What's new in UAE TaxLab

Every update to the UAE TaxLab simulator and course, newest first.

The Android app on Google Play, chapter videos, a bigger exam and interview prep

  • The UAE TaxLab Android app is live on Google Play, with the story course, chapter videos, your certificate and the demo UAE Pass, in English, Arabic, Hindi, Malayalam and Tagalog.
  • A walkthrough video for every chapter, with English captions, at the top of the chapter. Free-chapter videos are free to watch; the rest come with the Course + Practice Pack.
  • Every chapter video is now also narrated in Hindi and Malayalam: the free chapters for everyone, the rest with the Course + Practice Pack. The player picks your language, and you can switch.
  • Final exam: the question bank grew from 50 to 150. Each attempt draws its own 50 questions, spread across the chapters.
  • Certificates: add yours to LinkedIn in one click, and copy a ready-made CV summary that describes the course honestly.
  • New lessons: the full 2026 penalty table (Cabinet Decision No. 129 of 2025, in force from 14 April 2026), UAE e-invoicing and its timeline, interview preparation with model answers, and how to put the course on your CV.
  • Blog: every post rewritten with worked examples, checklists and FAQs, plus three new guides (UAE e-invoicing, the 2026 penalty table, and the 2026 sugar-based excise on sweetened drinks), each with a featured image from the simulator.
  • Fixes: Smart Auto-fill now adds up several items in the same Excise category; a return opened from a client file always files for the business you have selected; refund claims sent twice at once are checked safely.

The story course: The Desk at Al Noor

  • The course became a story: you join a fictional Dubai tax firm as a junior associate and work through 16 chapters with 14 fictional clients.
  • Every chapter has a scene, your mission, conversations with clients, your mentor and a fictional FTA contact-centre agent, a spot-the-mistake check, a confidence checklist and a quiz.
  • Smart Auto-fill: fill a registration, any return or a service request from a client file, with a note explaining every figure. Free to use; you still review, declare and submit.
  • One UAE Pass, several businesses: register as many practice companies as your credits allow and switch between them with the Taxable person selector, like the real portal.
  • New services: VAT refund application (the amount comes from your filed returns), Voluntary Disclosure, and VAT registration amendment.
  • Excise Tax on sweetened drinks follows the 2026 sugar-content rates: AED 1.09, AED 0.79 or AED 0 per litre.

More FTA services and payment receipts

  • Reconsideration requests, private clarifications and the VAT refund for tourists scheme.
  • A numbered payment receipt by email for every pack purchase and exam fee.

Payments, notifications and your data

  • The Course + Practice Pack and the exam fee can be paid online (Razorpay, including international cards).
  • Push notifications in the Android app.
  • Delete your account yourself from your Profile page.
  • UAE Pass sign-up codes are checked for delivery, with a fallback if an email fails.

Corporate Tax services, TRC and tax agents

  • Tax Residency Certificate applications.
  • Corporate Tax services: tax groups (form, add or remove members, replace the parent, amend, deregister), Corporate Tax refund, change of tax period and registration amendment.
  • Link and delink a tax agent.
  • A real 6-digit code emailed to confirm your demo UAE Pass.
  • Certificates with a public verification page.

Excise, Corporate Tax and the course

  • Excise Tax and Corporate Tax registration and returns, alongside VAT.
  • Pay a filed return by GIBAN bank transfer or by card / wallet.
  • The first version of the course, the final exam and certificates.
  • Support chat and contact form.

UAE TaxLab launches

  • A simulated UAE Pass, VAT registration and the VAT201 return, box by box, for students and job-seekers.

UAE TaxLab is an educational simulation. It is not the FTA’s EmaraTax portal, nothing is filed with the Federal Tax Authority, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FTA.

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