30/09/2026
Everyone is watching today's CIT deadline. Another clock started this morning.
If your revenue is AED 50 million or more, you have until 30 October to appoint an eInvoicing ASP. Go-live is still 1 January 2027.
The May extension gave three more months to sign. January stayed where it was. So anyone who uses the whole extension gets about nine weeks to connect, test and fix before real invoices go out. That part rarely makes the headlines.
Here's the order we're working through with clients:
Which deadline is yours. Under AED 50M, your ASP date is 31 March 2027.
Every place an invoice leaves the business. Zoho, Odoo, a POS, the Excel template someone emails.
Customer master data. Missing TRNs and addresses are what get invoices rejected.
Two or three accredited ASPs, and a straight answer from each on onboarding time.
A signature by mid-October, so a slow onboarding can't push you past the 30th.
One real invoice, sent end to end, before December.
You have two choices.
Close the CIT file today and start the ASP work next week, with a month of margin.
Or wait for the last week of October, when every other Phase 1 business is calling the same providers.
P.S. DM me "ASP-ready" and I'll send the checklist we use with our own clients, including the questions to ask an ASP before you sign.
