Countries · Gulf (GCC)
Accounting, invoicing & POS software for Qatar.
Doha restaurant groups, retailers, contractors, and service firms run on one platform: POS tills that keep selling offline, job cards that end in invoices, Arabic and English on one page, double-entry books without VAT today, and VAT as a setting to switch on rather than a system to replace.
- Restaurant and retail POS that works offline
- Withholding tax return report from supplier bills
- Arabic–English documents and RTL workspace
- No VAT today; ready when the rate is set
Workspace settings
QA- Country
- Qatar
- Base currency
- QAR · Qatari riyal
- VAT
- No rate in force
- Registration
- VAT registration number
- Languages
- Arabic and English
Chosen once at setup. Rates, labels, currency, and financial year stay editable — a new rate is a setting, not an upgrade.
Out of the box
What ships for Qatar.
These are the defaults the workspace starts with when you pick the country. Every one of them is a setting you can change.
| Setting | Default for Qatar |
|---|---|
| Tax regime | VAT, with inclusive or exclusive pricing per business, and tax split to its own ledger on every posting. |
| Shipped rates | Qatar signed the 2016 GCC VAT framework but has not brought VAT into force, so no rate ships. The profile is in place; adding the rate later is a setting. |
| On documents | Your VAT registration number and business details on every invoice, quotation, receipt, and voucher. |
| Currency | Qatari riyal (QAR) as the home currency, with the right number of decimals on every document and in the books. |
| Languages | Workspace in Arabic and English, with right-to-left layout in Arabic and paired Arabic–English labels on printed documents. |
| Financial year | The calendar year is typical. Set yours, and lock closed periods. |
Why it fits here
Built for how business runs in Qatar.
Flowyana is POS and business software for Qatar companies that want the till, the stock, the jobs, and the books in one place. The restaurant POS runs floors, tables, and kitchen tickets, with recipes that consume ingredients as dishes sell; the retail POS scans barcodes and counts stock per branch. Both keep selling and printing when the connection drops, and cash sessions close each drawer against expected totals.
Qatar’s economy leans on services, contracting, and hospitality. Those businesses need work orders that carry a name, tickets with client history, and invoices that post the moment work completes. Flowyana does that today without a tax line, and adds the tax line when the law does.
Where you pay non-resident suppliers, withholding tax can be deducted on the supplier bill, and a monthly withholding return report totals the payments and the tax withheld, ready for you or your accountant to file with the General Tax Authority. Every sale, purchase, and expense posts a balanced double-entry voucher, so the trial balance and P&L are live.
Qatar-based groups often have a branch in Dubai or Riyadh. Each country runs in its own workspace with its own tax profile, home currency, and books, so a 5% VAT company, a 15% VAT company, and a no-VAT company each post correctly. Books are kept in riyals; invoicing in several currencies is not available yet.
Compliance, stated plainly
E-invoicing and filing in Qatar
No VAT is in force in Qatar. An e-invoicing framework was approved in 2026, which advisers read as groundwork; planning estimates for a VAT launch cluster around 2027, though no date has been set. The GCC framework provides for a 5% standard rate on adoption. Withholding tax applies to certain payments to non-resident suppliers and is paid to the General Tax Authority by the 16th of the following month.
Source: General Tax Authority (GTA), Qatar, as of October 2026.
What Flowyana does — and does not — claim
- Does: posts VAT to its own ledger on every sale, purchase, expense, and POS settlement; keeps a tax summary that agrees with the ledger; puts your VAT registration number on every document; locks closed periods.
- Does not: claim certified integration with any e-invoicing or filing platform. Get any vendor’s status in writing before you buy — including ours — and let your accountant confirm what and when you must file.
Common in this market
The businesses we see most in Qatar.
Each industry has its own page with the module set, the workflow, and the automation that fits it — and each buys only the modules it runs.
Restaurants & cafés
Floors, KOT, recipes that consume stock, offline tills.
See the setup →Retail & supermarkets
Barcode tills and stock counted per branch.
See the setup →Contractors & maintenance
Work orders assigned and tracked; finished jobs invoiced from the same client record.
See the setup →Equipment & property rentals
Availability enforced, returns tracked, renters invoiced.
See the setup →Agencies & consultancies
Pipeline to project to invoice, live P&L.
See the setup →Questions
Flowyana in Qatar, answered.
Is Flowyana POS software for Qatar restaurants and shops?
Yes. The restaurant POS covers floors, tables, kitchen tickets, and recipes that consume stock; the retail POS covers barcode scanning and stock per branch. Both run in Arabic or English, keep selling offline, and post every sale into the same books.
Qatar has no VAT — what does Flowyana do about tax?
Nothing until you tell it to. The Qatar profile ships without a rate; the books post without tax. When VAT is introduced, you add the rate and label in settings and every document and posting applies it from that date.
Does it handle withholding tax on payments to foreign suppliers?
Yes. Withholding tax can be deducted on supplier bills, and a monthly withholding return report totals the payments and the tax withheld. Filing with the General Tax Authority stays with you or your accountant.
Will Flowyana be ready if Qatar introduces e-invoicing?
We make no claim about a system whose dates and format have not been published as of October 2026. Your invoices are already structured records with your registration details, which is what any e-invoicing route builds on.
We also have a branch in the UAE. Can both run on one platform?
Yes, as two workspaces: each country runs in its own workspace with its own tax profile, home currency, and books. Within a country, branches share one set of books, staff see only their own branch, and the owner reads per-branch and consolidated reports.
Are Arabic documents supported?
Yes. Paired Arabic–English labels print on one page, and the workspace runs right-to-left in Arabic.
Can we invoice in dollars?
Not yet. Books and documents are kept in one home currency, the riyal. If you need to issue invoices in several currencies, tell us before you buy.
See Flowyana set up for Qatar.
Tell us what you sell and how many branches you run in Qatar. We’ll set the workspace up with your VAT rates, currency, and documents, walk you through it live, and recommend the plan that fits.