Saudi Arabia

Accounting software and cloud ERP for olive farms and oil presses in Sakaka and Al-Jouf

For the olive farms and oil presses of Sakaka and Al-Jouf, which press through the autumn and winter, often for neighbouring farmers too, and sell oil and table olives to shops, distributors and festival visitors. Aqid ERP costs the oil from the olives it took, invoices pressing as a service through ZATCA, and runs the festival stand's till.

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In short

For the olive farms and oil presses of Sakaka and Al-Jouf, which press through the autumn and winter, often for neighbouring farmers too, and sell oil and table olives to shops, distributors and festival visitors. Aqid ERP costs the oil from the olives it took, invoices pressing as a service through ZATCA, and runs the festival stand's till. The Growth plan fits, at SAR 111 a month, with a 60-day free trial. Not built yet: There is no batch, lot or expiry tracking, so a bottle cannot be traced back to a pressing or an orchard; the laboratory's results and certification labels are kept outside Aqid ERP.

At a glance

CitySakaka, Saudi Arabia
E-invoicingZATCA Phase 2: clearance and reporting once your device is connected with a Fatoora OTP; UBL 2.1 XML, QR code
VAT15% standard rate; the return is prepared from the books in ZATCA's layout
PayrollGOSI, a WPS salary file in the Mudad layout, end of service, payslips in Arabic and English
CurrencySAR, to 2 decimal places on every document and in the ledger
Recommended planGrowth: inventory and production for the oil, a warehouse and till for the festival stand, and consolidation if the farm and the press are separate companies.
PriceSAR 111 a month · 60-day free trial today, no card
Not built yetThere is no batch, lot or expiry tracking, so a bottle cannot be traced back to a pressing or an orchard; the laboratory's results and certification labels are kept outside Aqid ERP.

Business in Sakaka and Al-Jouf, and the part Aqid ERP plays

Al-Jouf, whose capital is Sakaka, is Saudi Arabia's olive region: millions of trees across its farms, a harvest that starts in early autumn, and presses that run around the clock until winter, some of them processing the olives of hundreds of farmers. The region's municipality holds the Al-Jouf International Olive Festival at the Prince Abdullah Cultural Center in Sakaka, where farmers, agricultural companies and small producers sell olive oil, table olives, and products such as soap and pickles.

Oil shown at the festival is first tested at the municipality's laboratory, and what passes carries a certification label. For a farm or a press the year is a yield: olives turned into oil and table olives in a few months, then sold for the rest of the year. Aqid ERP keeps that yield in a bill of materials, so each litre carries the olives it took, and keeps the festival stand as a warehouse with its own till.

How a business in Sakaka runs on Aqid ERP

The press's yield in the cost

A bill of materials says how many kilos of olives a litre of oil takes, with the expected yield, so planned waste is part of the cost; a production order through work in process follows the season and completes the oil as it is pressed.

Pressing for other farmers

Where a press also processes other farmers' olives for a fee, it invoices the pressing as a service, cleared through ZATCA, with a statement per farmer; olives it buys outright are supplier bills into stock.

The festival stand

Make the stand a warehouse and sell at the till in the browser, which reads barcodes and keeps selling if the connection drops; cash or card, on simplified invoices reported to ZATCA.

Shops and distributors on account

Tax invoices cleared through ZATCA, a price list for each kind of customer as a fixed price or a percentage off, and credit limits that warn or hold a sale.

A month at a farm with its own olive press in Sakaka (example)

  1. Say a farm with its own olive press in Sakaka invoices SAR 520,000.00 of olive oil and table olives sold to shops and distributors in October, all at the standard rate. That is SAR 78,000.00 VAT, SAR 598,000.00 in total, on tax invoices cleared through ZATCA or simplified invoices reported to it.
  2. A supplier bills SAR 175,000.00 plus SAR 26,250.00 VAT for bottles, tins and olives bought from neighbouring farms, posted against a purchase order and tagged to the pressing season.
  3. Payroll for 12 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.
  4. The VAT return shows SAR 78,000.00 output VAT and SAR 26,250.00 input VAT, so SAR 51,750.00 to pay before any other purchases. Each box opens to the invoices and bills behind it.
  5. 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.

VAT return

ZATCA's layout, filled from the ledger as you work, with every figure traceable and periods locked once filed.

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 Sakaka

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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Compare the plans in detail

Questions

If a Sakaka olive press also presses other farmers' olives, can it invoice them for it?

Yes. The pressing is a service item and each farmer a customer, with a tax invoice cleared through ZATCA, a statement and an ageing. The farmer's olives and oil are not your stock, so nothing enters your inventory; only olives you buy do.

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.

Industry pages for Sakaka

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

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  • ZATCA Phase 2
  • VAT 15 %
  • GOSI & Mudad WPS
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