Tailoring software for dishdasha, bisht and abaya shops in Kuwait

What the Kuwait setup gives you

• Currency. KWD, one of 13 currencies in Tailoq.
• Tax. The Kuwait preset starts with tax set to None, so the price is the total and no VAT line appears.
• Payment methods. Card, Cash and KNET come with the preset, with Bank transfer and Payment link on the list too. You record how the customer paid. Tailoq has no payment gateway, so KNET and card payments run on your own terminal.
• Working days. Friday is off by default, with one late-opening day if you need it. The fittings calendar checks bookings against closed days.
• Units. Centimetres by default, or inches.
• Language. Arabic with a right-to-left layout, or English, and the workshop screen per person in English, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali or Tagalog.

Dinars and fils, to three decimals

The Kuwaiti dinar has three decimal places, 1,000 fils to the dinar, per the ISO 4217 currency list. Tailoq shows KWD to three decimals wherever money appears: order screens, the POS, the printed A5 form, the cash closing, the customer link and the Accounts screen. A deposit shows as KWD 12.500, not rounded to 13.

The 50% deposit and the payment amount Tailoq fills in for you keep their fils as well, so a dishdasha at KWD 24.750 takes a deposit of KWD 12.375 and leaves the same at collection. Workshop costs per unit also run to three decimals, so the cost of a metre of fabric or a spool of thread stays exact.

A dishdasha order, worked through

Made-up figures, on the Ethnic wear preset (Order placed, Cutting, Stitching, Hand work, Finishing, Ready). A customer orders four dishdashas at KWD 24 each for Ramadan.

• Order total: KWD 96, with no VAT to take out.
• Deposit at 50%: KWD 48, leaving KWD 48 at collection.
• Job cost per dishdasha from fabric issued and hours logged: KWD 14.
• Margin per dishdasha at Ready: 24 less 14 = KWD 10.

With tax set to None, the margin Tailoq shows is the real margin, with no VAT hidden in the price.

Dishdashas in sets, bishts and the Ramadan rush

Dishdashas are ordered several at a time, and the weeks before Ramadan and Eid fill the bench. One order in Tailoq holds several garments, each with its own job, due date and stage, so two can go home while two are still at Stitching.

• Your own garment types. Rename the Thobe type to Dishdasha, or add Dishdasha and Bisht as their own garment types in Settings, each with your own measurement fields and the robe drawing for notes.
• Measurement history. Every save is a new dated set. The latest sets show side by side with the change in each field, up to four.
• Outside work. If the bisht's gold edging goes to a specialist, send that step out with the supplier, expected date and cost. It sits in its own lane and shows an overdue flag when the date passes.
• Customer fabric. Mark it so nothing is issued from your stock.
• Handover. A photo and the customer's signature, with any balance due shown first.

A link the customer opens to see their order

From the order, staff copy a private link, or open WhatsApp with a Ready or Update message that already holds it. The customer opens it with no login and sees each garment with its promised date and stage, booked fittings and the balance due. An Arabic shop gives an Arabic page.

The page does not show the customer's name, phone, measurements or prices. A new link replaces the old one, and a link can be turned off. When a tailor moves a job on the workshop screen, the page follows.

Abaya shops with stock and a workshop

On the Boutique with a workshop preset, ready abayas are tracked per style by size and length. Batches are planned by size, with the materials listed before cutting: crepe by the metre, beads by the gram, crystals by the piece. Purchase orders come from items under their reorder level, grouped by supplier.

At the counter, scan or type the tag, add a discount (5%, 10%, 15% or an amount) and record the payment method, then close the till at the end of the day. A shortening at the sale becomes an alteration job in the workshop. See our abaya, kandura and thobe page.

Tax in Kuwait

Kuwait has not brought in VAT, which is why the Kuwait preset starts with tax set to None. Check any change with the Ministry of Finance. Tailoq is not connected to any tax authority or e-invoicing platform.

For your own records, Tailoq prints an A5 order form with price, discount, deposit and balance. With tax off, its heading reads INVOICE, with فاتورة under it for an Arabic shop. Under Settings, Invoice details, the owner or a manager types the legal name and, if you have one, a tax number of up to 30 characters, and both print on the form. The Accounts screen holds supplier bills and payables, with a CSV download for your accountant, and there is no general ledger. Owners and managers give each person a login with a role, and Tailoq exports 30-day pay by salary, piece rate or commission as a plain CSV.

See the full feature list, or our pages for Saudi Arabia and the UAE. This page is also in Arabic.