Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority

Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority (ZATCA)
هيئة الزكاة والضريبة والجمارك
Agency overview
FormedJune 14, 1951; 73 years ago (1951-06-14)
JurisdictionGovernment of Saudi Arabia
Agency executive
  • Suhail Abnami, Governor
Parent departmentMinistry of Finance
Websitehttps://zatca.gov.sa/en/Pages/default.aspx

The Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority (ZATCA) (Arabic: هيئة الزكاة والضريبة والجمارك) is a government agency under the Ministry of Finance in Saudi Arabia that is responsible for the assessment and collection of taxes and zakat, a form of obligatory almsgiving in Islam.[1][2] ZATCA was established on 14 June 1951 as department under the Ministry of Finance.[3]

ZATCA is headquartered in Riyadh and consists of the Taxpayer Department and 19 branches distributed over the main cities in the country.[4]

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  3. ^ ^ OECD (14 March 2016). Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Peer Reviews: Saudi Arabia 2016 Phase 2: Implementation of the Standard in Practice: Phase 2: Implementation of the Standard in Practice. OECD Publishing. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-92-64-25089-5.
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