Qantara · SAP e-invoicing · UAE
SAP e-invoicing in the UAE, for S/4HANA, ECC and Business One.
Qantara connects your SAP systems to the accredited service provider (ASP) you appoint. It maps every billing document and credit note to PINT AE, validates it before submission, tracks each response and the tax data reported to the FTA, and matches supplier e-invoices to your SAP purchase orders and goods receipts. Qantara is not an ASP: it works with yours, and you can change ASP without changing SAP.
- S/4HANA through OData and REST, ECC through INVOIC02 IDocs
- Checked against PINT AE and UAE tax rules before submission
- One pipeline for every SAP system, entity and ERP in the group
Qantara · E-invoicing
PINT-AE · PeppolSubmitted today
1,284
Accepted
1,279
Exceptions
5
- INV-AE01-004812Entity AE-01 · outboundTax data reported
- INV-AE03-001907Entity AE-03 · outboundDelivered to buyer
- SUP-0142 · 88-2291Inbound · three-way matchPrice variance
- CN-AE01-000233Credit note · outboundBuyer TRN missing
Authorized vendor to
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Interior
- DGE Abu Dhabi
- Etihad Aviation
- EDGE Group
Delivered for
- Hindustan Unilever
- Nokia
- Linde
- USA Today
- JSL
Procurement-ready
- Emirati national company
- National ICV certificate
- Abu Dhabi Government Procurement Gate
- UAE Ministry of Finance, federal procurement
- Registered ADNOC vendor
Deadlines
From your go-live date, SAP has to send e-invoices
From the date that applies to you, every invoice and credit note in scope leaves SAP as structured PINT AE data through an ASP, and supplier invoices arrive the same way. A PDF is no longer the invoice.
30 October 2026
Appoint an ASP: revenue of AED 50 million or more (passed)
Not appointing an ASP on time counts as not implementing the system: AED 5,000, then AED 5,000 for each month or part of a month, up to AED 50,000 in any 12 consecutive months.
1 January 2027
Go-live: revenue of AED 50 million or more
Invoices and credit notes in scope go through your ASP, and tax data is reported to the FTA.
31 March 2027
Appoint an ASP: other businesses and government entities
Businesses with revenue below AED 50 million and government entities choose their provider.
1 July 2027
Go-live: revenue below AED 50 million
All other businesses in scope start issuing and receiving e-invoices.
1 October 2027
Go-live: government entities
Government entities start issuing and receiving e-invoices.
Ministerial Decision No. 244 of 2025, as amended; penalties under Cabinet Decision No. 173 of 2026. Check the Ministry of Finance for any later change.
Your options
Three ways to connect SAP to UAE e-invoicing
Every route ends at an accredited service provider. What differs is where the mapping, validation and tracking live, and how much work it takes to change provider later.
SAP Document and Reporting Compliance
SAP’s own route. SAP says its Document and Reporting Compliance solution for the UAE connects invoicing in SAP ERP systems to the e-invoicing system, and SAP Middle East & North Africa LLC is on the Ministry of Finance’s list of accredited service providers.
Your ASP’s SAP connector
Many ASPs offer a connector or add-on for SAP. It links your SAP system to that one provider, so changing ASP later means a new integration.
An integration layer: Qantara
One layer between all your SAP systems, any other ERP and the ASP you choose. Mapping, validation, tracking and reconciliation live in one place, and the ASP can change without touching SAP.
Which route fits
When Qantara is worth it, and when it isn’t
If you run one SAP system and are content with one provider, SAP’s own route or your ASP’s connector may be all you need. Qantara is for groups that run several SAP systems, other ERPs or many legal entities.
| What you need | Qantara | One connector for each SAP system |
|---|---|---|
| S/4HANA, ECC and Business One together | One data model, one pipeline and one dashboard | A separate setup and monitor for each system |
| Other ERPs in the group | The same rules and the same view | A different tool for each ERP |
| Changing ASP | A new ASP adapter and a conformance run, with no change in SAP | Rework in each SAP system |
| Your own validation rules | Tested on past invoices, then published with a second approver | Depends on each connector |
| Supplier invoices | Matched to SAP purchase orders and goods receipts, then posted to SAP | Depends on each connector |
| FTA reconciliation | Across every entity, with an audit pack you can export | One system at a time |
Product tour
Qantara on an SAP landscape
Screens from Qantara, shown with sample data for a group with 16 entities.
