# Approaching the UAE VAT threshold

> Registration becomes required once taxable sales pass AED 375,000 over 12 months. Bookalyze tells you when you're close; here's what changes when you register.

Category: Worked examples · Web page: https://bookalyze.com/guides/uae-vat-threshold

## Watching the threshold

For a UAE company that isn't registered, Home compares your last 12 months of marketplace sales (after refunds) with the thresholds: from **AED 187,500** you may register, from 80% of **AED 375,000** you're warned, and past it registration is due.

> **Caution:** The rule: register within 30 days of passing AED 375,000 over the last 12 months, or of expecting to in the next 30. Confirm with the FTA or your tax adviser.

## Once you're registered

1. **Add the registration.** Accounting → Sales tax: the UAE starter adds VAT 5% and zero-rated, and the tax account. Add your TRN, quarterly or monthly, and the date.
2. **Add the TRN to the company.** Entity & compliance → Profile → Registration numbers.
3. **Tax on new transactions.** Pick VAT on taxed categories; tax you pay is split out to claim back.
4. **Invoices change.** Buyer invoices become **Tax invoices** (فاتورة ضريبية) with your TRN.

The compliance calendar adds a VAT return 28 days after each period.

## What you should see

What you should see:
- [ ] The threshold line leaves Home
- [ ] A new invoice says Tax invoice and shows your TRN
- [ ] Reports → Sales tax has your first period

## Related guides

- [Sales tax: rates, registrations, tax on transactions](https://bookalyze.com/guides/sales-tax.md): Start with your country's rates in one click (Canada's GST/HST, QST and PST, or UAE VAT), add your registration, and pick the tax on each category. Amounts include tax, as on a receipt.
- [Create a buyer's invoice and send it through Amazon](https://bookalyze.com/guides/buyer-invoices.md): A tax invoice (or a plain invoice when you're not registered) drawn from the order in seconds, in English and Arabic, and sent to the buyer through Amazon without leaving Bookalyze.
- [The compliance calendar and reminders](https://bookalyze.com/guides/compliance-calendar.md): Filing dates worked out from your country, year end, registrations and documents, with email reminders 30, 7 and 1 days before, and on the day.
- [Home: what needs your attention](https://bookalyze.com/guides/home-needs-attention.md): One list of everything waiting on you, each line opening the page where it's done. When it's empty, you're caught up.