AED 499 one-time onboarding, then one annual plan sized to your document volume. No per-invoice metering, no credits to count, no expensive package. Already on Zoho Books or Tally? We implement on your existing software for AED 750 + VAT.
Count every e-invoicing document you'll exchange in a year — sales invoices, purchase invoices, credit notes and debit notes — and pick the plan that covers it. Roughly 20 invoices a month? That's 240 a year: Small.
| Fastlane plan | Documents per year | Typical business | Annual fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Up to 100 | Consultants, freelancers, holding companies | AED 299 + VAT |
| Smallmost common | Up to 250 | Services firms, ~20 invoices a month | AED 399 + VAT |
| Standard | Up to 500 | Trading SMEs with supplier bills | AED 599 + VAT |
| Growth | Up to 1,000 | Multi-staff invoicing, exports, credit notes | AED 899 + VAT |
| Custom | Over 1,000 | Quoted on volume | On request |
Plus AED 499 + VAT one-time onboarding & setup. So a business on Small pays AED 499 once + AED 399 a year — two numbers, invoiced separately, nothing metered.
Go over your plan? We move you up to the next plan and charge only the pro-rated difference for the rest of your plan year. No per-invoice charges, no suspended service.
All fees exclude 5% VAT. The plan year runs from the date your service agreement is signed. Portal access and the PINT-AE Excel template are included in every plan.
Zoho Books and Tally each have their own accredited UAE e-invoicing connection. If you already run one of them, we don't add a second provider and we don't migrate you — we implement e-invoicing on the software you use, for one flat fee.
Zoho appointed as your ASP in EmaraTax and confirmed Linked. Item master (HSN/SAC, unit codes, VAT treatment) and customer master (TIN, buyer ID, Peppol address) cleaned. One pushed test invoice per VAT scenario with UUIDs recorded. Staff trained, go-live signed off.
Zoho Books implementation details →E-invoicing configured in your Tally company, ASP appointment completed in EmaraTax, party and stock-item masters cleaned (TRN, legal name, unit and tax classifications), test invoices per VAT scenario pushed and evidenced, credit-note correction process taught.
Implement on my Tally →Excel, custom ERP or software without an accredited UAE connection: onboard through our Ministry of Finance pre-approved provider, bill from the portal or a PINT-AE mapped template, and pay one annual plan sized to your volume.
See the annual plans →Which route do I take? If you already pay for Zoho Books Professional or Tally, the AED 750 implementation is almost always the right call — you keep your data, your workflow and your accountant. Your software vendor bills its own subscription and transaction charges. Xero, QuickBooks, Odoo and other systems: tell us what you use and we confirm the simplest connection before quoting.
Per-invoice pricing sounds cheap until someone has to count 137 documents and argue about the 138th. Our plans are sized to your real volume — AED 499 once, then Starter, Small, Standard or Growth — and include the ASP connection, the portal, onboarding, failed-invoice support and a tax agent on call. A ten-invoice-a-month business pays AED 299 a year; nobody pays for capacity they don't use.
The e-invoicing network service itself is provided through a Ministry of Finance pre-approved provider, TronStride FZC. Fastlane is not the Accredited Service Provider — we manage your onboarding, setup, ongoing support and billing, so you deal with one team for the whole thing while the accredited provider runs the network.
The technical connection is increasingly your software vendor's problem. The data quality is yours — and that's the work.
Once transmitted, it's fixed. No amending, no quiet re-issue. Corrections happen by credit note, every time. If your team currently changes invoices when a client queries one, that stops before go-live.
The FTA sees your invoice data in near real time — often before your customer does. Invoices dated to suit a period, or a month's worth raised on the 30th, become visible for what they are.
PINT-AE needs buyer TRNs, tax category codes, unit codes. Most UAE ledgers have free-text names and no TRNs at all. Nothing on the network fixes that — it's bookkeeping, and it's why "ready" businesses aren't.
Not a fee for clicking a few buttons. The AED 499 + VAT one-time onboarding takes you from where you are to live and validated — end to end.
