Jad Khazaal

Biography

Jad is a Senior Tax Executive based in our Riyadh office in KSA. Prior to joining Al Tamimi, he worked in the tax service line for 2 of the big 4 consultancy firms in Riyadh for a period of 5 years.

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Recent Experience

• Advised a US aviation company on tax implications of the sale of one of its business units with operations in KSA.
• Successfully represented and won final judgements for 2 multinational Korean EPC companies before the Appeal Committee for Tax Violations and Disputes on income and withholding tax cases valued over SAR 750 million.
• Advised a prominent Saudi company in the entertainment sector on the VAT and WHT implications of multilateral contracts in connection with the Riyadh Seasons.
• Assisted one of the largest global banks on a successful corporate and withholding tax settlement with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in connection with a dispute valued over SAR  375 million.
• Advised clients on potential reliefs pursuant to several international double tax treaties and assisted in the process of submitting tax refund claims and appeals.
• Advised on tax considerations arising from the restructuring of an entity based on a debt-to-equity swap deal.
• Advised a royal GCC family member on VAT implications of transferring real estate property from personal to corporate ownership.
• Assisting a couple of large US based defence contractors with ongoing tax audits conducted by the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in association with the force of attraction principle.
• Successfully represented a KSA subsidiary of a large Chinese government contracting entity before the Appellate Committee in a corporate tax litigation dispute.
• Advised a leading airline company on the zakat implications of its main operations in KSA.
• Assisting several local and multinational clients with their income tax, zakat, withholding and VAT compliance filings.
• Actively acting for multinational corporations, financial institutions, a real estate developer, construction contractors and consulting firms in complex, high-value tax and VAT litigation disputes.