Value Added Tax

ValueAddedTax

Comprehensive UAE VAT services helping businesses manage compliance, advisory, audits, and evolving regulatory requirements with confidence.

VAT Compliance Made Simple

Overview

VATComplianceMadeSimple

Since its introduction in 2018, UAE VAT continues to evolve with increasing FTA enforcement, e-invoicing developments, and growing audit activity requiring structured compliance and specialist advisory.

Without robust VAT compliance frameworks and specialist support, businesses risk FTA penalties, audit exposure, and input tax recovery failures that create significant financial and operational risk.

WEchartered UAE delivers comprehensive VAT services combining deep regulatory expertise with practical, commercially grounded advisory to help businesses maintain compliance and manage VAT efficiently.

Our Value Added Tax Services

VAT Advisory

We provide commercially grounded VAT advisory covering registration obligations, impact assessments, VAT grouping, health checks, and strategic structuring for UAE businesses.

How We Can Help

  • VAT advisory UAE
  • VAT health check
  • VAT registration
  • VAT grouping

VAT Compliance and Outsourcing

We manage end-to-end VAT compliance including return preparation, filing, refund support, and e-invoicing readiness assessments for UAE businesses of all sizes.

How We Can Help

  • VAT compliance UAE
  • VAT returns
  • VAT outsourcing
  • E-invoicing UAE

Merger and Acquisitions

We assess VAT implications arising from mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings helping UAE businesses identify risks and structure transactions in a VAT-efficient manner.

How We Can Help

  • VAT M&A UAE
  • Transaction VAT
  • VAT due diligence
  • VAT structuring

Clarifications and Reconsiderations

We assist UAE businesses in obtaining private clarifications from the Federal Tax Authority and filing reconsideration and waiver applications to resolve VAT disputes.

How We Can Help

  • FTA clarifications
  • VAT reconsideration
  • Waiver applications
  • VAT disputes

Tax Audit Support

We provide end-to-end FTA audit support including pre-audit readiness reviews, record preparation, direct FTA representation, and assistance with reassessments, objections, and appeals.

How We Can Help

  • FTA audit UAE
  • Audit readiness
  • FTA representation
  • VAT objections

Review of PPP Financial Model from Tax Perspective

We review Public-Private Partnership financial models from a VAT perspective, identifying tax implications and ensuring models accurately reflect applicable UAE VAT treatment.

How We Can Help

  • PPP VAT review
  • Financial model review
  • VAT implications
  • PPP advisory UAE

Industries We Serve

Who We Work With

Real Estate

Real Estate

Developers and property groups managing VAT on sales, leases, and complex mixed-use development projects.

Banking & Financial Services

Banking

Banks and financial institutions managing VAT on financial services, exempt supplies, and input tax recovery.

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Healthcare

Hospitals and pharma groups managing VAT exemptions, zero-rating, and healthcare supply compliance.

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Energy

Oil, gas, and renewables businesses managing VAT on cross-border supplies and zero-rated energy transactions.

Tech

Technology

Tech and SaaS companies managing VAT on digital services, exports, and cross-border supply obligations.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Manufacturers managing VAT on imports, exports, intercompany supplies, and complex supply chain arrangements.

What We Offer

End-to-End UAE VAT Support

We deliver comprehensive VAT services combining deep UAE regulatory expertise with practical advisory to help businesses maintain compliance, manage risk, and optimise VAT positions.
01

VAT Advisory and Health Checks

We provide commercially grounded VAT advisory covering registration, impact assessments, grouping, health checks, and strategic structuring aligned to UAE FTA requirements.

02

VAT Compliance and Outsourcing

We manage end-to-end VAT compliance including return preparation, filing, refund support, and e-invoicing readiness assessments for UAE businesses of all sizes.

03

FTA Audit and Dispute Support

We provide pre-audit readiness reviews, direct FTA representation, and assistance with reassessments, objections, and appeals as registered UAE tax agents.

04

Clarifications and Reconsiderations

We assist UAE businesses in obtaining FTA private clarifications and filing reconsideration and waiver applications to resolve VAT positions and disputes effectively.

05

M&A and PPP VAT Advisory

We assess VAT implications across mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and PPP financial models ensuring transactions are structured and reported in a VAT-efficient manner.

Our Process

How We Deliver VAT Services

A structured, specialist-led VAT process aligned to UAE Federal Tax Authority requirements and business objectives.

  • 01

    Step 01

    Assess and Register

    Evaluate VAT obligations, confirm registration requirements, and submit FTA registrations accurately.

  • 02

    Step 02

    Advise and Structure

    Provide VAT advisory, health checks, and structuring support aligned to business requirements.

  • 03

    Step 03

    Comply and File

    Manage VAT return preparation, filing, refund claims, and e-invoicing compliance accurately.

  • 04

    Step 04

    Represent and Resolve

    Handle FTA audits, clarifications, reconsiderations, objections, and appeals professionally.

CASE STUDIES

Real-world examples of our work and impact.

Value Added Tax FAQs

Businesses must register for VAT when taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000 in the previous 12 months or are expected to do so in the next 30 days. Voluntary registration is possible if taxable supplies or taxable expenses exceed AED 187,500. In certain cases, registration may be required even below the mandatory threshold.
Two or more related legal entities can apply to register as a single VAT group with one Tax Registration Number. A VAT group files a single VAT return and makes a single VAT payment, simplifying compliance and benefiting from simplified treatment of intra-group transactions subject to meeting all applicable conditions.
Zero-rated supplies include exports of goods and services, international transport of passengers and goods, investment precious metals, certain first supplies of residential property, crude oil and natural gas, and certain healthcare services. All zero-rated treatments are subject to specific conditions and must be supported by appropriate documentary evidence.
A VAT health check is an independent review of a business's VAT compliance, processes, and records to identify errors, inconsistencies, or risks before an FTA audit. UAE businesses should conduct health checks proactively, following business changes, ahead of FTA audits, or when internal VAT processes have not been recently reviewed.
WEchartered UAE provides end-to-end FTA audit support including pre-audit readiness reviews, record preparation, direct liaison with the Federal Tax Authority, and assistance with any reassessments, objections, or appeals that arise. Our registered tax agent status enables direct, professional representation before the FTA throughout the audit process.
Yes. WEchartered UAE supports businesses in preparing and submitting VAT refund applications to the Federal Tax Authority, ensuring all documentation is complete, accurate, and compliant with FTA requirements. Our team manages the full refund process from application preparation through to FTA correspondence and resolution.
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From Corporate Tax and VAT to audit and digital transformation, our UAE advisors are ready to support your business at every stage. Reach out today and let us help you move forward with confidence.

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