Saudi Arabia

Accounting software and cloud ERP for dates wholesalers and traders in Buraydah and Unaizah

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In short

Every summer Buraydah's dates city runs the world's largest dates festival, and Unaizah holds its own season: two months in which Qassim's harvest is auctioned, bought and sold on. Aqid ERP takes what a trader buys at auction into stock, costs it at weighted average, invoices distributors through ZATCA, and pays the season's staff with GOSI and the Mudad file. The Growth plan fits, at SAR 111 a month, with a 60-day free trial. Not built yet: There is no auction or bidding module and no batch or lot tracking: a lot is a purchase you post and stock is by item at weighted average.

At a glance

City	Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
E-invoicing	ZATCA Phase 2: clearance and reporting once your device is connected with a Fatoora OTP; UBL 2.1 XML, QR code
VAT	15% standard rate; the return is prepared from the books in ZATCA's layout
Payroll	GOSI, a WPS salary file in the Mudad layout, end of service, payslips in Arabic and English
Currency	SAR, to 2 decimal places on every document and in the ledger
Recommended plan	Growth: inventory for the season's stock, unlimited payroll for the carnival, and consolidation if the farm and the trading company are separate.
Price	SAR 111 a month · 60-day free trial today, no card
Not built yet	There is no auction or bidding module and no batch or lot tracking: a lot is a purchase you post and stock is by item at weighted average.

Business in Buraydah and Unaizah, and the part Aqid ERP plays

Qassim has millions of palm trees, Sukkari first among its varieties, and its harvest is traded in the open: Buraydah's dates carnival runs for two months at the city's dates market and is listed by Guinness as the world's largest dates festival, and the Unaizah dates season brings producers, traders and buyers together in the same weeks.

So where Al-Ahsa packs, Buraydah and Unaizah trade: wholesalers buy lots at auction in the season, hold them, and sell to distributors, retailers and exporters for months after. Aqid ERP records each purchase at its price, values the stock at weighted average, and shows what the season's buying earned as it sells.

How a business in Buraydah runs on Aqid ERP

Auction buying into stock

Each lot bought at the auction is a supplier bill or a cash purchase, received into stock by variety; grades you sell apart are separate items.

Paying farmers and brokers

Payments to farmers and brokers recorded against their bills, with supplier statements; a cash forecast shows the season's buying against the months of selling.

Distributors and exporters on account

Tax invoices cleared through ZATCA with a statement and an ageing per buyer; export sales zero-rated as the rules allow, set with your adviser.

The season's workers

Staff added for the carnival go through the same payroll with GOSI, the Mudad WPS file and payslips in Arabic and English.

A month at a dates wholesaler in Buraydah (example)

Say a dates wholesaler in Buraydah invoices SAR 880,000.00 of Sukkari dates sold to distributors and exporters in October, all at the standard rate. That is SAR 132,000.00 VAT, SAR 1,012,000.00 in total, on tax invoices cleared through ZATCA or simplified invoices reported to it.
A supplier bills SAR 610,000.00 plus SAR 91,500.00 VAT for dates bought at the season's auctions, posted against a purchase order and tagged to the season's stock.
Payroll for 19 staff runs with GOSI contributions and a WPS salary file in the Mudad layout, and its cost is posted to the books from the same run.
The VAT return shows SAR 132,000.00 output VAT and SAR 91,500.00 input VAT, so SAR 40,500.00 to pay before any other purchases. Each box opens to the invoices and bills behind it.
These figures only show the arithmetic. How VAT applies to your supplies is for your tax adviser, set up before you start invoicing.

The parts you will use

Inventory

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

Sales

Tax invoices cleared through ZATCA, simplified invoices reported, credit notes, quotes, automatic reminders, and statements by email or WhatsApp.

Purchasing

Purchase orders and supplier bills, with an approval limit so large orders wait for a second approver, and supplier statements.

Payroll

Monthly payroll in SAR, GOSI, a WPS salary file in the Mudad layout, end-of-service accruals and bilingual payslips.

The rules in Saudi Arabia, and what Aqid ERP does with them

E-invoicing: ZATCA's Phase 2 reaches VAT-registered businesses in waves. Aqid ERP produces the UBL 2.1 XML, the XAdES signature and the QR code, clears tax invoices and reports simplified ones once your device is connected with an OTP from the Fatoora portal. It implements Phase 2 end to end and is tested against ZATCA's published rules; its listing in ZATCA's solution-provider directory is in progress.

VAT: the standard rate is 15%. The return is prepared from the books in ZATCA's layout, and every box opens to the invoices and bills behind it. Filing on the ZATCA portal stays with you or your adviser.

Payroll: GOSI contributions by nationality, a WPS salary file in the Mudad layout, end-of-service accruals and payslips in Arabic and English, posted to the books from the same run. Employee records carry document expiry alerts for iqamas and passports.

Zakat and income tax are not computed; the year-end statements they start from are kept as you work, for you or your adviser.

Plans for a business in Buraydah

Starter

For small businesses that need compliant invoicing

79 / month

Compliant invoices + QR
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

111 / month

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

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Premium

For companies with branches, devices and volume

219 / month

Everything in Growth
Branches & devices
Your own versioned metrics, consolidation & API

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Questions

Can a Buraydah dates wholesaler track what the season's auction buying earned?

Yes. Post each lot bought at auction as a purchase into stock; stock is valued at weighted average and every sale shows its margin, so the profit and loss tells you what the season earned. There is no auction module or lot tracking.

Is Aqid ERP live for ZATCA e-invoicing Phase 2?

Not listed yet: Aqid ERP's listing in ZATCA's solution-provider directory is in progress. It implements Phase 2 end to end (UBL 2.1 XML, XAdES signature, QR code, clearance for tax invoices and reporting for simplified ones) and is tested against ZATCA's published rules. You connect your device with an OTP from the Fatoora portal.

Does it run Saudi payroll?

Yes: monthly payroll in SAR, GOSI contributions by nationality, a WPS salary file in the Mudad layout, end-of-service accruals and bilingual payslips. Starter covers up to 5 employees; Growth has no limit.

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Aqid ERP in Saudi Arabia

Set up for Saudi Arabia's rules from the first day.

Plans from 79 a month
ZATCA Phase 2
VAT 15 %
GOSI & Mudad WPS

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