Osama Terkawi

Biography

Osama is a Tax Executive based in our Riyadh office in KSA, with about 7 years of experience advising clients and assisting them with their tax affairs. Prior to joining Al Tamimi, he worked in the tax practice with 1 of the big 4 audit and consultancy firms and 1 of the top 10 audit and consultancy firms in Riyadh.

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Recent Experience

• Assisted several local and multinational clients with their income tax, Zakat, withholding tax, and VAT compliance filings across KSA, the UAE, and the wider region.
• Advised a foreign airline company on the tax implications and considerations of operating flights to and from Saudi Arabia.
• Advised clients on potential reliefs pursuant to several international double tax treaties and assisted in the process of submitting tax refund claims and appeals.
• Assisted several large international and local companies with ongoing tax and zakat audits before ZATCA and the GSTC.
• Advising a UK entity on the tax implications of transferring of shares to one of the companies employees.
• 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.
• Advised a large technology company on the tax considerations and implications of establishing an entity in Saudi Arabia and the tax impact on certain transactions.
• Advised a large oil and gas entity on the possibility for applying double tax treaty reliefs.
• Advised several FreeZone entities in UAE on there eligibility to qualify as a FreeZone subject to 0% CT.