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Localized for Yemen

Accounting & tax software for Yemen

AI-powered, bilingual accounting tuned to Yemen — the right tax on every invoice, local payroll, and reports in Arabic and English.

Everything included · $1/mo for 3 months, then $12.99 · Arabic & English

  • Currency

    YER

    Yemeni Rial

  • Tax

    5%

    General Sales Tax

  • Social insurance

    ~6% / ~9%

    Employee / Employer

General Sales Tax

How sales tax works in Yemen

Yemen applies a General Sales Tax at a standard 5%, rising to 10% on telecom, with staples like wheat, flour and listed medicines exempt. With currency effectively split between regions, bookeeper does not assume a single exchange rate.

Figures for Yemen are indicative and change frequently — confirm current rates with a local advisor. bookeeper makes every rate easy to update.

Standard rate

5%

Registration

Registration is required above roughly YER 50M of annual turnover (per secondary sources).

Filing

Monthly declaration and payment, due within 21 days of the following month.

E-invoicing

No mandate yet

No national mandate yet

Yemen has no e-invoicing mandate — sales-tax invoices may be paper or electronic, and administration is split by region. bookeeper keeps clean digital records and is ready if a system arrives.

How each item is taxed

  • Standard5%

    General goods & services

  • Standard10%

    Telecom & mobile services (higher rate)

  • Exempt

    Wheat, wheat flour, rice, listed medicines

Social insurance (GASSPY)

Payroll & social security

Salaries face a progressive income tax (10%/15%/20%) plus social insurance. bookeeper handles the brackets and keeps multi-rate currency logic for the two regions.

Employee

~6%

Employer

~9%

Rules that matter

  • Social insurance (commonly cited): employer around 9% and employee around 6%.
  • Income tax brackets run 10%, 15% and 20% by monthly salary.
  • Currency is effectively split between Aden and Sana'a — bookeeper never assumes one rate.

bookeeper replies

Your AI accountant, in Arabic

Ask in plain Arabic. bookeeper applies Yemen's rules and answers in the language you use.

You ask

كم ضريبة المبيعات على هذه الفاتورة؟

bookeeper replies

يطبّق bookeeper ضريبة اليمن 5% (و10% على الاتصالات)، ويترك الأساسيات المعفاة دون ضريبة.

Yemen

Why Yemen businesses choose bookeeper

  • 5% / 10% sales tax applied per line, with staples kept exempt.
  • Multi-rate currency logic that never assumes one YER exchange rate across regions.
  • Progressive income tax and social insurance calculated per employee.
  • Whole-rial handling and Arabic-first books for Aden and Sana'a.

Ready when you are

Put your Yemen books in order today

Start for just $1/month for 3 months, then $12.99. Localized tax and payroll for Yemen, in Arabic and English, cancel anytime.

Setup takes a few minutes