Does SupaJack Construct prepare the UAE VAT return?
Mostly. From the VAT type on each invoice and bill line it computes the return boxes for standard-rated sales by emirate, reverse charge, zero-rated, exempt, imports and input VAT, for the team to review and file. Tourist refunds, import adjustments and bad-debt relief are entered by the team, and the return flags them.
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Where the figures come from
Output VAT from progress invoices and credit notes, and recoverable input VAT from supplier bills, as they are approved and posted. The return ties to the VAT accounts in the general ledger.
What is computed and what is flagged
Every invoice line and bill line carries a VAT type: standard, zero-rated, exempt, outside the scope, or reverse charge on bills. It is prefilled from the product and can be changed on the line, and a credit note reduces the box of the sale it corrects. A bill can be marked as imported through customs with the import VAT paid, which places it in Box 6. Only older lines with no recorded type fall back to an estimate from the supplier's or customer's country, and those figures are flagged for the team to review.
Box 2, Box 7 and Box 13 are left for the team and flagged on the return. Export zero-rating on service lines that have no product is also flagged for the team to check.
The transaction extract the system produces is labelled as an internal file and should not be submitted to the FTA as an audit file without review.
Filing
Returns are filed on the FTA portal by the 28th day after the period ends. The system does not file them.
Related tools and guides
See payroll and WPS, time and attendance, interim payments, finance and VAT, approvals, the construction ERP overview, the buyer's guide and the answer on scheduling, BIM and safety.
Worked example
For the quarter to 30 September a contractor's posted invoices carry AED 210,000 of output VAT and its bills AED 132,000 of recoverable input VAT. The return shows AED 78,000 payable. A AED 4,000 bad-debt adjustment is calculated by the accountant and entered on the portal.
Questions people ask
Does it file the return?
No. The team files on the FTA portal.
Which boxes are entered by hand?
Box 2 tourist refunds, Box 7 import adjustments, and Box 13 bad-debt relief. The return flags each one.
Is the audit file FTA-ready?
It has not been verified against the FTA specification.