and do not perform statutory audit in the Kingdom — the work below is finance-function work, not licensed local practice.
VAT registration, returns and Zakat computation run as one coordinated compliance calendar, not two separate obligations.
Integration readiness assessed against what your invoicing and ERP systems actually generate today, not a generic checklist.
Bookkeeping, payroll and IFRS financial statement preparation, including IFRS as endorsed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Need a statutory audit opinion, or work that spans both Saudi Arabia and Pakistan? See the Audit Readiness Support and Pakistan–GCC Cross-Border pages.
Most of what a Saudi entity needs on an ongoing basis is finance-function work — not work that requires a local licence to perform.
MAC serves Saudi-based clients remotely from Islamabad. A physical Gulf presence is planned. We do not hold SOCPA auditor licensing and do not perform statutory audit in the Kingdom — where a local audit opinion is required, we prepare the file to audit-ready standard and work alongside your licensed auditor.
Middle East enquiries: gcc@mac.org.pk
VAT, Zakat, bookkeeping, payroll, IFRS reporting and e-invoicing readiness are all delivered remotely on a fixed monthly or quarterly cadence, coordinated to your own filing calendar. Where a SOCPA-licensed sign-off is needed, we prepare the file and hand off cleanly — see the Audit Readiness Support page for how that works.
No. We do not hold SOCPA auditor licensing and do not perform statutory audit in the Kingdom. Where a local audit opinion is required, we prepare the file and schedules to audit-ready standard and your SOCPA-licensed auditor reviews and signs.
Remotely from our Islamabad office. A physical Saudi presence is planned but not yet in place — we're upfront about that rather than implying a local office that doesn't exist.
Both. Zakat and VAT are handled together on one coordinated calendar, since they draw on the same underlying financial records.
An assessment of what your invoicing and ERP systems currently generate against ZATCA's integration requirements, then a gap-closing plan — not a generic checklist.
Yes. See the Pakistan–GCC Cross-Border page for the structuring, transfer pricing, consolidation and repatriation work involved.
That's fine — engagements are scoped to what's actually needed, not sold as a bundle.
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