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HelloBooks — The AI Accountant for UAE Small Business

The AI accountant for UAE SMBs. VAT-ready ledgers, reconciled by AI. AED invoicing, VAT-ready ledgers reconciled by AI, multi-currency reporting, and FTA-aligned month-end books in one place. Free Plan, no credit card.

HelloBooks is AI accounting software for UAE small businesses with FTA-aligned VAT workings, designated-zone and free-zone aware ledgers, multi-currency reconciliation, and AI-driven month-end close. The AI agent posts AED transactions, marks VAT at the correct rate on every line (standard, zero-rated, exempt, out-of-scope, reverse charge), and prepares quarterly returns against retained source evidence.

Free-zone and mainland entity setups are first-class, with separate tax registration handling, intra-group consolidation across multi-entity owners, and Arabic-aware reporting where the practice prefers it. Multi-currency invoicing across AED, USD, EUR, GBP, and INR is reconciled at CBUAE reference rates with FX gain and loss tracked automatically against the original document.

The Free Plan ships the core accounting features for up to 2 users with 2,500 AI credits to get started, no credit card required. UAE founders, family offices, and accounting practices pick HelloBooks when they want the AI to run FTA VAT workings, the close, and consolidated multi-entity reporting in a single workspace — not three separate tools stitched together.

The AI accountant for UAE SMBs.
VAT-ready ledgers, reconciled by AI.

AED invoicing, VAT-ready ledgers reconciled by AI, multi-currency reporting, and FTA-aligned month-end books in one place. Free Plan, no credit card.

AED invoicing
VAT-ready ledgers
FTA-aligned books
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You stay in control

Powerful AI. You approve every move.

HelloBooks does the heavy lifting, but it never files or posts behind your back. The AI proposes; you and your accountant dispose — with a full audit trail and an undo on everything.

  • AI drafts, you approve

    HelloBooks reads bills, categorises transactions and matches your bank feed — then hands you the result. Nothing posts to your ledger until you (or your accountant) confirm it.

  • Every action is on the record

    A full audit trail logs what the AI suggested, what actually changed, who approved it and when — so month-end and any review start from a clean, defensible history.

  • Always reversible

    Edit or unwind any AI-assisted entry, match or categorisation. Nothing is a one-way door, so an automation can never quietly corrupt your books.

  • Your accountant stays in the loop

    Invite your CA or bookkeeper with reviewer or read-only access. Bills route through approval before payment, and returns wait for a human sign-off before they are filed.

Why HelloBooks in the UAE

Why UAE businesses choose HelloBooks

Six reasons UAE businesses pick HelloBooks over Zoho Books, QuickBooks and Xero — built around 5% VAT, 9% Corporate Tax and free-zone reality.

  • 5% VAT and 9% Corporate Tax, FTA-aligned

    VAT is tracked at 5% with FTA-compliant tax invoices, designated-zone and reverse-charge treatments applied per line, and 9% Corporate Tax computation supported from the same ledger. Both run natively — no separate tax engine, no consultant spreadsheet between your books and your return.

  • Multi-entity, multi-currency, unlimited users

    A mainland company plus a free-zone entity is the normal UAE structure, and it usually means two sets of books. HelloBooks consolidates entities, holds AED, USD, EUR and INR at live rates, and charges nothing per user — so your accountant, your PRO and both entity managers share one workspace.

  • AI that reads Arabic and English invoices

    The AI Accounting Agent captures bilingual bills by OCR, categorises at 95%+ accuracy, applies the correct VAT treatment to each line, and drafts the month-end close ready for your review. It keeps the audit trail the FTA expects against every source document.

  • Statement upload with AI matching for Emirates NBD, ADCB, FAB

    Download a PDF or CSV statement from any UAE bank and the AI parses, categorises and reconciles every line against your invoices and bills — AED and foreign-currency accounts alike. No open-banking application, no delay before your books are current.

  • HelloTime payroll, gratuity provisions included

    Payroll runs in HelloTime — attendance, leave and salary processing — and the journals post into HelloBooks, so salaries, gratuity provisions and books stay aligned month to month. The HelloTime Attend mobile app for shift and site workers ships Q3 2026.

  • Pro at AED 74/mo, billed in dirhams

    Begin on the Free Plan with core accounting, 2 users and 2,500 AI credits, no card required. Pro is a flat AED 74/month with unlimited users, billed in dirhams rather than converted from a dollar list price.

Bank connections in the United Arab Emirates

Statement import

Direct bank feeds via Plaid are live in 20 countries today (the US, UK, Canada and Europe). For the United Arab Emirates, the fastest way to get your bank data into HelloBooks is statement import — and it works with any bank:

  1. 1. Upload a statement

    Export a PDF, CSV, or Excel statement from any bank in the United Arab Emirates and drop it into HelloBooks.

  2. 2. AI does the data entry

    Every line is extracted, categorised, and matched to invoices or bills — in your local currency.

  3. 3. Review and reconcile

    Confirm the AI's suggestions and reconcile the period. Nothing posts to your books without your say-so.

Multi-currency throughout, and your data stays private — HelloBooks never asks for your online-banking login. As open-banking coverage expands, direct connections will reach more markets over time.