UAE E-INVOICING · BY INDUSTRY
Time-based fees, retainers, milestones and disbursements: we help consultancies and other professional firms issue every client invoice as a compliant UAE e-invoice.
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OVERVIEW
Consulting, legal, audit, engineering and IT firms bill on time, milestones or retainers, often with disbursements re-charged at cost. Most of their clients are businesses, so most of their invoices fall within UAE e-invoicing.
Webtel connects your practice management or project billing system, maps fees, retainers and disbursements correctly, and sends PINT AE e-invoices automatically, so partners and finance teams can keep billing the way they do today.
Professional firms bill from time and expense systems, project tools or practice management software, and invoices are often reviewed by partners before they are issued. E-invoicing must respect that review step and only send invoices once they are final.
Clients increasingly expect accurate, structured invoices they can process automatically. E-invoicing helps firms get paid faster by removing format issues and making sure every invoice reaches the client's accounts payable system.
CAPABILITIES
Fees from timesheets or milestones issued as e-invoices.
Retainers and advance payments applied correctly.
Re-charged costs shown and treated consistently.
Invoices to clients outside the UAE handled correctly.
COMMON CHALLENGES
These are the issues we see most often. Each one is planned for from the start, so it does not surface in the week before go-live.
01
Invoices change during review and must only be sent once final.
02
Time-based, fixed-fee and milestone billing in the same firm.
03
Costs re-charged to clients need consistent treatment.
04
Clients inside and outside the UAE with different rules.
THE UAE MODEL
The UAE uses a decentralised, Peppol-based "five-corner" model. Your invoice is created in your own system, validated and delivered by accredited service providers, and its tax data is reported to the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) as part of the same exchange.
Step 1
In your ERP, accounting or billing system.
Step 2
Checked against PINT AE and UAE rules.
Step 3
Your accredited service provider (ASP) exchanges it over Peppol.
Step 4
Delivered to the buyer's own service provider and system.
Step 5
Tax data is reported to the FTA.
HOW IT WORKS
We list every invoice, credit note and billing pattern your business uses.
Each scenario is mapped to the PINT AE format and the right tax treatment.
Your system is linked to an accredited service provider and tested with real examples.
You go live before your phase deadline, with our team on hand for the first cycles.
WORKED EXAMPLE
From timesheets to a delivered e-invoice.
See It in a Demo →WHY IT MATTERS
Invoices land directly in clients' AP systems.
Validated data means fewer client questions.
No manual emailing of invoices.
In-scope invoices issued correctly.
Cross-border clients handled correctly.
Know when each invoice was delivered.
IN DETAIL
BEFORE YOU GO LIVE
Having these ready before the assessment shortens the project and avoids surprises close to your deadline. Not sure where to start? Our free readiness checklists walk you through it.
Free readiness checklists →
WHY WEBTEL
FAQS
Yes. We connect the system where your invoices are created, whether that is a practice management tool, a PSA platform or your ERP.
Invoices to clients outside the UAE follow specific rules. We review each scenario against current FTA guidance and set them up accordingly.
No. Your approval steps stay the same; e-invoices are sent only after an invoice is approved and issued.
Yes. You can still share a readable copy by email; the PINT AE e-invoice is the legal document for in-scope transactions.
Write-downs after an invoice is issued are handled with a credit note sent as an e-invoice.
Retainer and advance invoices are mapped as their own scenarios, and later applied against final invoices.
EXPLORE MORE
Talk to our team about your system, your phase and your go-live date.