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Three answers return your next VAT return, your Corporate Tax due dates and the e-invoicing dates, with what missing each one costs. Every figure carries its source and the date it was last checked.

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Is the business VAT-registered?
Revenue in the last financial year

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The rules behind the check

Each rule, its source and the date it was last verified. The check above applies them to your answers.

  1. Appoint an accredited e-invoicing service provider by 31 March 2027.

    Source: Ministerial Decision 244 of 2025, Art. 5(1)(b), Ministry of Finance · verified on 18 Oct 2026

  2. Issue and receive e-invoices through the provider from 1 July 2027.

    Source: Ministerial Decision 244 of 2025, Art. 5(1)(b), Ministry of Finance · verified on 18 Oct 2026

  3. Appoint an accredited e-invoicing service provider by 31 July 2026.

    Source: Ministerial Decision 244 of 2025, Art. 5(1)(a), Ministry of Finance · checked on 18 Oct 2026 (to be confirmed against the decision text)

  4. Issue and receive e-invoices through the provider from 1 January 2027.

    Source: Ministerial Decision 244 of 2025, Art. 5(1)(a), Ministry of Finance · verified on 18 Oct 2026

  5. Missing the appointment or go-live date: AED 5,000 for each month, or part of a month, past it.

    Source: Cabinet Decision 106 of 2025 (published 24 November 2025) · checked on 18 Oct 2026 (to be confirmed against the decision text)

  6. The VAT return and payment are due 28 days after the end of each tax period.

    Source: Federal Tax Authority, VAT returns guidance · checked on 18 Oct 2026 (to be confirmed against the decision text)

  7. A late VAT return: AED 1,000, and AED 2,000 if repeated within 24 months.

    Source: Cabinet Decision 129 of 2025 (the amounts unchanged) · checked on 18 Oct 2026 (to be confirmed against the decision text)

  8. Late VAT payment from 14 April 2026: 14% a year, computed monthly.

    Source: Cabinet Decision 129 of 2025 · checked on 18 Oct 2026 (to be confirmed against the decision text)

  9. VAT registration is mandatory once taxable supplies pass AED 375,000 in 12 months; register within 30 days. Late registration: AED 10,000.

    Source: Federal Tax Authority, VAT registration · checked on 18 Oct 2026 (to be confirmed against the decision text)

  10. The Corporate Tax return and payment are due nine months after the end of the tax period.

    Source: Federal Tax Authority, Corporate Tax returns (14 September 2025) · verified on 18 Oct 2026

  11. A late Corporate Tax return: AED 500 a month for the first 12 months, then AED 1,000 a month.

    Source: Federal Tax Authority, Corporate Tax penalties · verified on 18 Oct 2026

  12. Corporate Tax is 0% on taxable income up to AED 375,000 and 9% above it, for a resident business; qualifying Free Zone income and large multinational groups are taxed differently.

    Source: Federal Decree-Law 47 of 2022 · verified on 18 Oct 2026

  13. Small Business Relief: a business with revenue of AED 3 million or less can elect to be treated as having no taxable income, for tax periods ending on or before 31 December 2029.

    Source: Ministerial Decision 131 of 2026 (extends Ministerial Decision 73 of 2023) · checked on 18 Oct 2026 (to be confirmed against the decision text)

Clear as north. From 1 January 2027.

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