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Practical training on the UAE electronic invoicing system for teams who issue, receive and approve invoices. Understand the model, map your own invoice data and prepare your processes before your go live date.
1 or 2 days
In house, on site or online
8 to 25 people
English, Arabic or both
UAE E-Invoicing Training has moved from nice to have to urgent for many finance teams. Under Ministerial Decisions 243 and 244 of 2025, the UAE is phasing in mandatory electronic invoicing for B2B and B2G transactions, with businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more due to go live from 1 January 2027 and others following in 2027.
The system is built on the Peppol network using a decentralised five corner model. Both the supplier and the buyer must appoint an Accredited Service Provider, invoices travel between providers in a structured format, and invoice data is reported to the Federal Tax Authority. A PDF sent by email will no longer count as a compliant invoice for transactions in scope. That changes daily work in accounts payable, accounts receivable, tax and IT.
Our programme turns the guidance into practical steps. Participants work through your own invoice samples, map the data your system holds against what is required, and redesign approval, exception and archiving steps. Timelines and guidance are still being updated, so every session is checked against the latest Ministry of Finance and FTA publications. A readiness metric is agreed upfront and reviewed at 90 days.
The legal basis, scope, phased timeline and what is currently out of scope, explained with reference to the latest Ministry of Finance and FTA guidance.
How invoices move between suppliers, buyers and their Accredited Service Providers, and how invoice data is reported to the Federal Tax Authority.
What an Accredited Service Provider does, questions to ask during selection, and how responsibilities are split between your team and the provider.
Mandatory data fields, identifiers and formats, with a hands on mapping exercise comparing your current invoice data against what the new system expects.
Redesigning approvals, exceptions, credit notes, archiving and month end routines so finance controls still work when invoices arrive as structured data.
Building a department plan with owners and deadlines, preparing test scenarios with your provider, and setting up monitoring for the first months after go live.
A typical request comes from a group CFO with several UAE entities and an ERP that was configured years ago. We review sample sales and purchase invoices in advance, then run a one day session for finance and tax followed by a half day mapping workshop with IT and the chosen service provider.
The teams leave with a gap list and a readiness plan that the finance controller tracks weekly. At 90 days we review progress against the plan, which tells the CFO whether the UAE e-invoicing training has translated into ready systems and people before the go live date.
Under the published timeline, businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more are due to go live from 1 January 2027, other businesses from 1 July 2027 and government entities later in 2027. Deadlines for appointing a service provider come earlier. Always confirm current dates with the Ministry of Finance and FTA, as guidance continues to be updated.
No. This is practical training on the framework, data and processes. It does not replace advice from your tax adviser or your Accredited Service Provider on your specific transactions. Many clients invite their adviser or provider to the session so questions can be answered in context.
Finance, tax and IT should all be involved. Accounts payable and receivable need the process view, tax needs the compliance view and IT needs the data and integration view. We often run a shared morning for everyone and separate afternoon sessions by role.
Yes, and it makes the training much more useful. We ask for anonymised samples of sales invoices, purchase invoices and credit notes. Participants map them against the required fields during the session. We sign a confidentiality agreement and can review sensitive samples on your premises.
Yes. Sessions are available in English, Arabic or both. Many finance teams prefer English for system terms and Arabic for discussion, and the trainer adapts to that mix during the mapping work. Handouts and the readiness checklist template can be supplied in either language.
Number of sessions, whether IT needs a separate technical workshop, the amount of invoice review beforehand, group size, language and travel outside Dubai. A group with several entities usually needs more mapping time. Share your entity structure on a short call and the proposal follows within 24 to 48 hours.
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