Answer a few plain questions about what you sold and bought, and see your VAT payable, your deadline and a summary for your accountant. Everything stays in your browser — nothing you type is sent anywhere.
Estimate my VAT return →Use the totals from your sales and purchase invoices for the period. Skip anything that doesn't apply — just leave it blank. Your result on the right updates as you type.
Your tax periods are on your VAT registration certificate and in EmaraTax.
Totals of your sales invoices for the period, after any credit notes.
How your 5% sales and purchase figures are entered. We take the VAT out for you.
You account for the VAT on these yourself (reverse charge). It's added to what you owe and usually recovered at the same time, so it often nets to zero — but it must still be reported.
Purchases and expenses from VAT-registered suppliers, where you hold a tax invoice.
Omega One applies VAT on every invoice line as you work, then builds your VAT-201 return and FTA Audit File from your own records — reconciled, traceable to every invoice, and locked once filed.
To add VAT, multiply the amount before VAT by 0.05 and add it: AED 1,000 + AED 50 = AED 1,050. To take VAT out of a price that already includes it, divide by 1.05: AED 1,050 ÷ 1.05 = AED 1,000, so the VAT is AED 50. Taking 5% of the inclusive price (AED 52.50) gives the wrong answer.
VAT payable is the VAT on your sales (output VAT) minus the VAT you can recover on your purchases and expenses (input VAT). Imports and services from abroad add VAT on both sides. If the VAT you can recover is higher, you can ask for a refund or carry the credit forward.
By the 28th day after the end of the tax period, for both the return and the payment. For a January–March quarter that is 28 April. Most businesses file quarterly; the FTA can put a business on monthly periods. A nil return is still due when there were no sales.
VAT on entertainment for people who aren't employees, on cars that are also available for personal use, and on goods and services for employees' personal benefit generally can't be recovered. If you also make exempt sales, VAT on costs shared between taxable and exempt activity is only partly recoverable.
The VAT-201 return reports standard-rated sales separately for each emirate where the supply was made. It doesn't change the total VAT; it's for reporting. Open "Split by emirate" in step 2 to prepare those figures.
Amendments to the VAT law took effect on 1 January 2026. They mainly cover refunds and time limits — for example, excess input VAT has to be claimed within five years — and some reverse-charge paperwork. The 5% rate, the registration thresholds and the return deadline did not change.
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This tool gives an estimate based on UAE VAT rules as of October 2026. It is not tax advice and doesn't replace your filed return. Special cases — partial exemption, profit margin schemes, tourist refunds, corrections to earlier periods — are not covered. Weekend deadlines are moved to Monday; public holidays are not taken into account. Check with a registered tax agent or the Federal Tax Authority.