E-invoicing · United Arab Emirates
Mandatory e-invoicing in the UAE: be ready
From 2027, UAE businesses must issue and receive invoices as structured electronic data, through an accredited provider. KENOBIZ, a European-run Odoo integrator in Dubai, gets you compliant with Odoo, improves your processes along the way and brings in AI if you want it.
Official timeline
Who must do what, and when
- 1 July 2026Pilot and voluntary adoptionOpen to any business
- Mandatory from 1 January 2027Revenue ≥ AED 50MAccredited provider appointed by 30 October 2026
- Mandatory from 1 July 2027Revenue < AED 50MAccredited provider appointed by 31 March 2027
- Mandatory from 1 October 2027Government entitiesAccredited provider appointed by 31 March 2027
Sources: Ministerial Decisions No. 243 and 244 of 2025, amended by Ministerial Resolution No. 66 of 2026 (UAE Ministry of Finance). mof.gov.ae
What changes
E-invoicing in four points
Structured invoices, not PDFs
Invoices and credit notes become standardised electronic data (PINT AE format), readable by systems, rather than documents printed or emailed.
Through an accredited provider (ASP)
Each business appoints a provider accredited by the Ministry of Finance. It delivers your invoices to customers and reports the data to the Federal Tax Authority. No direct submission to the FTA.
The Peppol network
The UAE model runs on the international Peppol network: your ASP exchanges with your customer’s ASP, while tax data flows to the FTA in parallel.
B2B and B2G in scope
Business-to-business and business-to-government transactions are in scope. Sales to consumers (B2C) are not covered at this stage.
How we help
Six steps to compliance
1. Confirm your deadline
Your revenue sets your timeline: above or below AED 50 million. We review it during the free audit.
2. Choose your accredited provider
More than sixty providers are accredited by the Ministry of Finance. We help you pick the one that best fits your Odoo and your volumes.
3. Upgrade your software
Your ERP must produce complete structured invoices: tax identifiers, VAT categories, mandatory fields. With Odoo, we configure the UAE localisation and the connector to your ASP.
4. Clean your data
Customer and supplier TRNs, addresses, product categories: incomplete data gets invoices rejected. We fix it before go-live.
5. Test end to end
Issuing, receiving, credit notes, rejections: we test every scenario with your ASP before your deadline, ideally during the voluntary phase.
6. Train and document
Your teams know what to do on a rejection or an outage, and your procedures are written down. The ADKAR method ensures adoption.
Penalties
What being late costs
AED 5,000 per month
For failing to implement the system or appoint an accredited provider on time, per month or part of a month of delay.
AED 100 per invoice
For each e-invoice or credit note not issued or transmitted as required, capped at AED 5,000 per month.
AED 1,000 per day
For failing to report a system failure or a change to your registered data on time.
An opportunity
Use it to modernise your whole back office
FAQ
UAE e-invoicing: your questions
- All persons doing business in the UAE, for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) transactions, except specific exclusions set by the legislation. Sales to consumers (B2C) are not covered at this stage.
Information current as of 9 October 2026, provided for guidance. Official reference: UAE Ministry of Finance.
OPERATED BY KENOBIZ
A Dubai team, led by Cyrille Benac
Cyrille Benac, founder of KENOBIZ Solutions L.L.C-FZ (Meydan Free Zone), works with you personally, 28 years of IT experience and Prosci ADKAR certified. Our team delivers in French and English from Dubai.
Where are you on compliance?
30 minutes to confirm your deadline, the state of your software and the steps to start first. No commitment.