VAT Registration & Filing

Value Added Tax has been part of UAE business since 2018, yet it still trips up new companies every single month. The rules themselves are manageable. What hurts businesses is tracking the wrong number at the wrong time and discovering obligations only when the penalty arrives.

The thresholds are precise: registration becomes mandatory at AED 375,000 of taxable supplies over any rolling 12-month period. Not a calendar year, and voluntary registration opens at AED 187,500. A strong quarter can push you over the line mid-year, and the compliance clock starts immediately.

Our registration service handles the entire FTA process: determining exactly when your obligation begins, preparing the application with correct supporting documents, and securing your Tax Registration Number. Cleanly, without the back-and-forth that delays DIY applications.

The voluntary registration decision deserves real thought, and we model it for you. If your customers are VAT-registered businesses, registering early lets you reclaim input VAT on rent, equipment, and setup costs. Often meaningful money in year one. If you sell to consumers, early registration simply makes you 5% more expensive. Ten minutes of analysis here regularly saves thousands.

Once registered, the rhythm begins: correct tax invoices with every required field, quarterly (or monthly) return preparation, and on-time filing. Our team prepares and submits your returns, reconciles output and input VAT, and keeps the documentation trail audit-ready.

Know the traps we protect you from: late registration penalties plus retroactive VAT on sales where you never collected it; per-return late filing fines that apply even to nil returns; and invoice format errors that jeopardise your customers’ reclaims and your relationships.

Deregistration matters too: if revenue falls or the business closes, exiting VAT correctly avoids a final round of penalties that catches many owners on the way out.

VAT never lives alone. It interacts with your corporate tax position and your bookkeeping quality. Because we handle all three, your numbers agree with each other, and questions from the FTA find a coherent story.

Approaching the threshold, past it, or unsure? A free VAT assessment tells you exactly where you stand, what to do, and what it costs. Before the FTA tells you with a fine.