E-invoicing for small businesses

In short: Most VAT-registered businesses under AED 50 million revenue must appoint an Accredited Service Provider by 31 March 2027 and issue e-invoices from 1 July 2027. For a small business this is usually not an IT project: it means choosing a provider that works with your accounting software, onboarding in EmaraTax, and testing your first invoice. SME Connect does that with you for a fixed fee.

If your business is VAT-registered with revenue under AED 50 million, you are in the second wave. You have time, but not as much as it looks: ASP appointment closes on 31 March 2027, and the providers will be busiest in the weeks before it.

What you actually need to do

Confirm your dates — the checker takes a minute.
Check your accounting software — some products are accredited providers themselves; others connect to one; spreadsheets need a provider’s portal.
Choose and appoint an ASP — compare the four things that matter in our ASP guide, then appoint your choice in EmaraTax.
Collect your customers’ Peppol IDs — the identifier your invoices are addressed to.
Send a test invoice and a credit note before your go-live date.

SME Connect

A fixed-fee pack for businesses that would rather not work this out alone. An engineer from SHORIQ, the company behind E-Invoicing UAE, does it with you, mostly remotely.

Scope check — your wave, your entities, your invoice types
Vendor-neutral ASP shortlist of three providers that fit your software, volume and budget, drawn from the Ministry of Finance register — with the reasons written down
Onboarding support — EmaraTax appointment, Peppol IDs, settings in your accounting software
First-invoice test — one invoice and one credit note end to end, with the rejection path checked
One-page staff guide — what changes for whoever raises your invoices

No ASP pays us for the shortlist. The fee is quoted before you commit.

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Last reviewed: 27 October 2026 · Reviewed by: SHORIQ