Not included: any connector, module or software-upgrade cost your own accounting system may need, and bookkeeping remediation beyond the invoice master fields. If your customer master is 800 records with no TRNs, that's a separate engagement and we'll price it as one. Document volume beyond your plan moves you to the next plan at the pro-rated difference. You receive a dated written report — findings, gaps and what you'll pay. Onboarding is included when your phase arrives; your fee holds to your go-live date.
Applies across all free zones and the mainland equally, and regardless of VAT registration. Your phase depends on annual revenue, not licence type.
If you supply a Phase 1 business, your real deadline is January 2027 — not July. From that date their systems expect structured invoices. Send a PDF and expect it queried, rejected, or left sitting while someone works out what to do with it. The commercial deadline arrives six months before the legal one.
How much does UAE e-invoicing cost?
AED 499 + VAT one-time onboarding, then one annual plan based on how many documents you process: Starter AED 299 (up to 100), Small AED 399 (up to 250), Standard AED 599 (up to 500), Growth AED 899 (up to 1,000), all + VAT. A business issuing about 20 invoices a month is on Small — AED 399 a year plus AED 499 once. No per-invoice metering, no counting. See the plans above.
I already use Zoho Books or Tally — which option do I take?
The AED 750 + VAT implementation, not an annual plan. Zoho Books and Tally have their own accredited e-invoicing connections, so we implement on the software you already run — EmaraTax ASP appointment, customer and item master clean-up, test invoices per VAT scenario, training and go-live. Your software vendor bills its own subscription and transaction charges. Zoho Books implementation details.
What counts as a “document” in my plan?
Every e-invoicing document exchanged through the platform in your plan year: sales invoices, purchase invoices, credit notes and debit notes. Count all of them when choosing a plan, not just sales invoices. The plan year runs from the date your service agreement is signed.
What happens if I go over my plan?
We move you up to the next plan and charge only the pro-rated difference for the rest of your plan year. No per-invoice charges, no suspended service. If you land above 1,000 documents a year, we quote a custom plan.
Is Fastlane an Accredited Service Provider?
No. On the annual plans the e-invoicing network (ASP) service is provided through a Ministry of Finance pre-approved provider, TronStride FZC. On the Zoho Books and Tally routes, your software vendor's accredited connection is the ASP. Fastlane is an FTA-registered Tax Agent and MoE-approved auditor and manages your onboarding, setup, support and billing — one team, while the accredited provider runs the network.
I don't use accounting software — how do I comply?
You don't need to buy any. Raise invoices in a PINT-AE mapped Excel template or directly in the portal and they're submitted through the platform. AED 499 one-off covers setup and the template; then it's just your annual plan.
When does UAE e-invoicing become mandatory?
Revenue of AED 50M or more: appoint by 30 October 2026, live 1 January 2027. Below AED 50M: appoint by 31 March 2027, live 1 July 2027. Government entities go live 1 October 2027. The voluntary pilot has been open since 1 July 2026.
Can I still edit an invoice after sending it?
No. Once transmitted, an invoice can't be edited or deleted — corrections are made by credit note. If your team currently amends or re-issues invoices when something's wrong, that has to stop before you go live.
Does it apply to free zone and non-VAT-registered businesses?
Yes to both. It applies across all free zones and the mainland equally, and regardless of VAT registration. Being below the AED 375,000 VAT threshold doesn't exempt you unless a specific Article 4 exclusion applies — the default is that you're in scope.
AED 499 one-time onboarding, then one annual plan from AED 299. Or AED 750 + VAT to implement on your Zoho Books or Tally. Start when you're ready.
Start onboarding — reply within the hourNithin Pathak, Fastlane Management Consultancy LLC — FTA-registered Tax Agent and Ministry of Economy approved auditor, Dubai. Corporate tax, VAT, audit and compliance across UAE mainland and all free zones.
Position as at 5 September 2026. Software accreditation status changes as vendors complete the Ministry of Finance process — we re-check the current accredited list at the start of every engagement rather than relying on this page. General guidance, not advice on your specific circumstances. Related: Zoho Books e-invoicing implementation · ASP comparison · free e-invoice generator.