Aqid ERP1. It follows the UAE's tax rules
VAT is 5%, and the VAT 201 return asks for standard-rated sales by emirate. Corporate tax at 9% above AED 375,000 of taxable income starts from your accounting profit, so the software should give you clean statements and a tax estimate during the year.
2. E-invoicing
The UAE's e-invoicing system runs through accredited service providers on the PINT AE standard: businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more appoint a provider by 30 October 2026 and go live on 1 January 2027; smaller businesses appoint one by 31 March 2027 and go live on 1 July 2027. Sales to consumers (B2C) are not in these phases. Ask how the software will send invoices to a provider and what it does until then.
3. Payroll
Salaries go through the Wage Protection System (WPS), and end-of-service gratuity under the 2021 Labour Law is accrued as staff earn it.
4. Currency and decimals
Amounts in AED to two decimals, invoices in Arabic and English, and the emirate recorded on each sale for the return.
5. Arabic that is not an afterthought
Every screen, report and printed document should read right to left in Arabic as well as in English, with the Arabic text a native speaker would write. Try printing an invoice in both languages before you decide.
6. Your data, your accountant
Books should never be edited after the fact: corrections are new entries, with an audit trail. Check that you can export everything, and that your accountant can work inside your books with their own login and a role you choose.
7. The price, in your currency
Compare the price for the plan you will actually need in a year, in AED, with users, companies and payroll employees included. Aqid ERP's plans in the UAE start at AED 77 a month, and you can start free.