UAE e-invoicing guides and explainers
Plans you can follow week by week, and the rules explained one topic per page. Each page is built from the Ministry of Finance's published texts, cites them and shows the date we last checked it.
New to the subject? Start with the UAE e-invoicing guide: who it covers, the dates and the four steps for your business. These pages are general information, not tax advice; the Ministry of Finance and the Federal Tax Authority have the final word.
Step-by-step plans
Going live by 1 January 2027: an 8-week plan
For revenue of AED 50 million or more: week by week from the Ministry's Guidelines, from ASP onboarding to the first day.
The rules, explained
Deadlines for every group
When to appoint an ASP and when to go live, by revenue and for government entities.
Who must comply
Any person doing business in the UAE, registered for VAT or not, unless the transaction is excluded.
Excluded transactions
What MD 197/2026 takes out of scope, and the two 24-month windows.
Penalties
The four penalties of Cabinet Decision No. 173 of 2026 and their caps.
What changed: a dated log
Every rule change, dated and linked to the official text, newest first.
Providers, Peppol and the format
Accredited service providers
What an ASP does, how to check the Ministry's list and how to appoint one.
ASP or connector?
Who does what between your system, a connector and your ASP, and when you need no connector at all.
Peppol and the five corners
How an e-invoice moves from you to your buyer and to the FTA, in eleven steps.
PINT AE, the UAE e-invoice format
What the format is and what your invoice data must carry.
Check your own invoices against these rules.
The readiness check maps 20 of your invoices to PINT AE and lists every gap.