Every VAT-registered business must file a return within 28 days of each tax period — usually every quarter, and even when no VAT is due. SKM International prepares and files your VAT returns on EmaraTax, with output and input VAT worked out correctly, so you pay or reclaim the right amount and never miss a deadline. Chartered accountants, serving the UAE since 2006.
Just registering, owed a refund, or dealing with a late-filing penalty?
A VAT return looks routine until a figure is in the wrong box, a zero-rated supply is treated as standard, or input VAT is over-claimed. Each of those invites an FTA query — and a late return is penalised regardless of the amount.
Registered businesses file their VAT return on Form VAT201 through EmaraTax, within 28 days of the end of each tax period. Most file quarterly; larger businesses, generally those above AED 150 million in annual turnover, file monthly.
The return reports your output VAT (what you charged customers) against your input VAT (what you paid on business costs) — and the difference is what you pay to, or reclaim from, the FTA. Getting the classification and the input recovery right is where accuracy matters: over-claim and you risk a review; under-claim and you leave money behind.
SKM International prepares and files each return for you: reconciling your records, applying the correct VAT treatment, completing VAT201 and submitting it on EmaraTax before the deadline. You get a return that is accurate, on time, and ready to stand behind if the FTA ever asks.
From the raw records to a submitted return — we take the whole cycle.
Send us your records and we will get the return prepared and filed correctly. If you are already late, we file straight away to stop the penalty growing.
Most businesses file VAT returns quarterly, within 28 days of the end of each tax period. Larger businesses, generally those with annual turnover above AED 150 million, file monthly. Your filing cycle is set by the FTA. We track your specific deadlines and file each return on time through EmaraTax.
VAT returns are filed on Form VAT201 through the FTA's EmaraTax portal. The form reports your output VAT, input VAT and the net amount payable or refundable. We prepare and submit it for you, keeping the supporting workings so the figures can be backed up if the FTA raises a query.
Yes. A nil return still has to be filed by the deadline. The late-filing penalty applies regardless of whether any VAT is due, so even a period with no sales or no VAT payable must be reported on time. We file your nil returns just as we do any other, so nothing is missed.
Late filing attracts an automatic penalty that applies even if no VAT is owed, and any unpaid VAT attracts a separate late-payment penalty on top. The amounts are set out on our Tax Penalties page. If you are already late, the priority is to file immediately — we can do that for you to stop the penalty building.
Yes. If your input VAT for the period exceeds your output VAT, the return shows a refundable amount, and you can request a refund rather than carrying it forward. We handle the refund request as part of filing — see our VAT Refund page for how the process and the new time limits work.
Yes — that is how most clients work with us. We handle every return on an ongoing basis: collecting the records, preparing the figures, filing VAT201 on time and confirming it back to you each period. You never have to think about the deadline, and your VAT stays clean year-round.
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