UAE Freelancer VAT Pricing Checklist

Use this before quoting or invoicing freelance work. It is a pricing worksheet only, not tax, legal, accounting, or financial advice.

1. Quote details

- Client name:
- Project or service:
- Quote date:
- Currency:
- Delivery period:

2. Net service fee

- Target income from this work:
- Delivery hours or days:
- Admin, calls, revisions, and follow-up time:
- Software, payment, licensing, or overhead buffer:
- Net service fee before any VAT treatment:

3. VAT assumption

- VAT registration status to verify:
- TRN needed on invoice?:
- Is the quote before VAT, VAT-inclusive, or outside VAT?:
- VAT amount if applicable:
- Client-facing total:

4. Official source check

- Federal Tax Authority VAT information:
  https://tax.gov.ae/en/taxes/vat.aspx
- FTA VAT registration page:
  https://tax.gov.ae/en/content/registration.for.vat.aspx
- Date checked:
- Question still needing qualified advice:

5. Invoice wording check

- Service fee shown separately:
- VAT amount shown only if applicable:
- Payment terms:
- Due date:
- Late-payment boundary:
- Notes for client:

6. Final quote note

- Amount to quote:
- What is included:
- What is excluded:
- What would trigger a revised quote: