Does Saudi Arabia have an inheritance tax?

No. Saudi Arabia levies no inheritance tax, estate duty or death tax. A deceased Muslim's estate is instead distributed under Sharia fixed shares known as faraid, applied through the courts and notaries.

How are the fixed shares decided?

The Quran sets fixed fractions for certain heirs. A widow takes one-eighth with children or one-quarter without; a mother one-sixth with children or one-third without; the father a fixed one-sixth when children exist. The remaining residue passes to the children.

How do sons and daughters split the residue?

After the fixed shares are paid, sons and daughters share what remains in a two-to-one ratio — each son receives twice the portion of each daughter. This 2:1 rule is the classic agnatic distribution for children.

What does this tool not cover?

It models the common uncontested case of spouse, parents and children. It does not handle grandparents, siblings, the awl proportional-reduction rule, or radd redistribution when shares do not fill the estate. Complex estates need a qualified scholar or court ruling.

Are my numbers private?

Yes. The whole calculation runs in your browser. Nothing you enter is uploaded or stored anywhere.

Saudi Arabia Inheritance Tax Calculator

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This Saudi Arabia inheritance calculator answers two things at once: confirming that the Kingdom charges no inheritance or estate tax, and showing how an estate is actually divided under Sharia fixed shares (faraid) among a spouse, parents and children.

How it works

There is no death tax to compute — the headline figure is always zero. What matters is the distribution, governed by Quranic fixed fractions:

Spouse: a widow takes 1/8 if there are children, otherwise 1/4. A widower takes 1/4 with children, otherwise 1/2.
Mother: 1/6 if there are children, otherwise 1/3.
Father: a fixed 1/6 when there are children; with no children he takes the residue as the nearest male agnate.
Children: sons and daughters share whatever residue remains after the fixed shares, in a 2:1 ratio — each son gets twice each daughter’s portion.

The calculator pays the fixed shares first, then splits the residue among the children by that 2:1 rule.

Example

A man dies leaving a net estate of SAR 3,000,000, a widow, his mother, two sons and one daughter. The widow takes 1/8 (SAR 375,000) and the mother 1/6 (SAR 500,000), leaving SAR 2,125,000 residue. With two sons (2 shares each) and one daughter (1 share), there are five units: each son receives SAR 850,000 and the daughter SAR 425,000.

Notes

This is the simple, uncontested case. It excludes grandparents, siblings, the awl rule (proportional reduction when fixed shares exceed the estate) and radd (redistribution when they fall short). Saudi courts and a qualified scholar settle real estates — treat this as an educational estimate, not a fatwa.