ZATCA Announced Wave 9 Under Phase 2 of Saudi Arabia e-Invoicing

Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) announced the ninth wave under phase 2 of Saudi e-invoicing. Also, it clarified that Value Added Tax (VAT) registered businesses having more than SAR 30 million turnover during 2021 or 2022 fall under wave 9 of phase 2.

Accordingly, applicable taxpayers shall start integrating their e-invoicing solutions with the Fatoora portal by 1st June 2024.

The Authority mentioned that phase 2 requires additional requirements such as:

• Integration of e-invoicing solutions with the Fatoora portal
• Including additional fields in the invoice
• Issuing e-invoices in the notified format

Further, ZATCA announces the applicability of phase 2 to applicable businesses a minimum of six months before the integration date

Accordingly, ZATCA announced the below waves till now:

• Wave 1 under phase 2: VAT-registered businesses in KSA having more than SAR 3 billion turnover in 2021 must integrate with Fatoora from 1st January 2023.
• Wave 2 under phase 2: Taxpayers registered under Saudi VAT with more than SAR 500 million and less than SAR 3 billion turnover in 2021 shall integrate starting 1st July 2023.
• Wave 3 under phase 2: KSA businesses under KSA VAT with more than SAR 250 million and less than SAR 500 million turnover in 2021 or 2022 shall integrate from 1st October 2023.
• Wave 4 under phase 2: Businesses registered under KSA VAT having more than SAR 150 million and less than SAR 250 million turnover in 2021 or 2022 shall integrate with ZATCA starting from 1st November 2023.
• Wave 5 under phase 2: VAT-registered businesses in KSA having more than SAR 100 million and less than SAR 150 million turnover in 2021 or 2022 shall integrate with ZATCA w.e.f 1st December 2023.
• Wave 6 under phase 2: Taxpayers under KSA VAT having more than SAR 70 million and less than SAR 100 million turnover in 2021 or 2022 must integrate with ZATCA by 1st January 2024.
• Wave 7 under phase 2: VAT-registered taxpayers in KSA with more than SAR 50 million and less than SAR 70 million turnover in 2021 or 2022 must integrate with the Fatoora portal w.e.f 1st February 2024.
• Wave 8 under phase 2: Taxpayers registered under KSA VAT having more than SAR 40 million and less than SAR 50 million turnover in 2021 or 2022 must integrate with the Fatoora portal w.e.f 1st March 2024.

ZATCA stated that phase 2 of e-invoicing results in digital transformation and economic development. Further, the Authority considers phase 2 to be a continuation of the success of the generation phase (phase 1).

It has been mentioned that phase 1 of e-invoicing in Saudi Arabia achieved positive results. Also, phase 1 implementation raised consumer protection and created awareness among taxpayers.

ZATCA implemented phase 1 of Saudi e-invoicing w.e.f 4th December 2021, which mandated VAT-registered taxpayers in Saudi to:

• Stop using handwritten invoices 
• Avoid issuing computer-generated invoices using text editing software
• Use a ZATCA-compliant e-invoicing solution
• Adding QR code and other data in the invoice
• Store e-invoices and related Credit or Debit Notes (CDNs)