E-invoicing: big UAE firms must appoint a provider by 30 October or pay Dh5,000 a month
Businesses with revenue of Dh50 million or more have until Friday 30 October to appoint an accredited e-invoicing provider; each month of delay costs Dh5,000, the Federal Tax Authority says.
The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has reminded businesses that the first e-invoicing deadline falls this Friday. Companies with annual revenue of Dh50 million or more must appoint an Accredited Service Provider by 30 October 2026 and start issuing e-invoices through the system on 1 January 2027.
The FTA said the administrative penalty is Dh5,000 for each month, or part of a month, of delay in appointing a provider or putting the system in place. Businesses with revenue below Dh50 million have until 31 March 2027 to appoint a provider and until 1 July 2027 to go live.
The rules were also amended this month: e-invoicing data no longer has to be stored inside the UAE, and transactions between members of the same tax group are left out of the system for two years from January 2027.
If your company is above the Dh50 million line and has not signed with a provider, Friday is the date that matters: the list of accredited providers is published by the FTA, and appointing one now stops the monthly penalty from starting. Smaller businesses have five more months, but the FTA advises preparing early. Penalties and dates can change, so check the FTA's own announcements.