Saudi Arabia

Accounting software and cloud ERP for rose distilleries, perfume sellers and resorts in Taif

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In short

Taif's rose farms harvest and distil in a few spring weeks, its perfume trade sells all year, and its mountain resorts fill in summer. Aqid ERP takes the harvest into stock, posts the distilling as production at weighted average cost, invoices perfumers and shops through ZATCA, and pays seasonal workers 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 batch, lot or expiry tracking and no FIFO: a season's oil is costed at weighted average with the stock already held, so keep batch and distillation records in your own logs.

At a glance

City	Taif, 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 with production for distilling, the till for the farm shop, and unlimited payroll for the harvest.
Price	SAR 111 a month · 60-day free trial today, no card
Not built yet	There is no batch, lot or expiry tracking and no FIFO: a season's oil is costed at weighted average with the stock already held, so keep batch and distillation records in your own logs.

Business in Taif, and the part Aqid ERP plays

Taif is known for the Taif rose: hundreds of farms on the slopes of Al-Hada and Al-Shafa pick and distil it in a season of about six weeks each spring, and visitors come to watch the harvest and the stills. Around it sit the city's perfume and oud trade, and the mountain resorts and chalets that make Taif a summer escape from the heat.

A distillery's year is short and lopsided: petals bought from farms in the harvest, rose water and oil distilled and bottled, and the stock sold for months after to perfumers, shops and visitors. Aqid ERP puts the harvest's cost into the bottled goods at weighted average and shows the margin per product long after the season ends.

How a business in Taif runs on Aqid ERP

Petals in, rose water and oil out

Receive petals and bottles into stock; a production order consumes them and puts rose water and rose oil in at weighted average cost, so every bottle carries its share of the harvest.

Farm purchases in the harvest

Bills from each farm under purchase orders, with supplier statements; a cash forecast shows the harvest's buying against the months of selling that follow.

Perfumers on account, visitors at the counter

Tax invoices to perfumers and shops cleared through ZATCA, with statements and reminders; counter sales at the farm shop through the till in the browser, as simplified invoices.

Pickers and resort staff

Seasonal workers for the harvest or the summer go through the same payroll with GOSI, the Mudad WPS file and payslips in Arabic and English.

A month at a rose distillery in Taif (example)

Say a rose distillery in Taif invoices SAR 310,000.00 of rose water and rose oil sold to perfumers and shops in October, all at the standard rate. That is SAR 46,500.00 VAT, SAR 356,500.00 in total, on tax invoices cleared through ZATCA or simplified invoices reported to it.
A supplier bills SAR 140,000.00 plus SAR 21,000.00 VAT for rose petals bought from farms in the harvest, posted against a purchase order and tagged to the distillery.
Payroll for 16 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 46,500.00 output VAT and SAR 21,000.00 input VAT, so SAR 25,500.00 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 Taif

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 Aqid ERP cost rose oil from a Taif harvest?

Yes, at weighted average: a production order consumes the petals and bottles bought in the harvest and puts rose water and oil into stock at their cost, so each sale shows its margin. There is no batch or distillation-run 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.

Industry pages for Taif

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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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