The One Accountant Insights https://theoneaccountant.com/insights UAE tax, VAT, corporate tax, e-invoicing and payroll: what changed, what it costs, what to do about it. en-ae Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The UAE Has Eased Its e-Invoicing Rules. Here Is What Actually Changed https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-e-invoicing-amendments-decision-197-2026 https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-e-invoicing-amendments-decision-197-2026 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Shabeeb Ibrahim Hassan e-InvoicingFTACompliance Decision 197 of 2026 gives tax groups 24 months' relief and drops the UAE-only storage rule and the outage report. The go-live dates have not moved. The Future of UAE Accounting: Why AI Still Needs Us https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/will-ai-replace-accountants-uae https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/will-ai-replace-accountants-uae Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Shabeeb Ibrahim Hassan AutomationAccounting AI handles receipts, invoicing and bank feeds well. It cannot separate overheads from cost of sales, or defend a tax treatment to the FTA. Where the line actually sits. Decoding the UAE e-Invoicing Framework: The Five Corners, and Which Route Is Yours https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-e-invoicing-asp-choosing-your-route https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-e-invoicing-asp-choosing-your-route Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The One Accountant e-InvoicingComplianceFTA How UAE e-invoicing works: the five-corner Peppol model, the three kinds of Accredited Service Provider, and which route your accounting software forces. The 2026 VAT Changes: Supply Chains, Refunds and a Five-Year Clock https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-vat-changes-2026-supply-chains-and-refunds https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-vat-changes-2026-supply-chains-and-refunds Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The One Accountant VATTaxFTA Two sets of UAE VAT changes land in 2026. What the January law amendments and the October Executive Regulation do to supply chains, input tax and refunds. Small Business Relief Runs to 2029. That Is Three More Years, Not a Reprieve https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-small-business-relief-extended-2029 https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-small-business-relief-extended-2029 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The One Accountant Corporate TaxTaxFTA UAE Small Business Relief now runs to tax periods ending 31 December 2029. The AED 3m threshold is unchanged, and so is the trade-off on tax losses. Every Tax a UAE Business Actually Pays, in One Place https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/every-tax-a-uae-business-pays https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/every-tax-a-uae-business-pays Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The One Accountant TaxCorporate TaxVATAccounting Corporate tax, VAT, excise, the 15% top-up tax, customs and social security — every UAE levy with its rate, threshold and deadline, current as at September 2026. Economic Substance Regulations: Discontinued, But Not Quite Gone https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-economic-substance-regulations-discontinued https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-economic-substance-regulations-discontinued Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The One Accountant ComplianceCorporate Tax UAE ESR filings ended with financial year 2022 and later penalties are refundable. What replaced it, and why free zone companies still face a substance test. The FTA Trained 34,000 People This Year. What It Taught Them Is the Interesting Part https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/fta-awareness-events-h1-2026-what-it-signals https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/fta-awareness-events-h1-2026-what-it-signals Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The One Accountant FTACompliance FTA awareness events reached nearly 34,000 participants in H1 2026, up 23.3%. The subjects it chose say where UAE tax enforcement goes next. The 30 September Corporate Tax Deadline: What Actually Has to Be Filed https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-corporate-tax-deadline-30-september-2026 https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-corporate-tax-deadline-30-september-2026 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The One Accountant Corporate TaxTaxFTA Corporate tax returns for FY ending 31 Dec 2025 are due 30 September 2026. Who must file, what Small Business Relief really costs, and the penalties. UAE e-Invoicing: The Peppol Timeline, and Why Your Software Choice Is Now a Compliance Decision https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-e-invoicing-2026-2027-timeline https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-e-invoicing-2026-2027-timeline Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The One Accountant e-InvoicingFTACompliance The UAE e-invoicing mandate runs from a July 2026 pilot to SME coverage in July 2027. Phases, the Peppol model, PINT AE and penalties explained. The Fifteen-Day Grace Period Is Gone: UAE Salary Rules Since June 2026 https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-wps-salary-rules-2026 https://theoneaccountant.com/blog/uae-wps-salary-rules-2026 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The One Accountant Payroll & WPSCompliance Ministerial Resolution 340 of 2026 removed the 15-day grace period. Salaries are due by the 1st, monitoring starts day 2, permits suspended by day 5.