Bookkeeping Services Saudi Arabia
Accurate, ZATCA-compliant bookkeeping for Saudi businesses — daily transaction recording, bank reconciliations, and clean books prepared for audit and financial reporting.
Sound bookkeeping is the bedrock of every financially healthy Saudi business. Without accurate, current financial records, you cannot prepare VAT returns, calculate Zakat correctly, manage cash flow effectively, or produce the audited financial statements that banks, ZATCA, and MISA require. Yet many Saudi SMEs find their bookkeeping falling behind — with bank accounts unreconciled, supplier invoices missing, and expense categorisation inconsistent.
Intelli Solutions provides professional bookkeeping services tailored to Saudi Arabia's regulatory environment — processing transactions in accordance with IFRS, maintaining records in the format required by ZATCA, and delivering clean, reconciled books that feed directly into your VAT returns, Zakat calculation, and external audit.
What Our Bookkeeping Service Covers
Sales Invoice Processing
Recording all sales invoices in your accounting system with correct VAT treatment (standard 15%, zero-rated, or exempt) — maintaining the Fatoorah e-invoicing records required by ZATCA.
Supplier Invoice Management
Processing purchase invoices with correct input VAT recovery coding — ensuring all recoverable VAT is captured for your monthly/quarterly VAT return.
Bank Reconciliation
Monthly reconciliation of all bank accounts — matching ledger entries to bank statements, identifying unrecorded items, and resolving timing differences.
Expense Coding
Categorising business expenses to the correct chart of accounts — ensuring VAT is correctly applied to each expense type and management reports are meaningful.
Month-End Close
Monthly trial balance preparation, accruals, prepayments, and closing entries — producing a clean set of books for management review by your agreed deadline.
Record Keeping
Maintaining the 10-year accounting records retention required by Saudi Commercial Law and ZATCA regulations — with organised digital filing for audit access.
Saudi Bookkeeping Compliance Requirements
Saudi bookkeeping must meet several regulatory requirements that go beyond basic transaction recording:
- ZATCA invoice records: All tax invoices (sales and purchase) must be retained for a minimum of 10 years. Fatoorah e-invoices require retention in the specific XML format for 6 years
- Arabic language requirements: ZATCA requires key fields on VAT invoices to be in Arabic — supplier name, address, and goods/services description must have Arabic content
- VAT account separation: Output VAT and input VAT must be maintained in separate general ledger accounts — enabling clean VAT return preparation and ZATCA audit support
- Foreign currency transactions: Transactions in currencies other than SAR must be translated at the exchange rate on the transaction date — with SAR equivalents maintained in the accounting records
- Related-party transaction recording: Transactions with related parties must be clearly identified and recorded separately — required for transfer pricing documentation and Zakat base calculation
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