Rules checked 23 October 2026
Get your business ready for UAE e-invoicing
From 2027 most invoices between businesses in the UAE must be e-invoices sent through an Accredited Service Provider. Find your dates, see what is at stake and work through the steps.
Revenue of AED 50,000,000 or more? You must appoint an Accredited Service Provider by 30 October 2026 and go live by 1 January 2027.
- Official sources onlyEvery rule comes from the Ministry of Finance, the Federal Tax Authority or OpenPeppol, and each page names its sources.
- Checked and datedEach page shows when its rules were last checked, and open questions are flagged rather than guessed.
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Tools
- Deadline checkerWhen you must appoint a provider and go live, based on your revenue and customers.
- PenaltiesEvery penalty amount, and an estimate of what a delay could cost.
- Readiness checklistTwelve steps from finding your TIN to going live. Tick them off as you go.
- How e-invoicing worksThe five-corner model, providers, PINT AE and what counts as an e-invoice.
Key dates
- Pilot and voluntary use begin (no penalties for voluntary users)
- Appoint an Accredited Service Provider: Businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more
- E-invoicing mandatory: Businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more
- Appoint an Accredited Service Provider: Businesses with revenue below AED 50 million
- Appoint an Accredited Service Provider: Government entities
- E-invoicing mandatory: Businesses with revenue below AED 50 million
- E-invoicing mandatory: Government entities