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Saudi Arabia ↔ United States is a cross-border business corridor involving market access, investment, finance, people, contracts, trade and professional support across both markets. WONE Global coordinates the work in both countries, so one team keeps it joined up.
Riyadh · Tuesday 3 November
21:06
Local time
Shared working hours
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New York · Tuesday 3 November
13:06
Local time
Worked example
A step-by-step example of a common project between Saudi Arabia and the United States: the rules in each country, the usual structures and the questions to ask your advisers.
How the work runs on both sides
What has to happen in each country, in what order, and what one side changes for the other, with the sources for each step.
Key questions
Typical work
Tax, legal, people and money questions on one side change the answer on the other. WONE Global plans the work in both countries together before anything starts.
Partner firms
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WONE Global Partners
Riyadh · Saudi ArabiaWONE Global Partner · Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Yousef Al-Hussaini (License No. 992) is a seasoned accounting and auditing professional with a career spanning leading roles at Ernst & Young (EY) and one of Saudi Arabia’s largest insurance companies, includin…
Jeddah · Saudi ArabiaWONE Global Partner · Saudi Arabia
South Carolina · United StatesWONE Global Partner · United States
Cases
Cases whose typical case involves one or both sides of the corridor, each with how WONE Global handles it and who handles it in each market.
Scenarios
Worked scenarios involving either side of the corridor: the client, where it comes from, what it ran into and how WONE Global handles it.
Worked scenarios
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What the guides say
The essentials of each market on the topics that decide how work between them is set up.
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| Topic | Saudi Arabia | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Establish & Structure | Foreign investors register with the Ministry of Investment (MISA) before investing, under an Investment Law that replaced the former foreign-investment licence with a registration process. Read more | Companies are formed under state law, and most foreign groups use a corporation or LLC formed in a state such as Delaware, then register in each other state where they operate. Read more |
| Tax & Statutory | Saudi Arabia splits company profits by ownership: the foreign-owned share pays 20% income tax and the Saudi and GCC-owned share pays 2.5% zakat on its zakat base. Read more | Federal corporate income tax is 21% for US corporations and for a foreign corporation's income effectively connected with a US business, with state corporate taxes on top. Read more |
| People, Payroll & Mobility | Private-sector employment is governed by the Labor Law administered by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development. Read more | Federal law sets a floor for employment: a $7.25 minimum wage, overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, unpaid family and medical leave for eligible staff, and payroll taxes. Read more |
| Banking, Treasury & Payments | The riyal has been fixed at 3.75 to the US dollar since 1986, and the IMF's 2025 review found the peg remains appropriate. Read more | Bank onboarding is governed by federal anti-money-laundering rules: banks must collect identifying information before opening an account and identify and verify a company's beneficial owners, with 2026 FinCEN relief allowing this once rather than at every new… Read more |
| Trade, Customs & Supply Chain | Saudi Arabia applies the GCC common external tariff, generally 5% on goods from outside the GCC, and ZATCA runs customs clearance through the FASAH platform. Imports also carry 15% VAT and, for some goods, excise tax. Read more | Customs, tariffs and export controls are entirely federal: CBP runs entry and collection through its ACE system, the USITC maintains the tariff schedule, and the Commerce Department's BIS controls exports. Read more |
| Disputes, Enforcement & Exit | Commercial disputes go to specialised commercial courts under the Commercial Courts Law of 2020, while disputes with government contracting bodies generally go to the Board of Grievances. Read more | The United States has two parallel court systems: federal courts, with limited jurisdiction set by the Constitution and Congress, and state courts, which hear most contract disputes. Read more |
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