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VAT & tax
18 step-by-step guides for vat & tax.
How to prepare your VAT 201 return
See your full FTA Form 201 built from your own invoices and expenses, set your emirate, and download the return as a PDF.
What each box on the VAT Form 201 means
A plain-English tour of every box IzzyTap fills on the FTA VAT Form 201, box by box, and the difference between the net column and the VAT column.
How to export the VAT audit file
Export the line-by-line transaction listing behind your VAT return as a CSV file to hand to your tax agent or the FTA.
Set your emirate for VAT box 1
Choose your trade-licence emirate as the VAT place of supply so box 1 of the Form 201 files under the right emirate, and clear the amber 'set this' warning.
How to prepare your Corporate Tax return
Get your UAE Corporate Tax worked out from your books, apply Small Business Relief if you qualify, and download the worksheet as a PDF.
Which VAT boxes you finish on the FTA portal
Why boxes 2, 3, 6, 7 and 10 (tourist refunds, reverse charge and imports) are not inside IzzyTap and are completed on the FTA e-Services portal when you file.
How reverse charge and imports are handled
What the reverse-charge and import boxes are, why IzzyTap reports them as zero, and where to enter them when you file on the FTA portal.
Zero-rated and exempt supplies (boxes 4 and 5)
What boxes 4 and 5 of the VAT Form 201 are, the difference between a zero-rated and an exempt supply, and why both usually show zero for a standard-rated services firm.
Reclaim input VAT from expenses and bills
How your recorded expenses and supplier bills feed box 9 recoverable input tax on the VAT Form 201, why only standard-rated purchases count, and why a supplier TRN matters.
Net VAT payable or refundable (box 14)
How box 14 of the VAT Form 201 is worked out from the VAT you charged minus the VAT you can reclaim, and what the amber (you owe) versus green (refund due) colour tells you.
Why your VAT return shows no supplies
Troubleshooting a VAT Form 201 that shows no supplies: the wrong period in the date filter, the invoice date as the tax point, draft invoices, and credit-noted invoices dropping out.
The VAT tax codes on your transaction listing
Your VAT transaction listing tags every row with a short code: SR, ZR, EX, RC or OS. Here is what each one means and how each transaction gets its code.