Worked example · WE-03

Close a VAT quarter: file the VAT 201 and pay the FTA

Accounts prepares the Jul – Sep 2026 return, reviews it, enters it in EmaraTax, marks it as filed and records the payment to the FTA.

The case

The quarter 01/07/2026 – 30/09/2026 on the demo company. The return is due 28 days after the period end.

1. Prepare and review the return

Open the return of the period and click Refresh Figures. Read Before filing, please review: and open the items behind each link; check the Boxes tab; View prints it in the EmaraTax layout.

Go to Finance › MIS Reports › Tax › VAT 201 Return.

Then MIS Reports.

Then Tax.

Then VAT 201 Return.

Open the return of the period. Use the filters Not filed, Filed or Overdue to find it; if it is not there, click New.

Click Refresh Figures. Gigoo works the boxes out again from the posted invoices, bills and entries.

Read the yellow box Before filing, please review: and click a link to open the items behind it. Fix what needs fixing, then Refresh Figures again.

Check the Boxes tab. The list icon at the end of a line shows what is in that box.

Click View to open the return in the layout of the EmaraTax form, and print it. Enter the figures in EmaraTax and submit.

Back on the return, click Mark as Filed, check Filed on, type the FTA reference and keep Lock the period for VAT ticked.

2. File in EmaraTax and mark the return as filed

After submitting in EmaraTax, Mark as Filed with the FTA reference, keeping Lock the period for VAT ticked. Gigoo posts the VAT closing entry on the last day of the period.

FTA reference230000123456

Box 14 – Payable tax30,173.18 AED · VAT payable

Closing entryTA/2026/0002, dated 30/09/2026

Go to Finance › MIS Reports › Tax › VAT 201 Return.

Then MIS Reports.

Then Tax.

Then VAT 201 Return.

Open the return you entered in EmaraTax.

Refresh the figures once more before filing.

Click Mark as Filed.

Check Filed on. Type the FTA reference from EmaraTax.

Keep Lock the period for VAT ticked: no invoice, bill or entry with VAT can then be posted or changed on or before the period end.

Check the preview of the VAT closing entry and click Mark as Filed.

3. Pay the FTA

On the filed return, Record VAT payment: check the Amount, choose Paid from and the Payment date, Record payment.

PaymentBPV/2026/0075 · 30,173.18 AED from Emirates NBD

Go to Finance › MIS Reports › Tax › VAT 201 Return.

Then MIS Reports.

Then Tax.

Then VAT 201 Return.

Open the filed return.

Click Record VAT payment.

Check the Amount: what is still due for this return.

Choose Paid from: the bank or cash account you paid from. Check the Payment date.

Click Record payment. Gigoo opens the payment it made.

The result

The return is Filed, VAT is locked up to 30/09/2026, and the payment to the FTA is recorded. Only the Owner can re-open a filed return.

Close a VAT quarter: file the VAT 201 and pay the FTA

The case

1. Prepare and review the return

2. File in EmaraTax and mark the return as filed

3. Pay the FTA

The result

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