tBiz vs Wafeq for UAE VAT accounting
Wafeq is built for the Gulf and shows it — bilingual documents, VAT handled properly, an interface that assumes an Arabic-speaking finance team. tBiz comes at the UAE from the other direction, as a trading and manufacturing system that also does VAT. The right answer depends on which half of that you need.
Choose tBiz if…
- You hold stock: warehouses, batches, serials, transfers between emirates.
- You manufacture or assemble and need a bill of materials.
- You need payroll, attendance and document-expiry reminders for your staff.
- You run a group with Indian GST entities alongside the UAE ones.
- You have field or delivery teams who should be billing on a phone.
Stay on Wafeq if…
- You must issue tax invoices in Arabic — tBiz does not print Arabic documents today.
- Your finance team works in Arabic and the interface language matters.
- Your business is services, with little or no stock.
- You want a product focused only on the GCC rather than one that spans India and the Gulf.
Feature by feature
| Capability | tBiz | Wafeq |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | ||
| Double-entry vouchers & ledgers | Yes | Yes |
| Keyboard-first voucher entry | Yes | Form-based |
| Trial balance, P&L, balance sheet | Yes | Yes |
| Cost centres & branch reporting | Yes | Yes |
| Audit trail on every posting | Yes | Yes |
| GST & compliance | ||
| GST tax invoice & bill of supply | Yes | VAT invoice |
| E-invoice IRN — payload built & validated | Prepared, not filed | Region dependent |
| E-way bill from the sales voucher | Prepared, not filed | No |
| GSTR-1, 3B & 2B reconciliation | Yes | No |
| UAE VAT return & TRN handling | Yes | Yes |
| Bilingual Arabic–English invoices | No | Yes |
| Inventory & manufacturing | ||
| Multi-warehouse stock | Yes | Limited |
| Batch, expiry & serial numbers | Yes | No |
| Bill of materials & production | Yes | No |
| Job work in and out | Yes | No |
| Barcode entry on mobile | Scanner, not camera | Limited |
| Beyond the books | ||
| Payroll, attendance & payslips | Included | Region dependent |
| HR shifts, leave & document expiry | Included | No |
| CRM, leads board & follow-ups | Included | No |
| Field staff GPS & geofenced attendance | Included | No |
| WhatsApp invoices & reminders | Included | No |
| Access & licensing | ||
| Runs in a browser, no install | Yes | Yes |
| Windows desktop build | Yes | No |
| Android app for billing & approvals | Yes | Limited |
| Unlimited users | Yes | Per seat |
| Multi-company & multi-branch | Yes | Yes |
| Data import from Tally / Busy | Yes | No |
Where the difference actually shows up
Stock in a trading business
A Dubai trading company holding 3,000 SKUs across two warehouses needs batch handling, transfers and a stock valuation that ties to the balance sheet. That is the gap between an accounting product and a trading system, and it is the main reason to look at tBiz.
The group with an Indian arm
A great many Gulf businesses have a related entity in India. Running GST books and VAT books in one account, one login and one set of reports is something a GCC-only product is not trying to do.
Staff documents
Visa, Emirates ID and labour card expiry sitting next to attendance and the salary run is a UAE-specific problem that most accounting products leave to a spreadsheet.
Where Wafeq clearly wins
Arabic. Wafeq issues bilingual Arabic and English tax invoices and works in Arabic; tBiz has no Arabic in it at all today. If you invoice in Arabic, that decides the comparison and no amount of inventory depth changes it.
Questions about moving from Wafeq
Does tBiz print tax invoices in Arabic?
No. There is no Arabic in the product today, and if a bilingual Arabic and English tax invoice is something you must issue, tBiz is not the right choice yet. Wafeq does this and does it well.
Does tBiz produce the VAT 201?
Yes — every box computed from your own invoices and bills, with emirate-wise standard-rated supplies, zero-rated and exempt kept apart, reverse charge booked both ways, and a worksheet for bad-debt relief and capital assets.
Can tBiz handle a group with companies in the UAE and India?
Yes, in one account. The tax regime is set per company, so the Indian entity runs GST in INR on an April year and the UAE entity runs VAT in AED on a January year, with one login across both.
Which is better for a Dubai trading company?
If you hold real stock, tBiz — warehouses, batches, serials and transfers are in the product rather than absent from it. If you invoice in Arabic or your team works in Arabic, Wafeq, and that consideration usually outranks the others.
Moving from Wafeq
Chart of accounts, parties, items and opening balances come across as CSV, and the onboarding team sets the company to AED, your emirate and your TRN.
Other comparisons
Try it on your Dubai company
Set AED as your base currency, add your TRN, and see the VAT 201 working build itself from your first invoices.