Billing software for tailoring and garment shops in Bahrain

Measurements sit in a paper book, the delivery date is on a carbon slip, and the customer's last-minute change came over WhatsApp. When the customer walks in on collection day, whoever is at the counter has to reconstruct the whole job from memory — and that is exactly when a wrong hem or a missed alteration turns into a refund.

Most stitching work starts with a partial payment and finishes with the balance. Without a system that remembers who paid how much and when, you end up chasing balances weeks later, or worse, handing over a finished garment and only realising afterwards that BHD 12 was still outstanding.

Rolls are cut for one job and part-used for another, zips and buttons are taken from the drawer without a note, and nobody knows the real cost of a finished piece. At stock-take you discover metres you cannot account for, and your margin on each thobe or abaya is a guess rather than a number.

Bahrain VAT registration is mandatory once annual supplies pass BHD 37,500, with voluntary registration available from BHD 18,750 — so most established tailoring shops are in the system. If your sales sit on paper slips and your fabric purchase invoices sit in a folder, every VAT return with the NBR becomes a weekend of sorting instead of a review.

Create the job at the counter with the customer's measurements, garment type, fabric chosen, delivery date and advance paid — all on one screen. Anyone in the shop can pull it up by name or phone number, see exactly what was agreed, and print or send the final bill without re-keying a thing.

Take a part payment when the order is booked and Tallium AI records it against that job. The balance shows on the order and on the customer's account, so on collection day the counter screen tells you precisely what is still due — cash, card or BenefitPay — and the receipt goes out in seconds.

Track fabric by metre and trimmings by piece, and let each order consume what it actually uses so your stock figure stays honest. Low-stock alerts tell you when a fast-moving lining or a popular thobe fabric is running down, and cost tracking shows you the real margin on each garment instead of a rough rule of thumb.

Every sale, advance and supplier bill posts straight to your accounts with the right VAT treatment, and AI receipt scanning turns a photo of a fabric supplier invoice into a coded expense. When it is time to prepare your VAT return, the figures are already summarised — please confirm current rules and rates with the NBR or a qualified local tax professional before filing.