(MENAFN) Saudi Arabia had developed its citizens' stipend and benefits to reduce the effect of economic reforms, such as the first taxes following an oil price collapse.
A beneficial welfare system has long provided gain for nearly all working Saudis the state employed.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE had declared a 5% VAT on nearly all goods and services, implemented at the start of 2018 following the oil market crash in 2014.
King Salman has ordered $267, 222 euros monthly living allowance for military citizens and public servants for one year in an attempt to "soften the impact of economic reforms on Saudi households."
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