What the mandate is
The UAE is moving business-to-business invoicing to structured electronic invoices, exchanged through accredited service providers and reported to the tax authority. A PDF attached to an email is not an e-invoice under the mandate; a structured document in the PINT AE format is.
Who it applies to
Scope is phased by revenue band and entity type. Groups with several entities should expect different appointment dates across the group, which is why readiness is tracked per entity rather than per company.
Timeline
Dates are published by the authority and updated. Treat the ASP appointment date as the operational deadline: after it, non-compliant invoices can be rejected by counterparties, which stalls cash.
The five-corner model
Supplier, supplier ASP, customer ASP, customer, and the tax authority as the fifth corner receiving the reported data. Finkraft sits on the supplier and customer side as the readiness and integration layer; it is not an ASP.
What "ready" means
Complete counterparty records (TRN, address, contact), invoice data that maps to PINT AE fields, an ERP that can emit or receive the format, and a chosen ASP with the connection tested on real invoices.
How Finkraft helps
A gap assessment against your ERP and data, automated outreach for the missing fields, ASP-neutral selection, and go-live support, with status synced back to the ERP you already run.
Eight questions, a score now, the report by email.