From SAP to the FTA
Created in SAP, validated against PINT AE and your rules, signed, sent to your ASP and reported to the FTA, with the count at every step.
Three-way match before posting
Price and quantity variances are caught against the SAP purchase order and goods receipt, and a person approves or rejects with a reason.
Every SAP system in one view
Entity scope, Peppol IDs and adapters for each company code, across S/4HANA, ECC and Business One.
How Qantara works with SAP
Built around how SAP issues and receives invoices
SAP S/4HANA
Billing documents and credit notes are read through OData and REST APIs, for each company code in scope.
SAP ECC
Invoices arrive as INVOIC02 IDocs over managed file transfer (MFT), for each company code in scope.
SAP Business One
For groups that run Business One in some subsidiaries, we build the Business One adapter to order, so those entities join the same pipeline.
One PINT AE model
SAP fields map to one canonical PINT AE model, from TRNs and tax codes to dates and units. Every mapping is tested with a conformance pack before go-live.
Validation before submission
Schema checks, UAE tax rules and your own rules run before an invoice reaches your ASP. Failures go back to SAP with the reason.
Supplier invoices into SAP
Supplier e-invoices from your ASP are matched to the SAP purchase order and goods receipt. Approved invoices are posted to SAP, and every decision is written back.
Suppliers from the vendor master
Import suppliers from the SAP vendor master and see which of them have a Peppol ID before your go-live date.
Retries when SAP or the ASP is busy
If SAP is locked or the ASP times out, messages retry on their own. Anything that still fails waits in a queue with the reason.
Open the SAP document
Every exception links to the SAP purchase order, goods receipt or invoice it concerns, including in SAP Fiori.
Before go-live
What to fix in SAP first
Errors in SAP master data cause rejections. Check these before you test with your ASP.
- Customer and vendor master data: TRNs, legal names, addresses and Peppol participant IDs
- Tax codes mapped to the UAE VAT categories, including zero-rated, exempt and reverse charge
- Units of measure and item data mapped to the code lists PINT AE uses
- A mapping for every invoice type you issue, including credit notes and self-billed invoices
- Output and numbering rules, so each invoice is sent once and matched to its response
- Routing of supplier e-invoices into accounts payable, matched to purchase orders and goods receipts
How it works
From SAP to go-live in four steps
- 01
Assess and map
List each SAP system, company code and entity, then map billing, FI and MM data to PINT AE.
- 02
Connect
Set up the S/4HANA or ECC adapter, or build the Business One adapter, and the adapter for your ASP.
- 03
Test
Run the conformance pack, then test rejections, credit notes and month-end volumes with your ASP.
- 04
Go live
Switch on entity by entity, with every invoice tracked from SAP to the FTA.
Free for 12 months
Keep every e-invoice for as long as the law requires
Your ASP sends your invoices, but the duty to keep them stays with you, even if you change ASP. Wathiqa, our document management system, keeps each PINT AE original with its PDF and ASP receipts, free for your first 12 months of e-invoicing when you sign up before 31 March 2027.
Track record
Trusted by UAE government entities and global brands.
Authorized vendor to five UAE government entities, with projects delivered for Hindustan Unilever, USA Today, Nokia and Linde.
- Startups and enterprises served by our engineering teams
- 150+
- Startups and enterprises served by our engineering teams
- Average rating on Clutch, Trustpilot and Glassdoor
- 4.9/5
- Average rating on Clutch, Trustpilot and Glassdoor
- Client satisfaction rate
- 98%
- Client satisfaction rate
- UAE government entities we are an authorized vendor to
- 5
- UAE government entities we are an authorized vendor to
Hear it from our clients
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Security
Built for finance-grade control
Single sign-on and scoped roles
Sign in through Microsoft Entra ID or your identity provider. Access is scoped by entity and role.
