UAE · COMPLIANCE & ADVISORY · SINCE 2017
SERVING ALL 7 EMIRATES OF THE UAE
Industries/E-commerce & Retail
Industry · E-commerce & retail

E-commerce accounting.
Every channel reconciled.

Accounting and VAT for UAE online and retail businesses — marketplace and payment-gateway reconciliation, multi-channel revenue and cross-border VAT.

How we help

What we do for e-commerce & retail.

Bookkeeping & reconciliation
Gateway payouts, fees and holdbacks reconciled to orders and to the bank.
VAT for e-commerce
Place-of-supply, cross-border and import VAT across your channels.
Corporate Tax
Taxable-income computation for online and omni-channel models.
Modelling & unit economics
Contribution and unit-economics models that show what actually makes money.
Sector considerations

What makes e-commerce & retail different.

Gateway & marketplace reconciliation
Stripe, PayTabs, Amazon, Noon and others — fees, payouts and holdbacks tied out.
Multi-channel revenue
Revenue recognised consistently across website, marketplace and retail.
VAT place of supply
Domestic, cross-border and imported-goods VAT applied to the right transactions.
Returns & chargebacks
Returns, refunds and chargebacks reflected so revenue and stock stay true.

General guidance for e-commerce & retail businesses in the UAE; confirm tax and accounting specifics for your facts against the latest FTA / Ministry of Finance sources, or talk to us.

FAQ

E-commerce & Retail accounting, answered.

How does VAT apply to e-commerce sales in the UAE?+

VAT on e-commerce follows place-of-supply rules: sales delivered within the UAE are generally standard-rated at 5%, while cross-border sales and imported goods each have their own treatment. Selling through marketplaces adds questions about who accounts for the VAT. Our VAT compliance service maps the right treatment across website, marketplace and retail channels.

How do online sellers reconcile payment gateway and marketplace payouts?+

Reconcile each payout back to the individual orders it settles, then tie the net amount to the bank — capturing the gateway’s fees, refunds and holdbacks in between. Skipping this step leaves revenue, fees and VAT all approximate. We reconcile Stripe, PayTabs, Amazon, Noon and similar settlements to orders and bank as core e-commerce bookkeeping.

Do e-commerce businesses in the UAE pay Corporate Tax?+

Yes — UAE e-commerce businesses are subject to Corporate Tax like any other company: 9% on taxable income above AED 375,000 and 0% below. Online and omni-channel models raise their own computation questions, from channel-level revenue recognition to marketplace fees. Our Corporate Tax service handles registration, computation and filing for online sellers.

How should an online store account for returns and chargebacks?+

Returns, refunds and chargebacks should reduce recognised revenue and flow back into stock and VAT adjustments in the period they happen, not sit unrecorded in a gateway balance. High-return categories can materially change true margin. We build returns and chargebacks into the monthly close so revenue and inventory stay accurate.

Rules current as at August 2026 — general guidance, not tax advice.

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