UAE VAT for restaurants

VAT for UAE restaurants, kept per outlet and per TRN.

Each outlet trades as a legal entity with its 15-digit TRN: branches of one company share it, separate companies keep their own, and an FTA tax group’s TRN works too. The document it prints follows that registration, credit notes run on a series of their own, and a watcher keeps an eye on the registration threshold. delEat keeps the records for you and your tax agent; it does not file your return.

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What delEat does with VAT

The records your tax agent asks for, kept as you trade.

The thresholds are the UAE’s own: AED 375,000 of taxable supplies to register, AED 187,500 to register voluntarily.

TRN
A legal entity and a 15-digit TRN behind every outlet, shared by the branches of one company or across an FTA tax group, separate for each company.
The document
A registered outlet prints a tax invoice; one that is not prints an invoice. A template cannot override it.
Credit notes
On a number series of their own, per outlet, naming the invoice each one reverses.
Numbering
Invoice numbers run without gaps.
Prices
VAT inside the menu price, backed out rather than added on top, with money held in whole fils.
The issuer
The supplier’s name and TRN are frozen onto each order, so a later change never rewrites an old invoice.
Thresholds
Taxable sales over twelve months against AED 375,000 and AED 187,500, checked at each month end, with a warning at 90 percent and a date to apply by.
Reporting
Taxable sales, VAT, credit notes and the net figure per TRN, by month or quarter, out to CSV.
Expenses
Recoverable VAT recorded on each bill, on the Shift plan and up.
E-invoicing
Not yet. Coming soon delEat does not issue electronic invoices today.

How it works

Register, trade, watch the line.

Set up the entityA legal entity and a 15-digit TRN for each company, shared by its outlets, or one TRN across a tax group.
Issue the right documentA tax invoice or an invoice by registration, and a credit note on its own series for every refund.
Watch the thresholdTaxable sales over twelve months against the two registration lines, checked at every month end.

Questions

The questions people ask first.

Does delEat file our VAT return?

No. It keeps the invoices, credit notes and the VAT per TRN straight, and gives you the figures to hand to your tax agent.

Does it switch VAT on when we cross the threshold?

No. It warns you as you approach it and gives a date to apply by. Changing an entity’s VAT position takes a signed declaration.

Does delEat issue e-invoices?

Not yet. It prints tax invoices and credit notes; electronic invoicing is coming soon.

Can several outlets share one TRN?

Yes. Branches of one company share the company’s TRN, and companies in an FTA tax group share the group’s TRN. Separate companies keep their own.

Is VAT added on top of the menu price?

No. VAT is inside the price and backed out of it, so the price on the menu is the price the guest pays.

Works with

The modules this page is about.

UAE VATA legal entity and TRN behind every outlet, and the right invoice every time.ExpensesThe spend book beside the sales book, VAT recoverable and all.ReportsThirty-one reports, costed off real recipes, out to CSV in one tap.Franchise feesRoyalty and both marketing funds, from each outlet’s own sales.CateringFrom the first enquiry to the last payment, with every document on the way.SetupA deep tree with a breadcrumb on every page.PricingPlans from AED 149 per outlet a month on a 2-year term. Thirty days free, no card.A TRN for each outletHow a POS keeps several companies’ VAT apart.Best restaurant POS in the UAESeven options, who each suits, with published prices, VAT, Arabic and delivery.
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Pricing

One price per outlet. No cut of your sales.

Plans from AED 149 per outlet per month on a 2-year term. Thirty days free, no card.

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Thirty days free

Keep the VAT records straight from the first order.

No card. VAT by TRN from day one, for a month on us.

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