The UAE's e-invoicing system validates every invoice against PINT AE. HelixLoom makes sure your customer, supplier, item and tax data passes, without changing your accounting records.
See why one small data error is enough to get an invoice rejected, what that costs your business, and how HelixLoom fixes it before your first e-invoice goes out.
The UAE is moving B2B and B2G invoicing onto a national Electronic Invoicing System built on the Peppol network. Invoices and credit notes are sent as structured data in the PINT AE format through an Accredited Service Provider (ASP), and tax data is reported to the Federal Tax Authority. For transactions in scope, a PDF or paper invoice on its own will no longer be enough. If mandatory data is missing or inconsistent, the invoice is rejected.
| Who | Appoint an ASP by | Go live |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue AED 50M and above | 30 October 2026 | 1 January 2027 |
| Revenue below AED 50M | 31 March 2027 | 1 July 2027 |
| Government entities | 31 March 2027 | 1 October 2027 |
Published dates as at October 2026, subject to Ministry of Finance updates.
Accounting systems were set up to print invoices and file VAT returns, not to pass machine validation. Years of free text, duplicates and local habits build up. PINT AE needs things many systems never held: Emirate codes, trade licence details, goods or services flags, HS and service codes, standard unit codes and proper credit notes.
Your provider checks each invoice as it is sent and tells you why it failed. It does not clean your master data for you.
Changing thousands of records inside an ERP is risky, especially near year-end or an audit. So most corrections live in a Corrected Copy: clean reference data that your ASP or integration uses when it builds each e-invoice. Only the few items that must change at source go on a short Must-Fix List. If you prefer, we also prepare import files so your team can update the ERP under your own control.
Formats, codes and mappings that can be fixed in the Corrected Copy. No effort from your team.
Missing details only you can confirm, such as a licence number or an ambiguous Emirate. We send you a short, prioritised query list.
Wrong values that must change in your ERP, such as a TRN belonging to another company. Each one is listed with the reason.
| Deliverable | What it gives you |
|---|---|
| Readiness Report | A score and a one-page summary for management |
| Issue Register | Every finding, record by record, with the rule it breaks |
| Corrected Copy | Clean customer, supplier, item and tax reference data, in the format your provider imports |
| Must-Fix List | The short list of items your team must correct in the ERP |
| Change Log | Every value we changed, from what to what, and why |
| Provider test | Where your ASP offers a test environment, a test invoice built from the Corrected Copy and sent by your team through the provider |
CFOs, finance managers and group financial controllers in trading and distribution, building materials, FMCG wholesale, electronics, auto parts, logistics, facility management, IT services and manufacturing. We are most useful where there are several legal entities, or thousands of customers and items.
We sign a non-disclosure agreement and a data processing agreement before you share any file.
We work from exports only. We never ask for a login to your accounting system, and we never hold write access to it.
Files arrive through a secure upload channel set up for your company, never by email.
Your data is processed in a secure, access-controlled environment, and deleted at the end of the agreed retention period, with written confirmation.
We use AI only with your written consent, and only on item descriptions, never on customer or supplier details.
We are not an Accredited Service Provider. We do not issue, sign or transmit invoices, and your invoicing never depends on our systems.
We do not give tax advice. VAT treatment decisions stay with your company and its tax adviser.
We do not promise zero rejections. We measure and reduce the data risk, and we show you the evidence.
