Everything you need to keep books the FTA will love.
From bank sync to filed return in one product. No spreadsheets, no jargon, no after-hours panic.
Bank sync
Available nowLive read-only feeds from UAE banks. Every transaction lands categorized, with VAT calculated, ready to roll into your return.
- Open-banking certifiedEmirates NBD, ADCB, Mashreq, FAB, RAKBANK, ENBD Liv.
- Read-only by designWe can see what hit your account. We can't move money.
- Pattern learningEtisalat once = Etisalat forever. The 200th Aramex receipt files itself.
- Multi-account, multi-entityUp to 3 banks on Growth, unlimited on Business.
OCR receipts
Available nowPhotograph, email, or forward a receipt — we extract supplier, amount, VAT and category in under 2 seconds, then link it to the matching transaction.
- 12 fields per receiptVendor, TRN, total, VAT, currency, date, category — and notes if there's a clean header.
- Email-in addressForward to receipts@your-workspace.watin.ae · we sort the rest.
- iOS + Android scanOpen the app, point, done. Multi-page receipts stitched automatically.
- Arabic + EnglishMost UAE supplier receipts are bilingual. We read both.
Invoicing
Available nowTax-compliant invoices in 4 steps. VAT booked the moment you hit send. PDF, email and FTA e-invoice — all in the same action.
- FTA-compliant by defaultTRN, VAT lines, terms, QR — never miss a required field.
- Multi-currencyAED, SAR, USD, GBP, EUR. FX locked at issue date or live.
- Recurring invoicesSet once. Watin issues, sends, books and reminds — every cycle.
- Polite chaseReminders that don't sound like a robot. Average paid in 11 days.
FTA e-invoicing
Phase 2 ASP-accreditedEvery invoice you send is cleared directly through the FTA's EmaraTax e-invoicing endpoint over Peppol PINT-AE, with a signed acceptance receipt back in your audit log.
- Accredited Service ProviderPeppol PINT-AE endpoint live on every account. No separate e-invoicing subscription.
- QR on every invoiceScannable, decryptable, retains the FTA acceptance reference.
- Auto-retry on errorsIf FTA bounces an invoice, we surface the exact field and resubmit on fix.
- Audit-grade XMLEvery submission stored as signed XML for 7 years.
Credit notes
Available nowOne-click reversal that reverses output VAT on your draft return at the same time. Always linked back to the parent invoice.
- Parent-linkedEvery credit note traces to the invoice it reverses.
- Auto-VAT reversalOutput VAT removed from the next return without manual edits.
- Partial & fullRefund a single line item or void the whole invoice.
- FTA-submittedCredit notes cleared through EmaraTax e-invoicing same as invoices.
Clients & light CRM
Available nowA directory that knows what to do — TRN-validated against FTA + ZATCA, default terms per client, balance-aware reminders.
- Live TRN validationUAE FTA, KSA ZATCA, UK VAT, EU MOSS. Catches typos before you bill.
- Per-client defaultsCurrency, payment terms, VAT scheme, e-invoicing rule — set once.
- Tags & lifetime viewRetainer · VIP · Lead · Partner — filter and report on any tag.
- CSV importerHubSpot, Pipedrive, raw exports — our mapper coerces the rest.
VAT returns
Available nowA live draft return that updates as you work. The 25th-of-the-month panic disappears the day you sign up.
- Box-by-box FTA mappingOutput by emirate, zero-rated, exempt, reverse charge — all auto-mapped.
- Pre-flight checksReceipt attached? Categories assigned? Accountant signed? — we tell you before you file.
- FTA-ready bundleVAT 201 PDF · transactions CSV · receipts ZIP. One download.
- Period compareQ-over-Q + Y-over-Y diffs explain what changed.
Corporate tax
Available now9% on taxable income above AED 375k. We keep a rolling estimate so the annual filing never sneaks up.
- Live estimateThreshold-aware. Tells you when you cross the AED 375k line.
- Adjustments engineDisallowed expenses, depreciation, transfer-pricing notes — flagged automatically.
- QFZP-awareFree-zone "Qualifying" tests live on your dashboard, not in a spreadsheet.
- EmaraTax exportNumbers come out in the exact shape FTA wants.
Audit vault
Available nowEncrypted document store. 7-year retention. Every document linked to the transaction it supports — searchable by amount, supplier, period.
- AES-256 at restUAE data residency. Replicated. Backup-verified daily.
- Auto-categorizedReceipts · VAT returns · contracts · licences · statements — sorted on upload.
- FTA-ready exportsOne click → bundled ZIP for audit response or investor due-diligence.
- Granular sharingPer-folder links, expiring, password-optional, audit-logged.
Reports
Available nowP&L, balance sheet, cash flow, aged receivables, client concentration — all live. Build custom views with the report builder.
- Cash or accrualToggle per report. Numbers consistent across both bases.
- Scheduled digestWeekly board pack hits your inbox Monday 6am.
- Period compareQ-vs-Q + Y-vs-Y baked into every report.
- PDF, CSV, share-linkAuditor-friendly exports without leaving the report.
Team & roles
Available nowOwner, Admin, Member, Viewer. Accountants count as free Viewers. SSO on Business.
- Free accountant seatsViewer role is free. They see everything · can leave notes.
- Granular permissionsRestrict billing, restrict deletions, restrict per-entity.
- SSO (Business)SAML 2.0 · Google · Microsoft · Okta · Auth0.
- Audit-loggedEvery change tied to a real person, immutable.
API & webhooks
Available nowREST API for every read and write. Webhooks for every event. Signed payloads, idempotency keys, sandbox + production keys.
- 50k requests / monthIncluded on Growth. 500k on Business.
- Idempotency keysRetry-safe by default · no duplicate invoices.
- Signed webhooksHMAC-SHA256 · replay protection · 24h re-delivery.
- Sandbox + productionTest keys never touch the FTA endpoint.
The boring part of running a UAE business, taken care of.
Start free, no card, 14 days of Growth. Watin reconciles your existing books before you finish your coffee.