Accounting

Everything written here about accounting.

• ZATCA e-invoicing: a rent invoice is not a PDF any more

  Saudi electronic invoicing turns a rent invoice into a structured, cryptographically stamped document the authority either clears before it is issued or receives within a day. For a portfolio billing hundreds of units at once, that is an architecture decision, not a template change.

  2026-08-04·8 min read

• Owner statements: what a landlord should be able to verify

  A managing agent collects rent for an owner, deducts a fee and the owner's share of the building's upkeep, and remits what remains. The statement that records it is what makes the fee defensible — and it has to reconcile, not just look complete.

  2026-08-02·8 min read

• Rent by bank transfer: matching money to the right invoice

  A transfer is easy to receive and hard to identify. Why the sender is rarely the tenant, what a payment reference must look like to survive the banking system, and how part payments should be allocated.

  2026-07-29·7 min read

• Security deposits: what can be deducted, and how to prove it

  Most deposit disputes are not arguments about the law. They are arguments about evidence that nobody collected. What a deduction has to be able to show, and why the deposit belongs on the balance sheet rather than in the income account.

  2026-07-28·7 min read

• VAT on rent: residential and commercial are not the same invoice

  Residential rent is generally exempt or zero-rated while commercial rent is taxable, at different rates in different countries. Getting the distinction wrong produces invoices that are wrong in both directions.

  2026-07-26·5 min read