UAE VAT, computed box by box from your documents
VAT 201 is nine boxes, and getting them right depends on classifying each supply correctly on the day it is raised — standard, zero-rated, exempt, reverse charge, designated zone. tBiz makes that a field on the invoice and does the arithmetic itself.
| Box | Description | Amount | VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Standard rated — Dubai | 842,600.00 | 42,130.00 |
| 4 | Zero rated supplies | 116,400.00 | 0.00 |
| 5 | Exempt supplies | 38,000.00 | — |
| 9 | Recoverable input VAT | 511,200.00 | 25,560.00 |
What you get
Emirate-wise standard supplies
Box 1 is split by emirate, and the emirate is taken from the place of supply on the invoice rather than from wherever your head office happens to be.
Zero-rated and exempt kept apart
They are not the same thing. A zero-rated supply is taxable at nil and its input VAT is recoverable; an exempt one is not. tBiz treats them as different classifications because the return does.
Reverse charge booked both ways
Imported services and goods under reverse charge post the output and the input, so the return shows them in both places and the net effect is right.
TRN captured and checked
A customer TRN is validated for format when you save the party, so an input credit is not questioned a year later over a typo.
Designated zones
Supplies into and out of a designated zone follow their own rules, and the classification sits on the document rather than in somebody’s head.
AED with real multi-currency
Buy in USD, sell in AED, settle in INR, with exchange gain and loss posted to the ledger rather than absorbed silently into the party balance.
How it works
- Set the company to UAE. Base currency AED, the VAT tax codes, the emirate, and your TRN. The Indian GST fields disappear — a UAE company should not be asked for a state code.
- Classify as you bill. Each line carries its VAT treatment. That one field is what makes the return computable instead of reconstructable.
- Read the working. Every box of the VAT 201, with the documents behind it, plus a worksheet for the things no system can derive — bad-debt relief, capital assets, exempt apportionment.
- File on the portal. Take the figures to the FTA portal. tBiz computes and exports; it does not submit on your behalf.
UAE VAT questions
Does tBiz produce the VAT 201 return?
Yes. Every box is computed from your own invoices, bills and vouchers, with a worksheet for the adjustments that cannot be derived from documents — bad-debt relief, the capital assets scheme, and exempt apportionment.
What is the difference between zero-rated and exempt in tBiz?
They are separate classifications with separate boxes, because they have different consequences: input VAT on a zero-rated supply is recoverable and on an exempt supply it is not. tBiz will not let one stand in for the other.
Can one account hold an Indian company and a UAE company?
Yes. The tax regime is set per company, so a group can run Indian GST books and UAE VAT books in the same account, each with its own currency, financial year and numbering.
Does tBiz handle corporate tax?
tBiz keeps the books corporate tax is computed from, and the profit and loss on the accrual basis the law expects. The return itself is not generated — that is a separate filing and we would rather say so than imply otherwise.
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Open a UAE company in tBiz today
Set AED as your base currency, add your TRN, and see the VAT 201 working fill itself from your first invoices.