Segregation of duties
Nobody approves their own rule change or invoice. Above the threshold you set, a second approver is required.
The original kept intact
The PINT AE XML exchanged through your ASP is stored as the original record, with every response and decision logged.
Your servers or UAE cloud
Install Qantara in your data center or private cloud, or we host it in a UAE data center.
Book a demo
See an SAP invoice go from your system to the FTA
A specialist walks your finance and SAP teams through an outbound invoice, a supplier invoice with an exception and the FTA reconciliation, on sample data, in English or Arabic.
- A live demo, not slides
- Mapped to your SAP systems and entities
- Under NDA if you need one
4.9/5 average rating · 98% client satisfaction · 150+ clients served
FAQ
SAP e-invoicing questions, answered
Does SAP support UAE e-invoicing?
Yes. On 7 April 2026 SAP announced that the Ministry of Finance had pre-approved it as an e-invoicing service provider, and that its SAP Document and Reporting Compliance solution for the UAE connects invoicing in SAP ERP systems to the e-invoicing system. SAP Middle East & North Africa LLC now appears on the Ministry’s list of accredited service providers.
Which SAP systems does SAP’s own UAE solution cover?
SAP’s support article on the UAE e-invoicing programme lists SAP Document and Reporting Compliance, cloud edition, with SAP ERP (ECC), SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition. It does not list SAP Business One, so ask your partner or ASP how a Business One system will connect.
Do we need Qantara if we use SAP Document and Reporting Compliance?
Not always. If you run one SAP system and are content with one provider, SAP’s route may be all you need. Qantara helps groups that run several SAP systems or other ERPs next to SAP, want one view of every invoice across entities, need supplier invoices matched and approved before they post to SAP, or want to change ASP without changing SAP.
How does Qantara connect to SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC?
For S/4HANA, Qantara’s adapter reads billing documents and credit notes through OData and REST APIs. For ECC, invoices arrive as INVOIC02 IDocs over managed file transfer. Both map into one canonical PINT AE model, tested with a conformance pack before go-live.
Does Qantara work with SAP Business One?
Yes, through an adapter we build to order for your Business One company database. If your group runs Business One in some subsidiaries and S/4HANA or ECC elsewhere, every entity then shares one pipeline and one dashboard.
Is Qantara an accredited service provider (ASP)?
No. Qantara connects SAP to the ASP you appoint. The ASP exchanges invoices over the Peppol network and reports tax data to the FTA. Qantara prepares, validates, tracks and reconciles everything on your side.
What has to be ready in SAP before go-live?
Clean master data (TRNs, legal names, addresses and Peppol participant IDs for customers and suppliers), tax codes mapped to the UAE VAT categories, units of measure and item data mapped to PINT AE code lists, and a mapping for every invoice type you issue, credit notes included.
What are the penalties for missing the deadlines?
Cabinet Decision No. 173 of 2026, which replaced Cabinet Decision No. 106 of 2025 in October 2026, sets AED 5,000 for failing to implement the system, including not appointing an ASP on time, then AED 5,000 for each month or part of a month it continues, up to AED 50,000 in any 12 consecutive months. Each e-invoice or e-credit note not issued and sent on time costs AED 100, up to AED 5,000 a month for each.
Do invoices between companies in our VAT group need to be e-invoices?
Not at first. Under Ministerial Decision No. 197 of 2026, transactions between members of the same VAT tax group are excluded for 24 months from 1 January 2027. Invoices to customers, and to group companies outside the tax group, are in scope from your go-live date.
Can Qantara run on our own servers?
Yes. Install it in your data center or private cloud, or we host it for you in a UAE data center. Either way it uses your single sign-on and keeps a full audit trail.