The Committee for Settlement of Tax Violations and Disputes issued a decision in favor of the company, but the authority appealed this decision to the General Secretariat of Tax Committees, and the decision was upheld in favor of the authority. Al Babtain Power and Telecommunication Company announces that the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority (the Authority) issued zakat assessments for the years 2015–2018 that resulted in zakat differences amounting to 32 million Saudi riyals. The company filed an objection for this amount with the General Secretariat of Tax Committees.
