Mohammed leads Grant Thornton’s Indirect Tax practice in Saudi Arabia, bringing over 20 years of experience in VAT compliance, advisory, and real estate transaction tax (RETT) across Jordan and KSA. With a master's degree in Accounting, he is a Certified Public Accountant (JCPA) and a VAT Specialist accredited by SOCPA.
Mohammed has extensive expertise in indirect tax advisory, VAT compliance, tax due diligence, and dispute resolution with regulatory authorities such as ZATCA and GSTC. He played a key role in establishing Grant Thornton KSA’s Indirect Tax department and has led numerous VAT implementation projects for businesses across various industries, including manufacturing, retail, healthcare, education, professional services, transportation, and real estate.
Before joining Grant Thornton, Mohammed was an academic lecturer at leading universities in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Tax Auditor at the Income & Sales Tax Department in Jordan for over seven years. He also contributed to banking system transformation efforts at the Housing Bank in Jordan as part of the new system implementation team.
His deep technical expertise and strategic insights help businesses navigate complex indirect tax regulations, ensuring compliance while optimising tax efficiency.
A practical overview of the ZATCA refund mechanism, eligibility, and how non-resident companies can recover Saudi VAT.
The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) has moved decisively away from the old model of enforcement through punishment, and toward something more sophisticated: a system designed to reward honesty and encourage businesses to come forward before problems become crises. The principle is straightforward. Taxpayers who voluntarily disclose errors, submit missing documentation, or settle outstanding obligations promptly can qualify for partial or full waivers of the fines they would otherwise face. In practice, this means that a business which catches its own mistake and reports it stands in a very different position than one that waits to be caught. That distinction matters enormously, and it reflects a maturity in regulatory thinking that many jurisdictions have been slow to adopt.
Saudi Arabia has formally issued the much-anticipated regulatory frameworks governing several key Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
