{"id":1151,"date":"2018-01-01T14:35:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T14:35:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-01-01T14:35:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T14:35:04","slug":"vat-social-media-has-a-lot-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/feature\/vat-social-media-has-a-lot-to-say\/","title":{"rendered":"VAT Is Here In The Kingdom And Social Media Has A Lot To Say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VAT is here, folks.<\/p>\n

And while the purpose of its implementation is to improve the Kingdom’s\u00a0progress and prosperity and address challenges in the country, people can’t help but not be excited about it (reasonably so).<\/p>\n

And, naturally, people have been talking about it on social media<\/h3>\n
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VAT now in effect at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Orlando Gotay (@orlandogotay) January 1, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Companies put up reminders<\/h4>\n
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In line with the application of the Value Added Tax Law (VAT) and regulations, kindly be informed that starting from 01\/01\/2018, a 5% tax charge will be levied on Integrated Telecom Company\u2019s services. For more information, please visit https:\/\/t.co\/SSgVFZkkED<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a\u0635\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 (@ITCSaudiArabia) January 1, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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That is a receipt for the books<\/h4>\n
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Paid my first #Saudi<\/a> #VAT<\/a> ???? 1 st Jan 2018 pic.twitter.com\/MKvUxaRghy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Muhammad Imran Khan (@imransuperkhan) January 1, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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So Amazon has started charging VAT on shipments to Saudi. How exciting.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Turki AlBallaa (@TurkiAlBallaa) January 1, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And of course there were memes<\/h4>\n
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VAT New Year in Saudi pic.twitter.com\/fojqJScqLz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sohaib Sandhu (@fooltameez) January 1, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Saudi Arabia steps into a new era with VAT https:\/\/t.co\/UeTL6D8sMo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ZOPkGmYfQU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Riyadh Vision (@RiyadhVision) January 1, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VAT is here, folks. And while the purpose of its implementation is to improve the Kingdom’s\u00a0progress and prosperity and address challenges in the country, people can’t help but not be excited about it (reasonably so). And, naturally, people have been talking about it on social media VAT now in effect at the Kingdom of Saudi … ","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature","category-news"],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/01\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-01-at-5.29.39-PM.png?mtime=20180101142804","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/01\/_featuredImage\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-01-at-5.29.39-PM.png?mtime=20180101142804 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"VAT Is Here In The Kingdom And Social Media Has A Lot To Say - Lovin Saudi<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"VAT is here, folks.\nAnd while the purpose of its implementation is to improve the Kingdom&#039;s progress and prosperity and address challenges in the country, people can&#039;t help but not be excited about it (reasonably so).\">\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/news\/feature\/vat-social-media-has-a-lot-to-say\">\n<!-- <link rel=\"amphtml\" href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/news\/feature\/vat-social-media-has-a-lot-to-say\/amp\">\n --><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VAT Is Here In The Kingdom And Social Media Has A Lot To Say\">\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\">\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/news\/feature\/vat-social-media-has-a-lot-to-say\">\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\">\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-01-at-5.29.39-PM.png?mtime=20180101142804\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"722\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"425\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"photo\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"lovinsaudi\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"VAT Is Here In The Kingdom And Social Media Has A Lot To Say\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\" VAT is here, folks.\nAnd while the purpose of its implementation is to improve the Kingdom's progress and prosperity and address challenges in the country, people can't help but not be excited about it (reasonably so).\n\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/news\/feature\/vat-social-media-has-a-lot-to-say\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-01-at-5.29.39-PM.png?mtime=20180101142804\">\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}