# Accounting for Law Firms > Financial management for law firms and legal consultancies: fee billing and instalments, withholding tax, per-case expenses, and hearing dates. - **URL:** https://www.snad.io/global/en/solutions/legal - **Pricing:** https://www.snad.io/global/en/pricing ## What Snad covers in a legal practice - **Staged fee billing:** A fee proposal becomes an invoice without re-entry, billed by case stage or on a fixed monthly arrangement, with overdue tracking per client. - **Retainers as a liability, not revenue:** A retainer posts to the client's account and fees are drawn against it as they are earned, so money you have not yet earned never shows up in your revenue. - **Expenses per case:** Court fees, expert fees, and travel are attributed to their case through cost centres, so each file's profitability shows rather than the firm's in aggregate. - **Withholding tax and VAT:** VAT is calculated automatically on fees, with a calculator for withholding tax on payments to non-residents before you sign. - **Client appointments:** Keep client appointments in Bookings with a reminder before each one, and turn a finished appointment into a fee invoice in the client's currency. - **Team payroll:** Payroll for lawyers and administrative staff under your configured payroll rules, with entries generated automatically. ## The financial cycle of a case From the fee proposal to measuring profitability - **The fee proposal:** A proposal in your client's currency that becomes an invoice, and stays linked to the case file. - **Receiving the retainer:** The payment is recorded against the case and the remaining balance is visible, so nobody has to ask about it later. - **Recording case expenses:** Fees and disbursements are posted to the case itself, so its cost is known rather than only its revenue. - **Billing in stages:** Staged invoices in the client's currency, each creating its entry and updating their balance. - **Closing and measuring profit:** A cost centre per case shows its own profitability rather than the firm's aggregate. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Snad manage case files and pleadings? No. Snad is a business-management system covering the financial and administrative side: billing, accounting, case expenses, payroll, and scheduling. Storing briefs and tracking court procedure requires a dedicated case-management system. ### How is a retainer treated in accounting? It posts to the client's account as a liability of the firm, and fees are drawn against it as they are earned. That way money you have not yet earned never appears in your revenue, and each client's balance stays clear. ### Is VAT calculated on fees? Yes, automatically on the invoice and reflected in return reports. For payments to non-residents there is withholding tax, and Snad offers a free calculator for it. ### Can I see the profitability of each case? Yes, by attributing expenses to the case's cost centre and comparing them with what was billed on it. Cases that consume more time and expense than they return become visible. ## What Snad does for a business outside Saudi Arabia - **Tax rate:** configurable. You set the rate that applies to your invoices; it then applies to subsequent invoices and is shown separately from net sales in reports. Snad applies the configured rate and does not determine which rate is correct for a given business. - **Invoicing currency:** you choose the currency your customers are invoiced in. It is independent of the currency you are billed in for the subscription (USD outside Saudi Arabia). - **Government e-invoicing portals:** direct integration is available inside Saudi Arabia only. Elsewhere Snad issues invoices with sequential numbering and a QR code, keeps the archive and exports in standard formats, with no direct link to a national portal. - **Interface:** Arabic and English, per user, in the same account. --- ## About the publisher **Snad (سند)** — Sole proprietorship, founded 2025. Commercial registration: 7038154642 Only official domain: snad.io > Snad is a private commercial business-management platform. It is not a > government, banking or regulatory body, and is unrelated to any other > service sharing the name.