9% corporate tax since June 2023. 5% VAT since 2018. No personal income tax. Pull what the FTA needs from your ENBD PDF in seconds.
Convert for tax prepThe UAE has no personal income tax, so individuals filing on personal income do not need a statement-driven return. The work sits at the entity level: 9% corporate tax on profits above AED 375,000 since June 2023, and 5% VAT since January 2018 for businesses above the AED 375,000 annual revenue threshold. Free-zone entities (DIFC, ADGM, JAFZA, DMCC) can still qualify for 0% on qualifying income if they meet the FTA's conditions.
Emirates NBD is the source bank for a large share of UAE SMEs and freelancers. The FTA does not require you to submit a statement with the return — it requires you to keep it for at least seven years and produce it on request. A clean Excel export is what most UAE accountants ask for when preparing the CT or VAT filing.
Emirates NBD statements show VAT PAYMENT FTA as a distinct debit row when you remit through the FTA portal. Supplier payments that include 5% VAT will not show the split on the bank line — the bank sees the gross amount only. The split sits on the supplier invoice, which is why the statement and the invoice ledger need to reconcile.
Direct debits for utilities (DEWA), telecom (du, Etisalat), and SaaS subscriptions are labelled clearly. End-of-service gratuity payments to staff appear as standard TRF- entries; UAE labour law treats gratuity separately from salary, and the statement preserves that distinction in the descriptor.
For corporate tax, you need a clean revenue figure and qualifying business expenses. For VAT, you need every output VAT supply and every input VAT debit through the period.
English-dominant PDF. Dates in DD/MM/YYYY format. Multi-currency statements show AED and foreign currency amounts in parallel columns. Digital QR code on official statements for authenticity. Transaction labels prefixed with channel codes: POS-, ATM-, TRF-, IB- (internet banking). Page breaks may split single transactions across pages in long statements.
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| POS-PURCHASE- | Point-of-sale card payment at a merchant |
| ATM WITHDRAWAL | Cash withdrawal from ATM |
| SALARY CREDIT | Monthly salary deposited via WPS or direct transfer |
| SALIK | Dubai road toll deduction (Salik RFID system) |
| ETISALAT / du | Telecom bill payment to UAE mobile operators |
UAE corporate tax (9% above AED 375K, effective June 2023) requires businesses to reconcile bank deposits against revenue figures; statements are the primary source for revenue verification by the FTA.
Pull the statement covering your tax period
From ENBD Mobile, request the statement covering your full CT period (typically calendar year) or VAT period (monthly or quarterly per your FTA registration). Save the PDF and upload it to Kashfbank.
Confirm AED and the period boundaries
Check the opening and closing dates match the FTA period. If the statement crosses two VAT quarters, Kashfbank still extracts the full file — you filter by date after export.
Categorise into FTA buckets
Use the Category column to group rows: Revenue, Supplier (with VAT), Supplier (no VAT), VAT Remittance, Salary, Gratuity, Other. UAE accountants typically remap these to the chart of accounts in Zoho Books or Xero on import.
Export and hand to your tax agent
Download the CSV. It opens directly in Zoho Books UAE VAT edition, Xero, or QuickBooks. Keep the original PDF for the seven-year FTA retention window.
Common challenges
Does the UAE require me to submit my Emirates NBD statement with my tax return?
No. The FTA does not collect statements with the return. It requires you to retain them for at least seven years and produce them within five business days of an audit request. The converted Excel makes both the filing and any future audit response faster.
How does Kashfbank handle VAT amounts on ENBD statements?
The bank line shows the gross amount paid to a supplier. The 5% VAT split sits on the supplier invoice, not the bank statement. Kashfbank tags VAT PAYMENT FTA rows separately so your prior-period remittances are easy to sum.
I am a free-zone company on 0% corporate tax. Do I still need this?
Yes. Qualifying Free Zone Persons still file a return and must keep records. The converted statement is the underlying evidence for the revenue and expense numbers in that filing.
Does the export distinguish salary from end-of-service gratuity?
Yes. Both are TRF- entries on the statement, but the descriptor labels them differently. Kashfbank keeps the full descriptor so your accountant can split salary expense from gratuity expense when preparing the P&L for the FTA.
What about Emirates Islamic accounts?
Emirates Islamic is a separate subsidiary with its own statement format. Murabaha, Ijara, and Wakala entries appear with their original Arabic labels. We do not relabel them as 'interest' — they are not interest.
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Regulator: Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE)
Fiscal year: Jan 1 – Dec 31 (Gregorian)
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