VAT Payments

All taxable businesses situating in United Arab Emirates are required to file VAT on quarterly basis. The total tax payable to the government depends on whether your input tax amount are enough to offset your output tax. If your output tax exceeds your input tax, then you will be required to pay the difference to the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) as VAT Amount.

How can we make VAT payments?

1. e-dirham
2. Credit Card
3. GIBAN
   1. Bank Transfer
   2. Manual deposit at Bank or Exchange

Follow these steps to pay using credit card or e-dirham card:

When you make VAT payments using your e-Dirham card, you will incur a transaction fee of AED 3. If you are paying with your credit card (Visa and MasterCard only), you will pay a transaction fee of 2-3% of the total payable amount. To make e-Dirham or credit card payments, please follow the steps below

• Login to FTA Tax portal https://eservices.tax.gov.ae/en-us/login
• Click on "MY PAYMENTS" tab
• Enter the vat amount in the column "VAT & Penalty Payment"
• Click on "Make Payment"
• In the next window clink on "Pay Now"
• Choose "Non-eDhirams Card option in the next window", in that opt Master Card/Visa and proceed
• After that a window will show up showing the amount to be paid including eDhirams fees.
• Click on confirm and enter your credentials

Note: While paying through credit/debit cards a charge of 3% above the VAT amount will be charged by FTA.

To pay the amount due using GIBAN, follow the below steps

• If using online banking to make the transfer of funds, log in to your bank account and add FTA as a beneficiary using the GIBAN number and FTA details. Note that you can also use the GIBAN with other banking channels too (for example visiting your local branch).
• Go to the fund transfer/ domestic transfer section of your online banking portal (this name may differ based on your bank account page).
• Enter the amount you wish to pay and proceed with the payment.
• GIBAN will be validated and the transaction will be processed accordingly
• Once you complete the payment, login to e-Services and go to ‘My Payments’ tab to check that the transaction has been reflected under the ‘Transaction History’ box. Please note that this can take up to 24 hours to be reflected on your account