My invoices are in Word and Excel, and e-invoicing is coming
Qatar's Cabinet approved a draft e-invoicing law and regulations in May 2026, with rollout expected in phases, starting with larger businesses. I'd fix it with your own business system, in the three steps below.
What it looks like
- Invoices and quotes are typed in Word or Excel and saved in different folders.
- Finding an old invoice means searching through files or WhatsApp.
- You've read that new rules are coming and don't know what to do yet.
How I'd fix it
Move your invoices and quotes into your system, kept as structured records instead of loose files.
Make every invoice searchable by customer, date and amount, so you can find it in seconds.
When the rules are published, tell you plainly what your business needs, and adapt the system to it.
Your own business system
Stop juggling Excel sheets, WhatsApp groups and paper.
How much is admin costing you?
Move the numbers to match your business. Nothing is sent anywhere.
234 hours a month
QAR 8,190 a month
If a system gave back just a quarter of that, you'd save QAR 2,048 every month.
Based on 26 working days a month.
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- Customers can't see what we sell without messaging usEvery customer who has to ask before seeing a product is a customer who might not bother.A website that brings customers
Tell me how your business runs.
Step one is a free call. Within 24 hours you get a plan and a fixed price.