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Monthly Accounting

Bookkeeping, e-invoicing compliance, VAT filing and payroll — handled on a fixed monthly fee, scoped to your actual transaction volume.

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Compliance That Runs Every Month, Whether You Notice or Not

Bookkeeping in Albania isn’t optional paperwork you can catch up on when things are quiet. Every invoice you issue generally needs to go through Albania’s e-invoicing (fiscalization) system in real time, VAT-registered companies file on a recurring schedule, and payroll contributions are due monthly for any staff on the books. None of this pauses because you’re busy running the actual business — it just quietly falls behind, and the gap surfaces later as a penalty, a rejected filing, or a bank asking for a statement that doesn’t reconcile with what was reported.

Albania For Business Sh.p.k. provides monthly accounting as a fixed-fee, recurring service — bookkeeping, e-invoicing compliance, VAT filing and payroll — scoped to your actual transaction volume, not billed by the hour.

MONTHLY ACCOUNTING — STARTER PLAN

150 EUR / month
fixed monthly fee

PACKAGE OF MONTHLY ACCOUNTING (STARTER) INCLUDES:

  • Bookkeeping of all business transactions
  • E-invoicing compliance — issuing and recording invoices through Albania’s fiscalization system
  • VAT return preparation and filing, if VAT-registered
  • Payroll processing for up to 2 employees
  • Monthly bank statement reconciliation
  • Monthly financial summary in English
  • Direct access to your accountant for questions
  • Deadline tracking and reminders for every recurring filing
Starter plan pricing for up to approximately 20 invoices per month and up to 2 employees. Higher-volume plans and add-on services are set out in the fee schedule below.

Why E-Invoicing Compliance Matters

  • Albania requires invoices to be issued and reported through its electronic invoicing (fiscalization) system in real time — this isn’t a choice of accounting software, it’s a legal requirement for how invoices are issued.
  • Invoices issued outside the fiscalization system, or reconciled later in a disconnected spreadsheet, create a mismatch between what was actually invoiced and what the tax authority sees — this is one of the most common sources of avoidable penalties.
  • A foreign-based bookkeeper unfamiliar with the Albanian system, however competent generally, can easily miss this requirement — it doesn’t resemble invoicing requirements in most other countries.
  • We issue and record your invoices directly through the compliant system as part of monthly accounting, so this is handled correctly from your first invoice rather than discovered as a problem later.

Choosing the Right Plan

Pricing scales with transaction volume and payroll headcount, not with how much attention your company happens to need:

Plan Invoices / month Employees Monthly Fee
Starter up to 20 up to 2 €150
Standard up to 50 up to 5 €250
Growth up to 150 up to 15 €400

Higher volumes, additional entities, or more complex activity (multi-currency, inventory, project accounting) are quoted individually.

The Monthly Cycle, Step by Step

  1. You send us invoices and receipts, or grant access to your accounting inbox and bank feed.
  2. We record transactions and reconcile them against your bank statements.
  3. Invoices are issued and verified through the e-invoicing system for compliance.
  4. VAT return is prepared and filed, if you’re VAT-registered.
  5. You receive a monthly financial summary in English, with anything time-sensitive flagged directly.

What We Need From You

  • Your company’s registration certificate, NIPT and VAT status.
  • Access to invoices issued and received, and your business bank statements each month.
  • Employee details and salary information, if you have staff on payroll.
  • Your existing accounting records, if you’re switching from another bookkeeper mid-year.
  • A named contact for questions that come up during the month.

Fee Schedule — Additional & Ongoing Services

Beyond the fixed package above, the following services are priced individually. Your adviser confirms an exact quotation once your structure, nationality and banking preference are known.

Service Indicative Fee
Monthly accounting — Starter plan (as above) €150 / month
Monthly accounting — Standard plan €250 / month
Monthly accounting — Growth plan €400 / month
Additional employee payroll (beyond plan limit) from €15 / employee / month
Additional invoice processing (beyond plan limit) from €1 / invoice
VAT registration (if not already registered) from €150, one-off
Historical bookkeeping catch-up (per month of backlog) from €50 / month
Ad hoc financial reports (cash flow, management accounts) from €100
Annual report & tax return (see Annual Report page) from €300
⚠ Practical note

A bookkeeper based outside Albania — even a genuinely good one, working from your home-country software — is the single most common source of e-invoicing and VAT compliance gaps we’re asked to fix. The issue is rarely competence; it’s that Albanian fiscalization requirements simply don’t resemble invoicing rules elsewhere, so nothing prompts a foreign-based bookkeeper to ask the right question. If your books are currently kept outside Albania, it’s worth checking this specifically, even if everything otherwise looks fine.

Frequently Asked Questions

It’s Albania’s system for issuing and reporting invoices electronically, in real time, to the tax authority. It’s mandatory, not a software preference — invoices issued outside the compliant system create a mismatch between what you invoiced and what the tax authority has on record, which is a common source of penalties.

The Starter plan still covers bookkeeping, e-invoicing compliance and monthly reporting; VAT return preparation simply doesn’t apply until you register. If your turnover is approaching the VAT threshold, we’ll flag this — see our VAT Registration page for the process.

Yes. We review your existing records and filings during onboarding and take over from that point. If we find gaps in prior filings, we flag them so you can decide how to address them, rather than silently inheriting a problem.

Whatever’s easiest for you — email, a shared folder, or direct access to your accounting inbox and bank feed. We confirm the exact workflow during onboarding based on how you currently operate.

We review plan fit periodically and flag it if you’re consistently over or under your plan’s volume — moving up a plan is straightforward, and we’d rather adjust the fee than let service quality slip because volume outgrew the plan quietly.

Both, provided the employment is properly structured under Albanian labour law and registered accordingly. Foreign employees on an Albanian payroll are processed the same way as local hires once registration and work-permit matters (if applicable) are in place.

Separate. Monthly accounting covers the recurring monthly cycle; the annual financial statements and corporate tax return are a distinct, once-a-year deliverable — see our Annual Report page. Clients on monthly accounting typically add this each year rather than sourcing it elsewhere.

We still confirm there’s nothing to report and keep your compliance calendar on track — a quiet month doesn’t pause filing obligations that apply regardless of transaction volume, such as certain VAT filings for VAT-registered companies.