Guides
Guides
Short, practical guides for owners and accountants in Saudi Arabia who want bills from WhatsApp in their books without retyping them.
- Booking bills sent on WhatsAppHow Saudi companies get bills from WhatsApp groups into the books.
- Booking Saudi VAT billsWhat to check before you claim 15% input VAT.
- WhatsApp bills to Zoho BooksWhat BookMyBills fills in and how posting works.
- WhatsApp bills to ERPNextApproved entries with supplier, VAT and cost centre.
- For accounting firmsMany clients, one review queue, each client's own books.
- All questionsEverything people ask before they start.
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- Get WhatsApp bills into Odoo without typing themTurn supplier bills your team sends on WhatsApp into Odoo vendor bills with the supplier, 15% VAT, account and the photo attached. Nothing posts until you approve.
- Every branch's bills, booked per branchRestaurant branches send supplier bills on WhatsApp every day. BookMyBills books them per branch with VAT, catches duplicates and returns, and posts after approval.
- Site bills booked to the right projectSite teams send bills on WhatsApp with the project written on them. BookMyBills reads the project, books the cost to it with VAT and posts after approval.
- How to stop booking the same supplier bill twiceDuplicate bills happen when two people send the same bill or the same photo twice. How to catch them before they reach your books in Saudi Arabia.
- Bank reconciliation from the statement you already haveSend the bank statement on WhatsApp. BookMyBills reads it, matches each line to your bills and books, and shows what is still unmatched. Saudi banks, Arabic and English.
- What is inside the ZATCA QR codeThe fields in a Saudi e-invoice QR, Phase 1 vs Phase 2, and why a QR won't scan.
- How to verify a Saudi VAT numberThe 15-digit format and ZATCA's free lookup, before you claim input VAT.
- Simplified invoice: can you claim the VAT?Tax invoice vs simplified invoice, the SAR 1,000 line and what ZATCA accepts.
- Which expenses you cannot claim VAT onEntertainment, food services, restricted vehicles and other blocked input VAT in Saudi Arabia.
- How long to keep invoices in Saudi Arabia6 years for most records, longer for capital assets and real estate, in Arabic.
- Bill capture tools for Saudi companies, comparedBookMyBills, Dext, Hubdoc, Zoho Books autoscan, Wafeq and Qoyod side by side.