Aqid ERP1. It follows Qatar's tax rules
Qatar has no VAT, so a tax-return module is not the test. What matters is withholding tax on payments to non-residents, corporate income tax on foreign-owned shares, and clean year-end statements.
2. E-invoicing
There is no e-invoicing mandate in Qatar today. Bilingual invoices, a PDF your customers can archive, and numbering that cannot be edited after the fact are what to look for.
3. Payroll
Payroll must carry the end-of-service gratuity under the Labour Law (at least three weeks' basic wage per year after a year of service), leave, and payslips in Arabic and English.
4. Currency and decimals
Amounts in QAR to two decimals, with invoices in Arabic and English.
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 QAR, with users, companies and payroll employees included. Aqid ERP's plans in Qatar start at QAR 77 a month, and you can start free.