For UAE businesses · VAT 201
VAT filing without the stress
Faidah prepares your VAT return from your books, helps you fix what's missing and gets it reviewed and approved. Then the desktop Browser Agent fills in EmaraTax — and waits for your confirmation before anything is submitted.
Illustrative dataBright Bakes LLC, its customers and suppliers, and every figure and reference on this page are invented. The portal view is a simulation, not EmaraTax itself.
Where a return can be
PreparationCurrent stage
Faidah prepares, you fix what's missing
Draft — nothing has been sent
ApprovalUp next
Your accountant reviews, you approve
Figures locked once approved
SubmissionUp next
The desktop agent fills the portal, you confirm
Submitted only after you confirm
From records to return
Five steps, each one visible
- 01
Organised records
Sales, bills and bank transactions are already categorised and reconciled in Faidah.
Faidah
- 02
VAT preparation
Faidah fills the VAT 201 boxes and shows which transactions sit behind each figure.
Faidah
- 03
Missing documents
Anything that would change what you pay — a missing tax invoice, a missing TRN — is flagged with a fix.
You
- 04
Review and approval
Your accountant reviews the return and you approve it. The figures are then locked.
Accountant and owner
- 05
Desktop-assisted portal work
The Browser Agent enters the approved figures in EmaraTax and pauses for your confirmation.
Desktop agent, with you
Try the VAT workspace
Get the return ready, one fix at a time
Resolve the flagged documents, then send the return for review and approval. The figures and checklist update as you go.
VAT 201 · Q3 2026 · 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Sep 2026
412 sales invoices, 186 bills and 3 bank accounts, reconciled to 30 Sep 2026.
PreparationCurrent stage
Faidah prepares, you fix what's missing
Draft — nothing has been sent
ApprovalUp next
Your accountant reviews, you approve
Figures locked once approved
SubmissionUp next
The desktop agent fills the portal, you confirm
Submitted only after you confirm
Needs attention
3 documents need attention
Tax invoice missing
Gulf Kitchen Equipment Repairs · GKR-2291 · AED 1,840.00 before VAT. Input VAT can't be recovered without a valid tax invoice.
Supplier TRN missing
Al Noor Flour Mill · ANF-5530 · AED 4,150.00 before VAT. The invoice doesn't show the supplier's tax registration number.
Export evidence missing
Muscat Café Supplies · BB-INV-3107 · AED 6,800.00. Zero-rating an export needs proof that the goods left the UAE.
Attaching uses a sample document.
Return summary
Payable tax for the period: AED 4,509.50
| Box | Description | VAT (AED) |
|---|---|---|
| 1b | Standard-rated supplies — DubaiAmount (AED): 142,600.00 | 7,130.00 |
| 4 | Zero-rated suppliesAmount (AED): 6,800.00 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Standard-rated expensesAmount (AED): 52,410.00 | 2,620.50 |
| 12 | Total value of due tax | 7,130.00 |
| 13 | Total value of recoverable tax | 2,620.50 |
| 14 | Payable tax for the period | 4,509.50 |
AED 299.50 of input VAT is on hold until its documents are resolved.
Every figure traces back to its transactions in Faidah.
Ready to file?
2 of 7 ready
- Sales and purchases categorised: Done
- Bank accounts reconciled to 30 Sep: Done
- Tax invoices for claimed input VAT: To do
- Supplier TRNs on tax invoices: To do
- Evidence for zero-rated exports: To do
- Reviewed by accountant: To do
- Approved by owner: To do
Review and approval
Resolve the flagged documents to send this return for review.
as Layla H., accountant
Three states, never blurred
Always clear what's prepared, approved and submitted
- Prepared
A draft built from your books. Anything can change, and nothing has been sent anywhere.
- Approved
Reviewed by your accountant and approved by you. The figures are locked, so what's filed matches what was approved.
- Submitted
Sent through EmaraTax only after your confirmation, with the reference saved alongside the return.