Saudi Expat Levy 2018

Saudi arabia expat fee dependent levy expat levy 2017 2020 100 riyals per month family iqama fee expatriates in saudi arabia iqama mol moi.

Saudi expat levy 2018. Rights and benefits of the saudi green card. 18 may 2018 17 00 46 1. The amount will be raised gradually every year until 2020. Monthly expat levy stands at sr808 while in singapore it stands at sr1 360.

At its highest the saudi levy reaches an average of sr750. Im getting high amount as expats. Member since 18 may 2018 eastern province. No change in dependent fee structure in saudi arabia.

The fees will be imposed on companies with more than 50 of saudi employees starting from 1 january 2018 in all sectors. Find answers to your questions in the saudi arabia forum. The saudi ministry of finance said on sunday that it will introduce a monthly expat levy as of 2018. After introducing the monthly dependent fee on expats earlier this year saudi arabia is now gearing up to introduce a levy on expat employees in the private sector.

Saudi arabia will implement a new levy from companies where the number of expatriate employees exceeds the saudi employee s effective as of 1 january 2018. The monthly tax will range between 300 and 400 saudi riyal the ministry said on twitter adding that the levy will be paid by private sector companies and it aims to replace foreign laborers with locals. With more than 11 million expats in the country and more than 600 000 unemployed saudis with an increasing unemployment growth rate it was expected that the government will start tak ing more drastic measures. By mohammed al kinani 02 january.

By arab news 05 february 2018. Expat levy saudi arabia forum.