How ready are you for UAE e-invoicing?
Ten questions, about two minutes. You get a score out of 100, a readiness band and the next steps that matter for your business. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you ask for the report.
Your readiness score
Your next steps
- Revenue of AED 50 million or more: the date to appoint an Accredited Service Provider was 30 October 2026 and has passed, so appoint now; go live 1 January 2027.
- Revenue under AED 50 million: appoint by 31 March 2027, go live 1 July 2027.
- Government entities: appoint by 31 March 2027, go live 1 October 2027.
Late implementation, including failing to appoint an Accredited Service Provider on time, carries a penalty of AED 5,000 for the first instance, then AED 5,000 for each further month or part of a month, capped at AED 50,000 in any 12 consecutive months. See the full penalty rules.
See your answers
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An industry expert sends your score, your gap list and a suggested plan within one business day. No cost, no obligation.
Ten checks, ten points each.
Yes scores 10, partly scores 5 and no scores 0. A score of 80 or more is Ready, 50 to 79 is Nearly ready, and under 50 is At risk. The questions follow the readiness work we run with finance teams: scope and dates, the Accredited Service Provider, structured PINT AE invoices, master data, testing, records, people and ownership.
How the score is built
Each question checks one piece of work the mandate needs. The questions follow the order most projects run in, from knowing your date to naming the person who owns go-live. A low score on the Accredited Service Provider or master data questions matters most, because those jobs take the longest. Your next steps are ranked the same way, so the first step on your list is the one to start this week.
What you get
- A score out of 100 and a readiness band, shown on screen straight away.
- Up to five next steps, written for the answers you gave.
- The appointment and go-live dates that apply to your revenue band.
- If you ask for the full report, an industry expert reviews your answers and sends a gap list and a suggested plan within one business day.
Nothing leaves your browser unless you request the report. The checker is a guide, not tax advice, and it does not replace a review of your ERP and data.
The ten checks, in the order projects run
Each question below is one piece of readiness work. Use the list to brief your finance team before you take the check.
- Do you know your revenue band and your go-live date? Revenue of AED 50 million or more goes live on 1 January 2027. Under AED 50 million goes live on 1 July 2027.
- Have you appointed an Accredited Service Provider, or at least shortlisted one? Every in-scope business must appoint an Accredited Service Provider (ASP) to exchange invoices on the PEPPOL network.
- Can your ERP produce structured PINT AE invoices? Invoices must be issued as structured data in the PINT AE standard, not as PDFs. Your ERP or a connector must generate them.
- Are your TRNs and customer master data clean? Every business customer needs a valid TRN, legal name and address held in a consistent format.
- Are your item and tax codes mapped? Products, services and VAT treatments mapped to the codes the PINT AE standard expects.
- Are credit notes and self-billing handled in the new flow? Credit notes, debit notes and self-billed invoices follow the same structured route as standard tax invoices.
- Have you tested the integration end to end? An invoice leaves your ERP, passes through your Accredited Service Provider, is accepted and the status comes back.
- Is your archiving and record keeping ready? Electronic invoices and the responses to them must be stored and retrievable for the period the law requires.
- Has your finance team been trained on the new process? Everyone who raises, approves or corrects invoices knows what changes and what to do when an invoice is rejected.
- Have you named a project owner? One person accountable for the plan, the provider relationship and the go-live date.
Any business may start early. Voluntary adopters are excluded from the late implementation penalty.
The Accredited Service Provider had to be appointed by 30 October 2026.
Appoint an Accredited Service Provider by 31 March 2027.
Appoint an Accredited Service Provider by 31 March 2027.
The UAE model is the PEPPOL 5-corner network with the PINT AE data standard. Dates are from Ministerial Decision No. 244 of 2025 as amended; check the Ministry of Finance for any later change. This checker is a guide, not tax advice. For the full picture, see UAE e-invoicing with Kaido.