Jurisdictions
Your jurisdiction’s rules, built into the engine.
In MENA construction the country is not a dropdown — it decides your VAT rate, your withholding tax, your permit path, your labour rules and which authority signs your interconnection. Voltara ships five jurisdiction profiles — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Jordan — and the engine routes tax, permits, payroll and billing through whichever one the project declares.
§01 · THE FIVE PROFILES
Five profiles, one engine
Pick the jurisdiction once, in Setup & Legal, and it cascades: currency, tax treatment and compliance content follow the profile through CRM, projects, finance and HR. The authorities below are the ones encoded in the engine today.
| Jurisdiction | Currency | VAT | WHT | Key authorities | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | EGP | 14% | 3–10% by vendor category | NREA · EgyptERA · DISCOs · ETA | Validated |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR | 15% | — | SERA · Saudi Energy · SPPC | In validation |
| UAE — Abu Dhabi | AED | 5% | — | DoE · EWEC · ADDC · TRANSCO | Preliminary |
| UAE — Dubai | AED | 5% | — | DEWA · RSB · Dubai Civil Defence · Dubai Municipality | Preliminary |
| Jordan | JOD | 16% | — | EMRC · NEPCO · JEPCO · IDECO · EDCO | In validation |
WHT is shown where the engine routes it on AP bills today. Authority names are as encoded in the jurisdiction profiles that ship with the platform.
§02 · WHAT NATIVE MEANS
In the engine, not an add-on
“Localisation” usually means a translated interface and a currency symbol. Native means the rules are data the engine executes — one profile drives finance, HR, projects and compliance together, so there is no localisation pack to bolt on and no consultant’s spreadsheet shadowing the system.
- Tax and WHT routing — invoices carry the profile’s VAT rate (Egypt 14%, Saudi Arabia 15%, UAE 5%, Jordan 16%); Egyptian AP bills apply 3–10% withholding by vendor category and produce WHT certificates.
- Labour rules — payroll, leave and end-of-service follow the jurisdiction’s labour rules, and payroll lands in finance through the same bridge everywhere.
- Permit workflows — project states carry the profile’s permits and authorities, so an Egyptian rooftop asks for a DISCO net-metering approval, not a generic “permit” checkbox.
- Compliance calendars — the profile’s filing and renewal obligations, on the calendar from day one.
- Multi-currency billing — EGP, SAR, AED, JOD, USD and EUR lines, with the books kept straight per project.
§03 · STATUS, REPORTED PLAINLY
We tell you exactly where each profile stands
A tax rate is a fact you can look up. A jurisdiction profile is a claim about how delivery actually works in a country — and claims need validating. So we report status per country, plainly. Validated means the profile runs in production: Egypt is the only jurisdiction we say that about, because our own EPC arm builds there on this platform. In validation means the rules are encoded and being proven against real local practice. Preliminary means encoded from published rules, with validation still ahead.
E-invoicing follows the same discipline. The platform generates ETA-compliant e-invoices for Egypt today, QR included; submission to the government gateway is on the integration roadmap. E-invoicing for Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Jordan is on the roadmap — we do not claim it today.
§04 · COUNTRY PAGES
Go deeper, per country
Each page lists what runs natively today, what the studio produces for that market, and exactly what the status label means.
Validated
Egypt
The validated baseline: ETA e-invoice generation with QR, 3–10% WHT with certificates, labour rules with end-of-service, 27 governorates and the DisCo picker.
In validation
Saudi Arabia
SAR billing and 15% VAT in the engine; the SERA / Saudi Energy / SPPC landscape encoded; validation against live local practice in progress.
Preliminary
United Arab Emirates
Two profiles, because Abu Dhabi and Dubai are different regimes — DoE / EWEC / ADDC on one side, DEWA / RSB on the other. AED billing, 5% VAT.
In validation
Jordan
JOD billing and 16% VAT; the EMRC regime encoded, with NEPCO and the three distributors — JEPCO, IDECO and EDCO.
See the engine run your jurisdiction.
Demos are founder-led. Name your country and we will walk an invoice, a permit and a payroll run through its profile — and tell you to your face what is validated and what is not.
Egypt is also priced in EGP — see the Egypt page. Paddle.com is the merchant of record.