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Post by Canadian CH E on Oct 12, 2017 4:19:36 GMT
No one can really tell you the answer to what you are looking for. Only Aramco would know if you are still enled to the additional allowance or not. For me the question is, even if aramco tells you that you get the allowance, what stops them from changing the rules and no longer giving you the higher allowance a year or two years from now once you receive the first payment. It seems like it they can change any rule at their own discretion.
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Post by teeboy12 on Oct 16, 2017 14:55:50 GMT
Yes, rental allowance has been reduced. It shouldn't affect Americans because they are not offered RAA, but accommodated by Aramco.
I think the change took effect from 1st August 2017 - it's now 3x base salary + 5,000 Saudi Riyal per child (up to a maximum of 3 eligible children)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 15:40:59 GMT
Some questions:
- Is it applicable to the all new emploeeys that arrived in Saudia Arabia after 1st August?
- Is it applicable only to the new emploeeys that Aramco have given them the "Net Earnings&Benefits Worksheets" after 1st August?
- Is it applicable to the emploeeys that have riceived the "Net Earnings&Benefits Worksheets" between 1 Genuary and 30 July 2017?
In my case, I received the "Net Earnings&Benefits Worksheets" in April 2017, and I'm still waiting all the documents for my VISA. I asked about this matters to my UK Expatric Advisor, but she confermed me that they will give me how much they wrote in the Net Earning sheet (more o less $59k with two children).
Is it wrong o right?
I'm come from Europe.
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Post by teeboy12 on Oct 16, 2017 17:57:30 GMT
I can't really answer your questions with certainty. The policy simply says that "Family status employees hired on or after to August 1, 2017" would be affected. The key word here is hired. From my understanding so far, Aramco considers the date you arrived in the Kingdom as your hire date.
I would ASSUME that Aramco would give you what is on the Net Earnings sheet, otherwise they would update the sheet before you join. Note that this is just my assumption based on the fact that I was asked to sign another Terms & Conditions when I joined in 2015 after changes were made after I had already signed the previous T & C. This was done before I left for the Kingdom.
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Post by vpainter on Oct 23, 2017 21:14:49 GMT
No one can answer your question. Hopefully your RA knows and has told you correctly.
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Post by electeng on Nov 7, 2017 4:59:22 GMT
Is 3 x base salary RAA sufficient for 1/2 bedroom apartment in good secured community?
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Post by Canadian CH E on Nov 8, 2017 1:00:52 GMT
I was notified a few days ago about this potential change. I will not be accepting the offer if they try to change the terms of our agreement.
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Post by ph on Nov 8, 2017 2:00:38 GMT
If you talking about living in the compounds, you probably may have to top up unless your base salary is high. Avee rent for a 2/bdr room between 100k-150k based on my search recently.
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Post by ph on Nov 8, 2017 2:06:50 GMT
It may worth checking with your RA again. Do note about other changes from 2018 onward (dependent tax, VAT, etc.).
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Post by Canadian CH E on Nov 8, 2017 4:37:28 GMT
Ph,
Can you please expand on these? I don't know much about the "other" changes.
What changes have been made and what is proposed?
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Post by swan on Nov 8, 2017 16:26:37 GMT
Dependants fees are already here. www.arabnews.com/node/1123101/saudi-arabia for example. All dependants of the worker (wife, kids etc) are charged a monthly fee as of July this year. Currently 100SAR/person/month. Rising to 200 in mid 2018,and going up again 2019&2020. This is Saudi policy, not Aramco policy. VAT of 5% is due to be implemented across the GCC countries in Jan. There is some discussion as to if everyone will be ready, or if the implementation will be delayed. |
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Post by electeng on Nov 14, 2017 3:05:05 GMT
Can anyone provide info on employee tax? On net it says expat employee will be charged with employee tax in both cases i.e. if no. of expats are more than local employees in company and vise versa.
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Post by swan on Nov 14, 2017 8:18:32 GMT
What have you seen? General understanding is that the fee based on Saudisation levels is on the company, not the employee. www.arabnews.com/node/1028596/saudi-arabia for example. It is stated explicitly at the bottom “The second is already imposed on companies which employ expat workers; this will increase gradually as well until 2020.” |
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Post by Canadian CH E on Nov 15, 2017 16:14:28 GMT
Are there many people who are being put on the new plan on Global Payroll?
This company seems quite dishonest that they make an offer and then change terms during the relocation process.
Really makes me doubt how they would be as an employer.
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Post by electeng on Nov 17, 2017 4:04:21 GMT
Thank you swan. The news I read was not clear about, whether it is imposed on the Company or employee.
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