{"id":153973,"date":"2026-10-28T12:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/faq\/%d9%87%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%82%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b6%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%a5%d9%84%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:23:32","slug":"is-the-vat-number-required-for-government-entity-clients","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/is-the-vat-number-required-for-government-entity-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the VAT Number required for government entity clients?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. The <strong>VAT Number<\/strong> is not required for a client saved as a government entity in Saudi accounts, even when the <strong>Saudi E-Invoice<\/strong> app is active. Just enter the entity&#8217;s official number in the <strong>Contract \/ Reg No \/ License No.<\/strong> field.<\/p>\n<p>When you add or edit the client, select the client type <strong>Business<\/strong> and check <strong>Client is a Government Entity<\/strong>. Then:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>VAT Number<\/strong> field is always optional, and shows <span class=\"tut-msg\">(Optional) for government entities.<\/span> next to it.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>C.R \/ Unified Number<\/strong> field changes to <strong>Contract \/ Reg No \/ License No.<\/strong>, where you enter the entity&#8217;s number.<\/li>\n<li>When you issue an invoice to the entity, the <strong>VAT Number<\/strong> is sent to ZATCA if it exists; if not, the <strong>Contract \/ Reg No \/ License No.<\/strong> is sent instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The <strong>Client is a Government Entity<\/strong> option appears only if your account is Saudi, the Saudi E-Invoice app is active, and the client type is <strong>Business<\/strong>. If you don&#8217;t check the option, the client is treated as a regular Business client and the VAT Number is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"template":"","categories":[2130,2126,2131],"tags":[4229,26163,26160,4209,26162,26165,26164,23424,26161,4228],"class_list":["post-153973","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","category-clients-management","category-clients","category-manage-clients","tag-business-client","tag-client","tag-client-vat-number","tag-clients","tag-contract-reg-no-license-no","tag-government-entity-vat-number","tag-how-to-add-a-government-entity-client","tag-individual-client","tag-saudi-e-invoice-app","tag-vat-number"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is the VAT Number required for government entity clients? - Daftra Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/is-the-vat-number-required-for-government-entity-clients\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is the VAT Number required for government entity clients? - Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No. The VAT Number is not required for a client saved as a government entity in Saudi accounts, even when the Saudi E-Invoice app is active. 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