Deposit audited statements on Qawaem

Article 17 of the Companies Law requires a company to prepare financial statements at the end of each financial year, under the accounting standards adopted in the Kingdom, and to deposit them within six months of the year-end, as the regulations specify. Article 4 of the executive regulations requires that deposit, and the auditor’s report where there is one, through the Qawaem programme. Article 262 punishes a failure to prepare those statements, or to deposit them as the law requires, with a fine of not more than SAR 500,000. The Ministry of Commerce may also send a warning when the deposit is late. ISZ Global does not upload the file and does not sign the audit.

Riyadh

Audit Firms in Riyadh

Riyadh audits are read by banks, by a foreign parent that wants English papers, and sometimes by a ministry counterparty. The opinion is still a SOCPA signature on a Commercial Registration in the capital. Mixed Saudi and foreign ownership does not change who may sign. It does change the Zakat and income-tax split that sits beside the statements. Do not appoint the audit firm to prepare that split for the same entity. Tell us the year-end and whether a buyer has already asked for the signed set.

ISZ Global matches you with vetted firms. You appoint. We do not file, we do not sign an audit, and we do not take a success fee. The shortlist is free for owners.

A statutory audit is a SOCPA appointment

A Saudi statutory audit opinion is signed by a firm and partner licensed by the Saudi Organization for Chartered and Professional Accountants. The auditor should not be the person who keeps the books, and should not be the firm that prepares the Zakat or income-tax return for the same entity.

Questions owners ask

Can the Riyadh auditor file Zakat?

Not for the same entity. The auditor reports on the statements the Zakat base is taken from.

Does ISZ Global do this work?

No. We introduce vetted firms. The firm you appoint does the work under its own licence. The shortlist is free for owners.

Sources

Saudi-owned shares of a resident company are generally subject to Zakat. Non-Saudi shares are generally subject to corporate income tax at 20% of taxable income. Mixed-ownership companies apportion the two. Source: ZATCA — Income Tax and Zakat (https://zatca.gov.sa/en/RulesRegulations/Taxes/Pages/default.aspx). Last reviewed 2026-10-28.

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