Ministry of Commerce & Industry KSA is the authority of limited liability Registration of a company in Saudi Arabia. To be a shareholder in a company a foreigner must obtain a foreign capital investment license from Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority SAGIA.
Malaysia also provides a simple process for registering your company. Registration of a company in Malaysia can be done if you follow some easy steps and rules.
SGIA prescribed minimum capital requirements of LLCs involving foreign participation and/ or local partners are as follows:
It’s required a minimum of one shareholder for Registration in KSA. Well, after getting the licensing issues the LLC has to be registered with the Ministry of Commerce and Investment. The formalities and process of Registration of a company in Saudi Arabia (KSA) progress in 11 steps as follows:
Reserving a company name
Authority: Ministry of Commerce and Industry is the authority of Registration of a company in Saudi Arabia (KSA). Usually, a name reserved remains valid for two months. Thereafter the process has to be done again. The process requires one working day if done online but requires no charge.
Submission of the articles of association & Notarization
Authority: Unified Center (UC)/Companies Department. Requiring one working day and no charge for submission of documents and authentication . Noting requires 3 days more and no charge.
Opening bank account
Authority: Bank. It is required 1 working day to open the account.
Obtaining a Business Location License from the Municipality and Registering with the Post Office.
Authority: Municipality of Riyadh and Post Office. It is required 1 working day and no charge.
Paying the Registration fee
Authority: Bank in the premises of the Unified Center UC. The processing time is 1 working day. The Registration of a company fee in Saudi Arabia is SAR500. More SAR 650 is required for the publication of a summary of Articles of Association AA.
Obtaining the Certificate of Formation
Authority: Unified Center (UC)/Companies Department and to obtain a certificate of Registration of a company in Saudi Arabia might require 2 working days.
Payment of Chamber of Commerce membership fee & authorization of company Signatories by the Chamber.
Authority: Chamber of Commerce. The membership of the Chamber is SAR 2000. 1 Day to complete the job.
Registering with the Ministry of Labor
This process requires 1 working day but no costs.
Registering with the GOSI [General Organization for Social Insurance]
Authority: General Organization for Social Insurance GOSI The procedure requires two working days to complete but no costs.
Registering with the Department of Zakat [DZIT]
Authority: Department of Zakat DZIT. 2 to 3 days are required to complete the Registration process.
Opening a Branch Office in KSA
To complete all the formalities 3-7 weeks time and branch office Registration fees are SAR 3390 might require.
Representative office
Establishing a Representative or a liaison office is normally granted only for companies that have multiple contracts with the government and require a local office to oversee the implementation of those contracts. Representative offices are not allowed to engage in direct or indirect commercial activities in the Kingdom and also require no legal status.
Corporate Taxes in KSA
The Corporate Taxes payable in KSA are as follows:
| Taxes | % |
| Income | 20 |
| Social Security | 12 |
| Zakat | 2.5 |
The Investors Service Center ISC at SAGIA oversees all matters related to licensing and Registration of foreign direct investments. The ISC was intended to acting as a one-stop service unit to assist the foreign investors and minimize procedural complicates. SIDF Saudi Arabian Industrial Fund may come to provide financing to overseas companies to the tune of 50 percent with 15 years payback period.
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