Tax Intelligence Excise Tax Since 1 January 2026, two bottles of the same-looking flavoured drink can carry entirely different tax bills depending on a number most finance teams never used to track: grams of sugar per 100ml. Saudi Arabia’s move from a flat 50% excise rate on sweetened beverages to a four-tier, sugar-content-based structure means […]

Tax Intelligence Excise Tax Excise tax in Saudi Arabia does not touch most businesses at all — and that is exactly what makes it dangerous for the ones it does touch. Unlike VAT, which applies broadly at 15% across almost every supply, excise tax is narrow, aggressive, and easy to get wrong precisely because so […]