UAE e-invoicing: the deadlines your business needs in the diary
Mandatory e-invoicing arrives in phases from 2027, but the appointment deadlines land in 2026. Here is the timeline by business size.
Read insight ↗The UAE tax penalty regime changed in April 2026: what is different
Cabinet Decision No. 129 of 2025 took effect on 14 April 2026 and replaced the compounding late payment structure with a flat annual rate.
Read insight ↗UAE VAT registration thresholds: mandatory, voluntary, and how to count
AED 375,000 mandatory, AED 187,500 voluntary. The harder question is what counts towards the total and from which date.
Read insight ↗What makes a valid UAE tax invoice, and why input VAT gets rejected
Most disallowed input VAT is not fraud. It is invoices that do not meet the requirements. Here is what a valid UAE tax invoice must show.
Read insight ↗Zero-rated or exempt? The difference that decides your VAT recovery
Zero-rated and exempt sound similar and behave very differently. One lets you recover input VAT. The other does not.
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