UAE E-Invoicing for Wave Users — Export or Migrate with TrustBill

Wave is built for North American freelancers and small service businesses. Its chart of accounts, tax codes, and invoicing templates are centred on US/Canada requirements, not UAE VAT or FTA reporting.

**No PINT-AE output** — Wave cannot generate the UBL 2.1-based PINT-AE XML that the FTA e-invoicing mandate requires.

**No FTA or Peppol connection** — There is no native integration to the UAE FTA, a Peppol access point, or an accredited service provider (ASP).

**No Arabic language fields** — PINT-AE expects supplier and buyer legal names in Arabic alongside Latin script, which Wave does not support.

**No TRN validation** — Wave does not validate UAE Tax Registration Numbers (TRNs) or enforce the 10-digit TIN format used for e-invoicing.

Because of these gaps, Wave alone cannot make a business FTA-compliant. You must either export data to an ASP or move to a UAE-ready accounting system.

The UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA) and Ministry of Finance have made electronic invoicing mandatory for B2B and B2G transactions under Ministerial Decisions 243 and 244 of 2025, with detailed technical rules published in 2026.

**PINT-AE XML** — The mandatory format is the UAE-specific Peppol PINT-AE e-invoice, based on UBL 2.1. PDFs, Word files, scanned copies, and email attachments are not e-invoices.

**Mandatory data** — Every electronic invoice must include a unique sequential number, issue date, seller and buyer TRN, line items, VAT rate and amount, totals, and Arabic legal names.

**Accredited Service Provider** — Invoices must be routed through an FTA-accredited ASP connected to the Peppol or DCTCE network.

**Deadlines** — Businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more must be live by **1 January 2027**. All other businesses, including most SMEs and government suppliers, must comply by **1 July 2027**.

Wave users have two practical paths to FTA e-invoicing compliance before the 2027 deadlines.

**Option 1 — Export and use an ASP** — Keep using Wave for bookkeeping, export invoices and customer data to a structured CSV, and have an ASP such as TrustBill convert and validate the data into PINT-AE XML before submission. This works for low invoice volumes and interim periods.

**Option 2 — Migrate to a UAE-ready accounting app** — Switch to an accounting platform that already supports UAE VAT, Arabic fields, TRN validation, and native PINT-AE output. This is usually the best long-term choice if most of your sales are B2B or B2G.

The right choice depends on invoice volume, buyer mix, and how much manual work you are willing to manage each month.

TrustBill does not connect directly to Wave through a native API, but it can turn your Wave exports into FTA-compliant e-invoices.

**Export from Wave** — Download invoices, customers, payments, and account activity as CSV or PDF from your Wave account.

**Upload and map** — Import the structured CSV into TrustBill and map buyer, seller, line item, VAT, and TRN fields to the PINT-AE data dictionary.

**Validate and submit** — TrustBill checks the data for missing TRNs, incorrect VAT categories, and Arabic-name gaps, then converts it to PINT-AE XML and submits it through an accredited ASP.

**Track status** — Monitor every invoice as pending, submitted, accepted, or rejected, and auto-populate your VAT 201 return draft.

E-invoicing is not limited to large companies. Any person conducting business in the UAE may be in scope for B2B and B2G transactions, including freelancers, consultants, and one-person companies.

**Large taxpayers** — Revenue of AED 50 million or more: mandatory from **1 January 2027**.

**SMEs and others** — Revenue below AED 50 million: mandatory from **1 July 2027**.

**Free tier for micro businesses** — TrustBill offers a free tier with up to 50 e-invoices per month, making it a practical starting point for freelancers and micro businesses that need an affordable compliance option.