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FAQs

Do I need to buy new software?

Maybe not. Plenty of businesses can keep what they have with an upgrade or a connector. The way to find out is four specific questions to your vendor, in writing, and the quality of the answers usually settles it quickly.

Set by revenue, not sizeAED 50m thresholdFree zones includedNon-VAT businesses included
30 Oct 2026
Large-business ASP deadline
1 Jan 2027
Large-business go-live
31 Mar 2027
SME ASP deadline
1 Jul 2027
SME go-live
What matters

The parts that matter

If you take four things away from this page, make them these.

1Ask whether it produces compliant structured output

Specifically, an invoice mapped to the PINT AE field set. Ask to see a sample file, not a brochure.

2Ask which accredited providers it connects to today

A named list you can verify beats a general statement about supporting ASPs.

3Ask for the version and the release date

Compliance in a future version with no committed date is not compliance you can plan around.

4Replace when the answers are vague

Vagueness on all four questions is itself an answer. At that point, plan for a change while you still have time.

Practical steps

Practical next steps

Written for someone doing this alongside running the business.

GoldenKey e-Invoice · in development

We are building our own e-invoicing app — and the ERP and CRM around it

We are not reselling somebody else's product. Zaini Developers is our own development team, and the e-invoicing engine sits inside the same platform that already runs CRM, accounting, POS and HR for UAE clients. That means when your business needs a field, a document layout or a report that a shrink-wrapped product does not have, we add it instead of putting it on a roadmap.

Built and supported locallyDesigned and maintained by our own team in the UAE and India — you talk to the people who built it.
Structured invoice outputEvery invoice is produced as structured data mapped to the PINT AE field set, not a PDF with a logo on it.
Connects to your ASPWe wire your system to the Accredited Service Provider you appoint, so the exchange happens through the approved channel.
Full invoicing suiteQuotations, proforma, tax invoices, credit notes, debit notes and part-payments in one place.
Customer & supplier recordsTRN, TIN, licence details, trade name in English and Arabic, and the addresses the schema expects.
Validation before sendingMissing or malformed fields are caught in your own system first, so rejections do not pile up later.
VAT-aware line itemsStandard-rated, zero-rated, exempt and reverse-charge lines handled per line, not per invoice.
Multi-currencyInvoice in AED, USD, EUR or GBP with the AED equivalent recorded where it is required.
Approval workflowDraft, review, approve, issue — with a named person against every step.

GoldenKey is a business setup and compliance consultancy. We are not a Ministry of Finance Accredited Service Provider, and we do not claim to be one. Our software is built to work alongside the ASP you appoint. Scope, timelines and pricing are agreed in writing before any work starts.

Questions we get asked

Frequently asked

Short, practical answers. If yours is not here, ask us directly — we answer even if you never become a client.

Do I have to buy new software for e-invoicing?

Not necessarily. Ask your vendor four questions in writing — structured output, named provider connections, version and release date, and cost — and the answers will tell you.

What if my vendor says it is coming?

Ask for a version number and a date. Without both, treat it as not yet available and plan accordingly.

Can you assess our current system?

Yes. Send us a sample invoice and tell us what you use, and we will tell you whether it needs replacing or connecting.

Keep reading

Related guides

Before you act on thisEverything here is written to help you understand your position, not to replace advice on it. The framework has already been amended once and further ministerial decisions may follow, so treat dates and thresholds on this page as the published position at the time of writing rather than as permanent. We are happy to confirm your specific position in writing at no cost. Prices are always indicative until agreed in writing.
Talk to a human

Let us look at one of your invoices

Send a sample invoice and we will tell you which mandatory fields you are currently missing. That is the fastest way to size the job.

  • A named advisor, not a call centre queue
  • We work with your existing accountant if you have one
  • Arabic and English documentation
  • No obligation — plenty of people call us just to check a date

Free e-invoicing readiness check

No cost, no obligation. We tell you which phase you fall into and what you actually need.

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