{"id":411,"date":"2017-02-01T11:16:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/?p=411"},"modified":"2017-02-01T11:16:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:16:18","slug":"shoura-council-rejected-tax-expats-remittance-saudia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/shoura-council-rejected-tax-expats-remittance-saudia\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoura Council Rejected Tax on Expats Remittance in Saudia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for Expatriates living in Saudi Arabia that <strong>Shoura Council<\/strong> rejected the application on Tax on Expats Remittances As more than 70% + members in the council refused to agree on levying tax on Expatriates remittances without discussion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Members of Shoura council<\/strong> decided to convene and discuss it. Out of 119 members in the session only 33 members supported and 86 members rejected the proposal of Fees on Expats remittances.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-422 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 588 310'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Shoura-Council-Rejected-Tax-on-Expats-Remittance-in-Saudia-SaudiExpatriate.jpg\" alt=\"Shoura Council Rejected Tax on Expats Remittance in Saudia-SaudiExpatriate\" width=\"588\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Finance Ministry denied any plans for imposing tax on Expatriate remittance.<\/p>\n<p>This is very helpful for Expatriates living in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia doesn&#8217;t have to pay taxes. However, Companies who have Expatraite or foreign workers will pay the Tax Fees starting 2018.<\/p>\n<p>6% tax on remit was proposed for the first year and then it would reduce to 2% for 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>For Example, if your Salary is 6000 SAR and you wanted to send 4000 SAR, you would have paid 6% of 6000 SAR i.e. 360 SAR as Tax remittance, which is now rejected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for Expatriates living in Saudi Arabia that Shoura Council rejected the application on Tax on Expats Remittances As more than 70% + members in the council refused to [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" 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