Country pack
communitySaudi Arabia
Ekwo is free, open source accounting software. Its Saudi Arabia pack carries the chart of accounts (Saudi Arabia reference chart of accounts, 115 accounts), 2 tax rates in SAR, and the periodic return (VAT return, 21 boxes). Last checked on 2026-09-22 against 16 texts of law and official sources.
- Country code
SA- Currency
SAR- Pack version
0.1.0- Last checked
- 2026-09-22
What the pack carries
- Charts of accountsWhat a company installs, and who each chart is published for.
default(default) — 115 accounts, for companies
- TaxesHow many the pack carries, at which distinct rates, and which treatments it can express.
- 19 taxes at rates of 0, 15
domestic,exempt,export,foreign_services_received,import,not_subject - Periodic declarationThe form the ledger is read into, the cadences it is filed on, and how many boxes it has.
SA-VAT-RETURN— 21 boxes, filed month or quarter
- When it is dueA rule of the country, not a date. A pack that cannot state its rule states nothing.
- the last day of the month after the period
- The file it is deposited asThe brick of packages/formats that writes it, where one exists.
- filed by hand on the administration’s portal
- Electronic invoicingThe profile the country imposes, the day it starts, and the text that imposes it.
- no profile declared
- Where the tax balance landsThe accounts a filed declaration settles to, by role.
- payable
2110 - receivable
1155
- payable
- Bank statementsThe formats this country’s banks send, and whether anything here reads them.
- no format named
- Payment filesThe formats the country’s banks accept for an outgoing payment.
- no format named
- Financial statementsThe schemes the chart reports on, and the taxonomy their keys are written against.
SA-IFRSSME-SFP— 29 linesSA-IFRSSME-IS— 11 lines
- Who has read itA pack is reviewed when a named professional has read it against the law, and never before.
communityno named reviewer16 sources cited- Last checked against the lawThe most recent day somebody opened one of the texts the pack was built from.
- 2026-09-22
- Pack versionWhat this pack calls itself, the day it says its transcription is true, and the languages it publishes.
0.1.0— published 2026-09-22en
Free, and operated
Where the open core stops.
The line is operational, not functional. Everything that keeps working on its own is open core; what needs credentials, a certificate or a channel somebody keeps running is the hosted edition.
SA-VAT-RETURNdeclarationFree, for everComputed from the ledger, frozen box by box, filed by hand on the administration’s portal, and what it owes is carried to 2110. The deposit number and the administration’s own words come back into your own database.
OperatedTransmission: the credentials, the certificate and a channel somebody keeps running. The return stays yours.
What it was built from
16 sources — the law this pack was read against
- Common VAT Agreement of the States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), signed 27/2/1438H corresponding to 27 November 2016, ratified for the Kingdom by Royal Decree No. M/51 dated 3 Jumada I 1438H
Gulf Cooperation Council, published by the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · law · read 2026-09-22
- نظام ضريبة القيمة المضافة — the Value Added Tax Law, Royal Decree No. M/113 dated 2 Dhul Qa'dah 1438H, as amended by Royal Decree No. M/52 dated 28 Rabi II 1441H and Royal Order No. A/638 dated 15 Shawwal 1441H (consolidated Arabic text)
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · law · read 2026-09-22
- Implementing Regulations of the Value Added Tax Law, Board Resolution No. (3839) dated 14/12/1438H, as amended — eighth edition, 04/04/1443H corresponding to 09/11/2021 (ZATCA English translation)
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · regulation · read 2026-09-22
- اللائحة التنفيذية لنظام ضريبة القيمة المضافة — the Implementing Regulations in the official Arabic the English translation defers to, tenth edition, Shawwal 1446H corresponding to April 2025
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · regulation · read 2026-09-22
- Guideline for Amendments to the Implementing Regulation of Value Added Tax (VAT), issued by ZATCA's Board of Directors Resolution No. (01-06-24) dated November 19, 2024 — Issue 1, April 2025
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · guidance · read 2026-09-22
- Guideline on Imports and Exports under VAT Provisions, second edition, May 2026
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · guidance · read 2026-09-22
- الدليل المبسط لتقديم إقرار ضريبة القيمة المضافة — the simplified guideline to filing a VAT return, which reproduces the return's own sales screen with its fields numbered
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · guidance · read 2026-09-22
- User Guide — Submit VAT Return Service
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · form · read 2026-09-22
- Submit VAT Return — the e-service a return is filed on
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · portal · read 2026-09-22
- Register in Value Added Tax — the e-service, which states the mandatory and voluntary registration thresholds
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · portal · read 2026-09-22
- E-invoicing Regulation, published 4 December 2020
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · regulation · read 2026-09-22
- Controls, Requirements, Technical Specifications and Procedural Rules for Implementing the Provisions of the E-Invoicing Regulation, Governor's Decision No. (62738) dated 23/11/1443H, version published 19 May 2023
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · regulation · read 2026-09-22
- Electronic Invoice XML Implementation Standard, Version 1.2, 19/05/2023 — the UBL 2.1 subset a Saudi electronic invoice is written in, with the VAT category codes and the VATEX-SA reason codes in Arabic and English
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · standard · read 2026-09-22
- E-Invoicing Roll-out phases — the Generation phase and the waves of the Integration phase
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · portal · read 2026-09-22
- Real Estate Transaction Tax Law, Royal Decree No. M/84 dated 19/03/1446H, in force since 12 Shawwal 1446H corresponding to 10 April 2025
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority · regulation · read 2026-09-22
- Overview of the professional standards endorsed by the Saudi Organization for Chartered and Professional Accountants — IFRS Accounting Standards, and the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard for small and medium-sized entities
Saudi Organization for Chartered and Professional Accountants (SOCPA) · standard · read 2026-09-22
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