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UAE E-Invoicing Integration for Your Software & Systems

UAE e-invoicing becomes mandatory in phases from 2027. If your invoices come from a custom system, an older accounting package or your own software product, we map your invoice data to the PINT AE format and connect it to your accredited service provider, so invoices keep flowing without re-keying.

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What is included

  • Readiness assessment

    We find every system that issues invoices or credit notes, and compare the data they hold with the fields the UAE e-invoice requires.

  • Data mapping to PINT AE

    Seller and buyer TRNs, line items, VAT breakdowns, currencies and codes, mapped from your data model to the UAE e-invoice format.

  • Connection to your ASP

    We integrate with the API of the accredited service provider you choose: sending invoices, reading their status and handling rejections.

  • Receiving e-invoices

    Incoming e-invoices from your suppliers are brought into your purchasing or accounts payable process instead of being retyped.

  • Testing and reconciliation

    We test with real invoice scenarios (credit notes, discounts, zero-rated and exempt lines) and reconcile what was sent with what your books show.

  • Monitoring and alerts

    A dashboard and alerts for failed or rejected invoices, so problems are fixed the same day rather than found at the VAT return.

The timeline

The dates below come from the Ministry of Finance and FTA announcements so far. They have already moved once, so always check the latest official guidance:

  • 1 July 2026: voluntary adoption opens for businesses that are ready.
  • 30 October 2026: deadline (extended from 31 July) for businesses with annual revenue of AED 50 million or more to appoint an accredited service provider.
  • 1 January 2027: e-invoicing becomes mandatory for businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more.
  • 31 March 2027: deadline for the remaining in-scope businesses to appoint an accredited service provider.
  • 1 July 2027: e-invoicing becomes mandatory for the remaining in-scope businesses.

How UAE e-invoicing works

The UAE uses a decentralised model based on the Peppol network. You send your invoice data to your accredited service provider (ASP), which validates it and passes it to your customer's ASP, which delivers it to your customer. The ASPs also report the invoice data to the Federal Tax Authority.

An e-invoice is structured data (XML in the PINT AE specification), not a document. A PDF sent by email, even one generated by your system, is not an e-invoice. The first phases cover business-to-business and business-to-government transactions; business-to-consumer invoices are expected in a later phase.

Where integration gets difficult

Choosing an ASP is a commercial decision. Getting clean data out of your systems and into the ASP is the technical work, and these are the usual problems:

  • Invoices are issued from more than one system: an ERP, a billing platform, a POS, a booking engine.
  • Required data is missing: buyer TRNs, item classifications, or the right VAT treatment on each line.
  • Credit notes, discounts, self-billing and multi-currency invoices do not map neatly.
  • Nobody owns the rejected invoices, so errors pile up until the next VAT return.
  • The system is custom-built or old, and has no vendor to deliver a ready connector.

Who this is for

This work is for companies that invoice from a custom-built or legacy system, and for software companies whose products issue invoices for UAE businesses, such as SaaS platforms, POS systems and booking engines, that now need to support e-invoicing for their customers. It is also for accounting firms whose clients need a technical partner for the integration.

If you use a mainstream ERP or accounting package whose vendor provides a connector to your ASP, you may not need custom work at all. We will tell you that in the assessment.

What we do, and what we do not

We are a software development company. We are not an accredited service provider and we do not give tax advice. We work with the ASP you choose and with your accountant or tax adviser, who confirms the VAT treatment; we make sure your systems produce and send the right data, reliably.

How the project runs

  1. 1

    Assessment

    One to two weeks to list the invoicing systems, sample real invoices and identify the data gaps against the required fields.

  2. 2

    ASP selection

    You choose an accredited service provider. We can review the technical side of their API to help you compare.

  3. 3

    Mapping and build

    We map your data to PINT AE and build the connection, including status tracking and rejection handling.

  4. 4

    Testing

    We test in the ASP's sandbox with real scenarios, and reconcile the results with your accounts team.

  5. 5

    Go-live

    We switch on in stages, usually starting with one entity or invoice type, before the deadline that applies to you.

  6. 6

    Monitoring and support

    Alerts for failed invoices, and updates when the specification or your ASP's API changes.

Timelines by project size

The assessment gives you a fixed scope and quote for the integration.

  • Readiness assessment

    Your invoicing systems, sample invoices and data gaps mapped against the required fields.

    Timeline
    1–2 weeks

  • Single-system integration

    One invoicing system connected to your accredited service provider, with rejection handling.

    Timeline
    3–5 weeks

  • Multi-system integration

    Several invoicing systems or entities, incoming e-invoices and monitoring.

    Timeline
    6–10 weeks

What affects the cost of an e-invoicing integration

The assessment gives you a fixed scope and quote. The main factors:

Number of source systems
One billing system, or several that each issue invoices.
Access to your data
Whether the existing system has an API or database we can work with, or needs changes first.
Invoice complexity
Credit notes, multi-currency, self-billing and special VAT treatments.
Incoming invoices
Whether we also bring supplier e-invoices into your process.
Volume
High volumes need queuing, retries and more monitoring.

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Frequently asked questions

No. We are a software development company. We integrate your systems with the accredited service provider you choose, and work alongside your tax adviser.

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