When does e-invoicing become mandatory in the UAE?

For businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more from 1 January 2027 (appoint an ASP by 30 October 2026), for everyone else from 1 July 2027 (ASP by 31 March 2027), for government entities from 1 October 2027. A pilot and voluntary adoption run from 1 July 2026.

Does Bitrix24 issue the electronic invoice itself?

No. The electronic invoice is produced by the accounting system and sent through an accredited service provider. Bitrix24 keeps the data clean: TRN, client details, products with tax, and passes the deal to the accounting system by API.

How is 5% VAT set up in Bitrix24?

The rate is set in the product catalogue, prices can include or exclude tax, and the VAT amount appears as a separate line in the deal and the invoice.

Can deals be run in different currencies?

Yes. AED is the base currency, deals can be in USD, EUR or roubles, and reports roll up in dirhams at the rate you set.

Bitrix24 · VAT and e-invoicing in the UAE

VAT, dirhams and e-invoicing in Bitrix24

A CRM for a UAE company has to know the 5% VAT rate, the client's TRN and the deal currency, and from 2027 B2B invoices in the UAE go through the national e-invoicing system. We set up Bitrix24 so the invoice data is clean from the first deal and never retyped by hand in the accounting system

5%standard VAT rate

1 Jan 2027e-invoicing for revenue of AED 50M+

1 Jul 2027e-invoicing for all other businesses

AEDbase currency, plus USD, EUR, RUB

What we set up in the CRM

Currencies

AED as the base currency, with deals in USD, EUR or roubles. Management reports roll up in dirhams at the rate you set

Tax in products and invoices

The 5% rate in the catalogue, prices with or without VAT, and the tax amount as a separate line in the invoice and the deal. Products and services under a different regime get their own rate

Client details

TRN, legal name as in the licence, emirate, mainland or free zone. Required fields stop a deal from moving to invoicing until the details are complete

TRN check before the invoice

The TRN format is checked on entry and an empty or incomplete number is flagged. The mistake is caught in the CRM, not after the invoice has reached the client

Quotes and invoices

Quote and invoice templates in English and Russian, with the seller's and buyer's TRN, the amount before tax, the tax and the total

Reports

Revenue with and without VAT, by manager, business line and currency. Accounting sees the same numbers as sales

E-invoicing in the UAE: what changes

The UAE Ministry of Finance is making electronic invoices mandatory for B2B and B2G in phases. The invoice becomes a structured file in the PINT AE format (a Peppol standard), and for these transactions a PDF or paper no longer counts as an invoice. It is exchanged through accredited service providers (ASP) in a five-corner model: the seller, the seller's provider, the buyer's provider, the buyer and the FTA

From 1 July 2026: pilot and voluntary adoption for any business, with no penalties
Revenue of AED 50 million or more: appoint an ASP by 30 October 2026, mandatory from 1 January 2027
All other businesses: appoint an ASP by 31 March 2027, mandatory from 1 July 2027
Government entities: from 1 October 2027
Failing to appoint a provider and implement the system: AED 5,000 for every month

Where Bitrix24 fits

The electronic invoice is produced by the accounting system and sent through the ASP; the CRM does not issue it. But almost every invoice error starts earlier, in the CRM: a wrong TRN, a client name that does not match the licence, a product without tax, an amount typed by hand. That is why we prepare the CRM in advance

We clean up client details and the product catalogue with tax rates
We connect Bitrix24 to your accounting system (Zoho Books, QuickBooks, Odoo or 1C) by API, so a deal becomes an invoice without retyping
If the accounting system exposes the e-invoice status, it comes back to the deal: sent, accepted, rejected
The choice of ASP and tax questions stay with your accountant: we handle the technical side

How the work goes

Data audit

We review how the CRM stores clients, products, taxes and currencies

Setup

Currencies, tax rates, required fields, invoice templates

Integration

The link to the accounting system and statuses back in the deal

Data clean-up

We complete TRNs and details for existing clients before your go-live date

This is not tax advice. Dates and requirements follow the timeline published by the UAE Ministry of Finance; check them with the FTA and your accountant before you switch