Saudi Arabia

Audit software for audit firms in Saudi Arabia

SOCPA has adopted ISQM 1, ISQM 2 and ISA 220 (Revised) and runs a peer review programme for audit firms. Firms need to show their quality management system working on real engagements. Stowbill gives small and mid-size firms in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam a structured way to run audits and keep that evidence.

From quality manual to quality evidence

Peer reviewers look at acceptance, independence, supervision and review, consultation and file assembly. Stowbill builds each of those into the engagement itself: a gate does not open until its conditions are met, and every confirmation, review and approval is time-stamped in an append-only, hash-chained trail that shows any later edit or deletion.

What's included

  • Five-stage engagements with enforced gates and partner approvals.
  • Client document requests with a private upload link and automatic reminders.
  • Trial balance import, lead schedules, misstatement tracking and draft financial statements.
  • Working papers with versions, preparer and reviewer sign-off, and review notes that block sign-off.
  • E-signature with an emailed code, document fingerprint and certificate.
  • Firm-level ISQM 1 records and the annual evaluation.
  • A full inspection pack as a printable PDF or a ZIP of everything.

SAR invoicing and ZATCA

Stowbill records fees and prints invoices in SAR with a 15% VAT rate. Saudi e-invoicing (FATOORA) requires invoices to be generated by a compliant solution and, in its integration phase, cleared or reported to ZATCA. Stowbill is not a ZATCA-certified e-invoicing solution, so issue the final invoice from your compliant accounting system using Stowbill's CSV export.

Data location

Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law places conditions on transferring personal data abroad. During the pilot phase Stowbill runs on international cloud infrastructure. Talk to us before storing client personal data, and ask about our hosting roadmap.

Questions

Is Stowbill approved by SOCPA?

No. Stowbill is independent software that helps firms produce the evidence quality reviews look for. Align the templates with SOCPA's requirements and your own methodology.

Can we issue ZATCA e-invoices from Stowbill?

No. Use Stowbill to build and track audit fee invoices, then export them to your ZATCA-compliant system to issue.

Is there an Arabic interface?

Not yet. Arabic is on our roadmap.

Last reviewed 10 November 2026. General information, not professional or legal advice.

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