UAE: accredited service provider register reaches 67 with 13 days to the appointment deadline
The Ministry of Finance register showed 67 fully accredited service providers plus 3 still under final accreditation assessment when last refreshed on 16 October 2026 — up from 49 accredited and 8 pre-approved at the start of September. The pre-approved list shrinking while the accredited list grows is the useful signal: the queue is clearing rather than lengthening. Taxpayers with annual revenue of AED 50 million or more must have appointed an accredited provider by 30 October 2026, now under two weeks away, ahead of mandatory issuance from 1 January 2027. Businesses below that threshold have until 31 March 2027 with issuance from 1 July 2027, and in-scope government entities follow the same March appointment date with implementation from 1 October 2027. Appointment is made through EmaraTax. Counts circulating in secondary coverage this month ranged from 42 to 65; the figures here are taken from the Ministry's own register.