VAT registration on EmaraTax: threshold test, voluntary registration, non-residents and tax groups
We run the 12-month and 30-day threshold tests, decide whether voluntary registration helps you recover input VAT, prepare the EmaraTax application with the right turnover evidence and bank details, and get your TRN with a clear effective date.
AED 950One time
For: UAE businesses, free zone companies, individuals in business and foreign suppliers making taxable supplies in the UAE, once they meet the mandatory test or want to register voluntarily.
What we need from you
Trade licence and memorandum
Entity identity
Last 12 months sales and import figures by month
Threshold test
Contracts or orders for the next 30 days
Forward-looking test
Passport and Emirates ID of authorised signatory
Signatory
Bank account IBAN letter
Refunds
Customs registration, if importing
Import details
Group structure, if a tax group is planned
Tax group test
What we discuss
When did you first cross AED 375,000 on a rolling 12-month basis?
Sets the effective date and penalty risk
Do you expect large contracts in the next 30 days?
Forward-looking registration
Are your costs with VAT high compared with sales?
Voluntary registration to recover input VAT
Do you sell mostly exports?
Zero-rated suppliers may apply for an exception
Do you have related UAE companies?
Tax group may simplify filings
What we file
Threshold calculation
Sum of taxable supplies and imports in the last 12 months above AED 375,000, or expected in the next 30 days
VAT registration application
Respond to FTA queries
What you get
VAT registration certificate with TRN and effective date
Tax invoice template and VAT coding guide
First return due date
The law
- Art 13, Federal Decree-Law 8 of 2017: Mandatory registration threshold AED 375,000 Source
- Art 17, Federal Decree-Law 8 of 2017: Voluntary registration threshold AED 187,500 Source
- Art 14, Federal Decree-Law 8 of 2017: Tax group registration for related UAE businesses Source
- Art 15, Federal Decree-Law 8 of 2017: Exception from registration for suppliers of only zero-rated supplies Source
Questions people ask
- Registered late for VAT
- Rolling 12-month threshold test
- Voluntary registration to recover input VAT
- Foreign company selling into the UAE
- Exports only and VAT registration
- VAT tax group for related companies
- Charging VAT before the TRN arrives
- Individual landlord with commercial property
- Penalty for wrong registration data
- Free zone company and VAT registration
Contact us to book
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