Craig McAree

Managing Director
30+ years of tax expertise, including extensive experience in KSA
Leads A&M’s KSA Tax practice
Has established and led tax functions in advisory businesses and industry, advised on numerous international and KSA transactions, and worked with government authorities on tax exemptions and other regulatory matters
Riyadh
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Craig McAree is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Saudi Arabia. He serves as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Tax practice leader. Craig has more than 30 years of tax experience, the last 12 of those in KSA.

Craig has advised on a significant number of international and KSA transactions, established and led tax functions in a variety of industry contexts, and worked with government authorities on tax exemptions and other regulatory matters. His notable experience includes: providing tax support for KSA and international transactions, including structuring, due diligence, documentation, and implementation; building tax teams by developing organizational structures, policies, and procedures and recruiting and training highly skilled professionals; obtaining tax exemptions, rulings, and clarifications, as well as providing advice on improvements to tax treaties; and leading key global accounts.

Prior to joining A&M, Craig spent more than six years as the Head of Tax at the Public Investment Fund (PIF) in Saudi Arabia, where he built and led the Tax practice. Craig also served as a Tax Partner at EY in Saudi Arabia, where he established and managed the international and transaction tax business across KSA, managed the tax service line in Jeddah, and led transaction tax activities for the Middle East and North Africa region. Previously, Craig also worked as a Tax Partner at EY and as a Tax Partner at Grant Thornton in the UK.

Craig earned a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology. He was previously an Associate of the Taxation Institute (ATI) and an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

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The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) has relaunched the Tax Penalties Exemption Initiative for an additional six month period starting January 1, 2026, following the expiry of the previous waiver on December 31, 2025.
تذكير مهم: المواعيد النهائية لتسعير المعاملات في المملكة العربية السعودية تقترب: نموذج الإفصاح، الملف المحلي، الملف الرئيسي، وإشعار تقرير كل دولة.
مع تقدّم السنة المالية، يتعيّن على المنشآت في المملكة العربية السعودية مراعاة التزامها بسداد دفعات الضريبة المُقدَّمة، لا سيما المنشآت التي ترتّبت عليها التزامات ضريبية كبيرة عن السنة السابقة. ووفقًا للمادة (70) من نظام ضريبة الدخل والمادة (64) من اللائحة التنفيذية، فإن المكلفين الذين بلغت التزاماتهم الضريبية عن السنة السابقة مليوني ريال سعودي (2,000,000 ريال سعودي (أو أكثر، ملزمون بسداد دفعات ضريبية مُقدَّمة على ثلاثة أقساط متساوية.
يوافق الموعد النهائي لتقديم إقرار الزكاة وضريبة الدخل عن العام المالي 2025 تاريخ 30 أبريل 2026. وللاطلاع على الإرشادات التفصيلية التي تضمن تقديم الإقرار بدقة وامتثال كامل، يُرجى الضغط هنا