Turn EmaraTax into an API

What you can build on EmaraTax

• Get VAT filings

  Build this

  Opens VAT in the Taxable Person menu, then My Filings under Returns & Refunds, selects View all and reads your obligations, returns and voluntary disclosures.

  Takes

  Tax type (VAT or Excise Tax), period from (optional)

  Returns

  Filing type, tax period, due date, status, submitted date

• Check liabilities and funds on account

  Build this

  Reads the My Payments screen: the liabilities listed on Select and Pay and the Funds available on account tile.

  Takes

  Tax type (optional)

  Returns

  Liability description, tax period, due date, amount due in AED, funds available on account

• List My Correspondences

  Build this

  Reads the My Correspondences section of your Taxable Person account, where EmaraTax keeps your registration certificates.

  Takes

  Received since (optional)

  Returns

  Date, subject, tax type, document name

• Generate a GIBAN payment reference

  Build this

  On My Payments, selects the liabilities you name in Select and Pay, chooses GIBAN and generates the unique payment reference number for your bank transfer.

  Takes

  Liabilities to pay (tax period or description)

  Returns

  Payment reference number, GIBAN, amount payable in AED, liabilities included

Automate EmaraTax with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• Open VAT returns, every Monday

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 8:00, Asia/Dubai

  Step 1

  Get your VAT filings from My Filings.

  Step 2

  Keep the returns that are not yet submitted.

  Step 3

  Email you the list with tax period, due date and status.

• New liabilities, posted to your accounting system

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 9:00, Asia/Dubai

  Step 1

  Read the liabilities and Funds available on account on My Payments.

  Step 2

  Keep the liabilities that were not there on the last run.

  Step 3

  Post description, tax period, due date and amount in AED to your ERP webhook.

• New items in My Correspondences

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 10:00, Asia/Dubai

  Step 1

  List My Correspondences.

  Step 2

  Keep the items that were not there on the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you each new item's date, subject and tax type.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get VAT filings” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "eservices.tax.gov.ae/get_vat_filings",
    "input": {
      "tax_type": "VAT",
      "period_from": "2026-01"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "taxable_person": "Acme Trading LLC",
    "tax_type": "VAT",
    "filings": [
      {
        "filing_type": "VAT Return",
        "tax_period": "2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30",
        "due_date": "2026-10-28",
        "status": "Submitted",
        "submitted_date": "2026-10-21"
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

EmaraTax’s own options

The FTA's EmaraTax guides and FAQs describe the portal only: they document no API or system integration for registrations, returns or refunds. Taxpayers file and pay in EmaraTax itself. Payments leave EmaraTax by GIBAN bank transfer, with a reference number generated in the portal, or by card through MagnatiPay.

Read on November 12, 2026: EmaraTax quick start guide, EmaraTax VAT knowledge base, Making payments in EmaraTax.

Signing in to EmaraTax

EmaraTax signs you in through UAE PASS: you select Login with UAE Pass and enter your Emirates ID, email address or phone number on the UAE PASS screen. The FTA says its services are available only through UAE PASS. With Fous you sign in once through that sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, never returned by the API, and a method does only what your account can.

Worth knowing

Only an acknowledgment of a filed return

EmaraTax lets you download an acknowledgment for a submitted return, not the return itself, and the FTA emails you an acknowledgment too. Keep your own copy of the figures you filed.

GIBAN payments need a reference number first

You log in, pre-select the liabilities and generate a unique payment reference number. Quote its 6 digits, the GIBAN and the exact amount, or the bank rejects the payment.

Certificates live in My Correspondences

Registration certificates are in My Correspondences. A certificate that was not a PDF in the old eServices system needs a registration amendment before the FTA issues it.

One refund request covers several periods

VAT and Excise Tax registrants submit one consolidated refund request for all eligible credit balances of a tax type, across tax periods, and can upload supporting evidence.

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