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Towards A Unified Zakat System

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their <strong>Zakat</strong> personally, on the advice of local Qodat. In1929, the Public Finance Agency was created and Al-Ahssasubmitted to the authority of this agency. In 1932 theagency was converted into the Ministry of Finance.The Department of <strong>Zakat</strong> and Income was established andauthorised to supervise the collection of income tax and<strong>Zakat</strong> by the Ministry of Finance decision No. 394, dated14/6/1951. It was originally established in Jeddah, andtransferred to Riyadh in 1970. It now has branches in majorcities of the country. In 1972 it became part of theMinistry of Finance. It is empowered to calculate and levythe <strong>Zakat</strong> without exception (Al-Sultan, 1997).IIn 1963 the money had to be submitted to the Social SecurityInstitution but, in 1965, this institution was dissolved. Itwas made known that the collected <strong>Zakat</strong> must be paid intothe account of the general treasury of the government. Also,the Ministry of Finance was ordered to open a separateaccount for this money so that it could be spent along withthe extra funds which the government assigns for socialsecurity purposes. In 1965, the Social Security Departmentwas established, according to Article 20 of the SocialSecurity Regulation. This department was created as part ofthe Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, with branch48

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