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Cloud ERP for contractors and suppliers serving Ras Laffan

The contractors and suppliers working in Ras Laffan Industrial City serve the LNG and gas plants under contracts certified in stages, with foreign subcontractors and crews in the hundreds. Aqid ERP costs each contract, holds its retention, records withholding on non-resident bills and accrues gratuity for every worker.

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In short

The contractors and suppliers working in Ras Laffan Industrial City serve the LNG and gas plants under contracts certified in stages, with foreign subcontractors and crews in the hundreds. Aqid ERP costs each contract, holds its retention, records withholding on non-resident bills and accrues gratuity for every worker. The Growth plan fits, at QAR 108 a month, with a 60-day free trial. Not built yet: There is no plant-costing, HSE or permit module, no billing by percentage of completion and no Qatari WPS salary file; progress invoices are raised for the amount certified, and the bank's salary template is filled from the pay run.

At a glance

CityRas Laffan, Qatar
E-invoicingNo e-invoicing mandate in Qatar; invoices carry the tax card number and a QR code if you want one
VATNo VAT. Withholding tax on payments to non-residents is recorded and reported; income tax is not computed
PayrollEnd-of-service gratuity under Article 54, payslips in Arabic and English; no Qatari WPS file yet
CurrencyQAR, to 2 decimal places on every document and in the ledger
Recommended planGrowth: projects with budgets and retention, inventory for stores, and unlimited payroll for crews of any size.
PriceQAR 108 a month · 60-day free trial today, no card
Not built yetThere is no plant-costing, HSE or permit module, no billing by percentage of completion and no Qatari WPS salary file; progress invoices are raised for the amount certified, and the bank's salary template is filled from the pay run.

Business in Ras Laffan, and the part Aqid ERP plays

Ras Laffan Industrial City, north of Doha, is where Qatar's natural gas is processed and shipped: the LNG trains, the gas-to-liquids and petrochemical plants, and the port. Around them work the maintenance, scaffolding, inspection, catering and manpower contractors, most based in Doha and Al Khor.

A contractor's month there is certified work with retention, foreign specialists whose bills carry withholding tax, stores of consumables, and a payroll of hundreds with gratuity accruing. Aqid ERP carries those from one ledger; it has no plant-costing, HSE or permit module, which stay with the operator's systems.

How a business in Ras Laffan runs on Aqid ERP

Contracts certified in stages

Each contract carries a budget and a percentage complete; progress invoices are raised for the certified amount with retention held, and the margin per contract shows before it ends.

Withholding on foreign subcontractors

Bills from non-resident inspection and specialist firms carry the withholding line at the rate your adviser confirms, held in its own account and listed for the GTA.

Stores on site

Consumables and spares in stock at weighted average cost, issued to a contract with a stock adjustment and counted at period end.

Crews with gratuity

Payroll for hundreds of workers with overtime and site allowances, end-of-service gratuity accrued under Article 54, and bilingual payslips.

A month at a industrial services contractor in Ras Laffan (example)

  1. Say a industrial services contractor in Ras Laffan invoices QAR 2,400,000.00 of maintenance and scaffolding work certified in October. Qatar has no VAT, so the invoices carry no tax line; they carry your tax card number and the customer's details.
  2. A supplier bills QAR 760,000.00 for a non-resident inspection firm's services, posted against a purchase order and tagged to the gas-plant maintenance contract. Where the supplier is a non-resident, withholding tax is recorded against the bill at the rate your adviser confirms, and the withholding report lists it for the GTA.
  3. Payroll for 180 staff runs with end-of-service gratuity accrued under Article 54 of the Labour Law, and its cost is posted to the books from the same run.
  4. The month's profit and loss by cost centre shows the gas-plant maintenance contract with its QAR 2,400,000.00 of revenue against the bill and its share of payroll, so you see what each line of work earns before the year end.
  5. These figures only show the arithmetic. Which taxes apply to your business is for your adviser.

The parts you will use

Projects and cost centres

Tag every line to a project, a cost centre or a branch; profit by job, a budget and percentage complete per project, and retention held on contract invoices.

Purchasing

Purchase orders and supplier bills, withholding tax recorded on non-resident suppliers' bills, and an approval limit for large orders.

Inventory

On Growth and Premium, stock across warehouses at weighted average cost, with counts, adjustments, delivery notes, production and disassembly.

Payroll

Monthly payroll in QAR, end-of-service gratuity under Article 54, leave and claims, and bilingual payslips.

The rules in Qatar, and what Aqid ERP does with them

Tax: Qatar has no VAT. Income tax is filed on the GTA's Dhareeba portal by you or your adviser from the year-end statements Aqid ERP keeps; the tax itself is not computed. Withholding tax on payments to non-residents is recorded on the bill and listed in a withholding report.

E-invoicing: no mandate applies in Qatar. Invoices and credit notes carry your tax card number and go out as PDF, with a QR code if you want one.

Payroll: monthly payroll in QAR with end-of-service gratuity accrued under Article 54 of the Labour Law and payslips in Arabic and English. Qatar's Wage Protection System needs a salary file through your bank; Aqid ERP does not produce the Qatari file yet, so the bank's template is filled from the pay run's figures.

Contracts: retention held on contract invoices, a budget and percentage complete per project, and profit by project, cost centre or branch.

Plans for a business in Ras Laffan

Starter

For small businesses that need compliant invoicing

77 ر.ق / month

  • Bilingual invoices
  • Customers & quotes
  • Payroll and WPS file for up to 5 employees
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Growth

For teams that want the full books, not only invoices

108 ر.ق / month

  • Everything in Starter
  • Full ledger & reports
  • Unlimited payroll, inventory and consolidation
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Premium

For companies with branches, devices and volume

213 ر.ق / month

  • Everything in Growth
  • Branches & devices
  • Consolidation & API
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Questions

Does Aqid ERP cost an LNG plant's work for a Ras Laffan contractor?

It costs the contractor's contract: every bill, store issue and payroll hour tagged to it, retention held on certified invoices, and the margin against the budget. It is not a plant-costing or asset-management system; the operator's systems keep those.

Does Aqid ERP produce Qatar's WPS salary file?

Not yet. The WPS file exists in the Saudi (Mudad) and UAE (MoHRE SIF) layouts only. For Qatar the pay run gives you each employee's net pay and IBAN to fill your bank's template.

How is withholding tax handled?

A bill from a non-resident supplier carries a withholding line at the rate you set with your adviser; the amount is held in a withholding account and a report lists what is due to the GTA for the month.

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  • No VAT
  • Withholding tax
  • End of service (Art. 54)
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