VAT Consultancy
You are not sure whether you crossed the registration threshold, or you crossed it months ago and nobody filed. Or the returns go in on time, but nobody has checked whether the input tax being claimed is actually recoverable. Penalties here are administrative and automatic. They do not care why.
Returns filed on time on EmaraTax, input tax claimed only where it is recoverable, and a clear answer on whether you should be registered at all.
VAT Consultancy
You are not sure whether you crossed the registration threshold, or you crossed it months ago and nobody filed. Or the returns go in on time, but nobody has checked whether the input tax being claimed is actually recoverable. Penalties here are administrative and automatic. They do not care why.
Returns filed on time on EmaraTax, input tax claimed only where it is recoverable, and a clear answer on whether you should be registered at all.
How it works
What actually happens, in order.
- 01
Registration position
We work out whether you are required to register, eligible to register voluntarily, or better off not registering yet. Late registration and unnecessary registration both cost money, in different ways.
1 to 2 working days
- 02
Registration and set up
The application goes through EmaraTax with the documents the FTA asks for. Your invoice format, tax codes and record keeping are set up to match, so the first return is not a reconstruction exercise.
FTA timelines apply
- 03
Return preparation and filing
Output and input tax come out of the ledger. Anything zero rated, exempt, blocked or out of scope is treated correctly before the return is submitted, not corrected after.
Filed inside the FTA deadline
- 04
Queries and corrections
If the FTA comes back with a question, we answer it from the working papers behind the return. Where an earlier return was wrong, we tell you whether a voluntary disclosure is the cheaper route.
As it arises
What you hand over. What you get back.
What you provide and what we deliver
You provide
- Trade licence and establishment card
- Sales invoices and credit notes for the period
- Purchase invoices and import documentation
- Bank statements for the period
- Existing FTA login, if you are already registered
We deliver
- A written registration position, with the reasoning behind it
- VAT registration and EmaraTax set up, where it applies
- Returns prepared from the ledger and filed before the deadline
- A review of input tax claimed, and what is blocked
- Working papers kept per return, ready for an FTA query
What it costs
What the fee depends on.
Registration is quoted once. The return fee depends on transaction volume, how many revenue streams carry different VAT treatments, whether you import or export, and whether we hold the bookkeeping. FTA penalties on earlier periods are yours and are never folded into our fee, so a penalty and a fee never arrive as one number.
The rules, as they stand
What the regulations currently say.
VAT registration is mandatory once taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000 over the previous 12 months, or are expected to exceed it within the next 30 days. Voluntary registration is available above AED 187,500 of taxable supplies, imports or expenses.
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A VAT return must be filed and the related payment made within 28 days of the end of the tax period.
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UAE rules change. These notes are general information, not advice for your entity, and we re-check every one of them on a schedule.
Before you ask
Questions about vat
If the one you need is not here, ask it on WhatsApp. You will get an actual answer, not a callback form.
Do we have to register for VAT?
It depends on your taxable supplies over the last twelve months and what you expect over the next thirty days. Above AED 375,000 registration is mandatory. Above AED 187,500 it is optional, and it is sometimes worth doing early if you are paying VAT on costs you could be recovering. You get the position in writing, with the numbers we used to reach it.
We are behind on returns. What happens now?
You deal with it now rather than at the next audit. Late registration and late returns both carry administrative penalties that grow the longer they sit. We rebuild the periods, file what is outstanding, and where an earlier return was wrong we tell you whether a voluntary disclosure is the right route or whether it makes things worse.
Can you file if another firm does our bookkeeping?
Yes, but a return is only as reliable as the ledger underneath it. We reconcile what we are given against the bank before we file. If the records will not support a return we say so, rather than filing something we cannot stand behind if the FTA asks.
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