United Arab Emirates
ERPNext, Odoo and SAP set up around UAE VAT, tax invoices, e-invoicing and WPS payroll. Delivered remotely from India.
How we work with UAE businesses
We serve UAE businesses remotely from India, planning your ERP around UAE tax rules. We have no office, address, phone line or local team in the UAE. Contact is by email, and we meet by video call in UAE business hours.
Quotes, invoices and reports on this version use AED. Tax documents show amounts in AED with the exchange rate where the supply is in another currency, as the Federal Tax Authority guide describes.
We list the UAE rules that touch your finance and payroll processes, from official sources, before configuring any module. Where a rule is unclear we say so and ask your tax adviser rather than guess.
VAT was introduced on 1 January 2018 at a standard rate of 5 per cent, charged by VAT-registered businesses on taxable supplies of goods and services.
Source: mof.gov.ae, u.ae
A UAE business must register when taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000 over the past 12 months or are expected to within 30 days; voluntary registration starts at AED 187,500. Apply within 30 days of becoming liable.
Source: tax.gov.ae, tax.gov.ae
A full tax invoice shows the words Tax Invoice, supplier and (if VAT-registered) recipient name, address and TRN, a sequential number, issue and supply dates, description, unit price, quantity, VAT rate, discounts, and the gross and VAT amounts in AED with the exchange rate used.
Source: tax.gov.ae, tax.gov.ae
Based on OpenPeppol. Pilot from 1 July 2026. Revenue of AED 50,000,000 or more: appoint an accredited provider by 31 July 2026, implement from 1 January 2027. Below that: appoint by 31 March 2027, implement from 1 July 2027.
Source: mof.gov.ae
MoHRE-registered establishments pay wages through the Wage Protection System via Central Bank-authorised banks, exchange houses or financial institutions. Ministerial Resolution 340 of 2026 sets wages due on the first of each month, with at least 85 per cent transferred on time.
Source: u.ae
A summary for orientation only. It is not legal advice.
Coverage
Also shown to visitors from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and other mapped countries. Only UAE rules appear here; rules elsewhere differ and are not described.
We have not written rules for Saudi Arabia or the other countries above. Their VAT, e-invoicing and payroll regimes differ from the UAE. If you work there, tell us and we will check the relevant regulator pages together.
VAT, tax invoices and WPS payroll for ERPNext projects.
Odoo accounting and payroll set up to UAE rules.
SAP finance and e-invoicing readiness for UAE entities.
Paying wages through the Wage Protection System.
What a UAE tax invoice must contain, with official sources.
What to check in your ERP before UAE e-invoicing.
Corporate tax points to check in your ERP, with sources.
Remote delivery. Email [email protected].
