VAT billing & accounting software for the UAE

VAT-compliant accounting software is software that can issue tax invoices meeting the FTA's requirements — including your TRN, a sequential number, the date of supply and VAT shown in AED — code every transaction with the correct VAT treatment, keep records for at least five years, and produce the output and input VAT figures your VAT return needs. AmalERP is built to do all of this from a real double-entry ledger.

A full UAE tax invoice must show the words "Tax Invoice", the supplier's name, address and 15-digit TRN, the recipient's name, address and TRN where they are registered, a unique sequential invoice number, the issue date and the date of supply if different, a description of the goods or services with quantity and unit price, the taxable amount, the VAT rate and VAT amount in AED, and the gross total. Supplies under AED 10,000 to unregistered customers can use a simplified tax invoice instead.

Yes. Purchases that fall under the reverse charge mechanism — typically imported goods and services from outside the UAE — are coded as reverse charge on the transaction, so the VAT appears in both your output and input VAT figures for the period exactly as the return expects.

AmalERP prepares the numbers, not the filing. It produces period VAT summaries — output VAT, input VAT, zero-rated, exempt and reverse-charge totals — that you or your tax agent use to complete the VAT return in the FTA's EmaraTax portal. Direct filing integration is not part of the product today.

UAE businesses must generally retain tax records for at least five years (longer for real estate), and corporate tax records for seven years. AmalERP stores your invoices, ledgers and supporting document attachments in the cloud with a full audit trail, so records are retrievable long after the transaction.

VAT registration is mandatory above AED 375,000 of taxable turnover and voluntary above AED 187,500 — but every UAE business still needs clean books for corporate tax, and from 1 July 2027 the e-invoicing mandate reaches businesses regardless of VAT registration. Starting on software that already handles VAT and is preparing for e-invoicing means you don't migrate again in two years.

A full tax invoice carries both parties' details including the customer's TRN, and is what a VAT-registered buyer needs to recover input VAT. A simplified tax invoice omits the customer details and may be used for retail sales and for supplies under AED 10,000 to unregistered customers. AmalERP issues both — the POS produces simplified invoices at the counter while B2B sales get full tax invoices with TRN.

Yes, but the VAT amount must be shown in AED, converted at the UAE Central Bank exchange rate for the date of supply. AmalERP handles the conversion on the invoice so the document stays compliant while your customer still sees the currency you agreed to trade in.

You issue a tax credit note referencing the original invoice, rather than editing or deleting the invoice. AmalERP works this way by design: posted documents cannot be silently altered, so the credit note, the original and the link between them all remain visible in the audit trail — which is what an FTA review expects to see.

Yes. Line and document discounts flow into the taxable amount before VAT is applied, and part payments are recorded against the invoice without changing the VAT already accounted for at the point of supply. Advance payments and deposits should be discussed with your tax agent, since the correct treatment depends on the date of supply rules for your contract.

Period VAT summaries covering output VAT, input VAT, standard-rated, zero-rated, exempt, out-of-scope and reverse-charge totals, plus supporting sales and purchase registers you can drill into per transaction and export to Excel or PDF. These are the figures used to complete the VAT return; the return itself is filed by you or your tax agent in EmaraTax.

Not currently — and that accreditation is optional in the UAE, so businesses may legally keep their records in non-accredited software. It is a step on our roadmap. What the FTA actually requires day to day is that your invoices carry the right fields, your records are complete and unalterable, and your figures are retrievable — which is what AmalERP is built to deliver.