VAT treatment for every invoice

Know how to book VAT on every invoice.

What you send
Purchase invoices
PDF, photo or email attachment
INV-2026-0418AED 48,000
ERP data
The export or audit file from your books
Zoho BooksFirstbitTally PrimeQuickBooks
Safa engineYour country's VAT rules
  1. Reads the invoice
  2. Applies the country's rules
  3. Returns the booking
Nordwind Consulting GmbHGermany · non-resident
TreatmentReverse charge (imported services)Tax codeReverse charge 5%AccountProfessional fees
Where you get the answer
Safa web appLiveClaudeLiveSlackLiveMicrosoft TeamsLive
Microsoft 365 CopilotSoon
ChatGPTSoon
WhatsAppSoon
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Send a purchase invoice from the web, Claude, Slack or Teams and get the treatment, tax code and account to book.

Our mission: helping everyone, everywhere book their invoices correctly.

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Built for every country
  • UAEFTA · VAT 5%Live
  • Saudi ArabiaZATCA · VAT 15%Coming soon
  • OmanOTA · VAT 5%Coming soon
More to follow →
How it works

Three steps, wherever you work.

The same invoice gets the same answer in every channel. Pick one to see it.

  1. 01

    Send an invoice

    Drop a purchase invoice into the Safa web app, or send it to Safa in Claude, Slack or Teams.

  2. 02

    Safa reads it

    Safa extracts the supplier, location, service and amounts, then checks them against your country's VAT rules.

  3. 03

    Get the booking

    You get the tax treatment, the tax code and the account, with a one-line reason you can show an auditor.

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@Safa how do I book this one?PDFINV-2026-0418.pdfNordwind Consulting GmbH · 214 KB
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How to book itUAE · FTA rules
Treatment
Reverse chargeImported services
Tax code
Reverse charge 5%
Account
Professional fees (expense)
VAT
AED 2,400 output · box 3AED 2,400 input, recoverable · box 10
Services from a supplier outside the UAE: you account for the VAT yourself.
Reply in Accounts payable
Same invoice, same answer, in Microsoft Teams.
Why Safa

A general AI reads the invoice. Safa knows how to book it.

Chat assistants are good at reading documents. Booking VAT needs current rules, a link to your books and an answer you can defend at audit. Safa adds those, inside Claude or wherever else you work.

Rules kept current

Safa

A rules engine for each country, updated as the tax authority issues decisions and checked by tax specialists.

General AI chat

Relies on what it learned in training. No one tracks rule changes for you.

Same answer every time

Safa

The same invoice always gets the same treatment, with the reason and the law article behind it.

General AI chat

Answers can change from one run to the next.

Connected to your books

Safa

Reads your ERP export from Zoho Books, Firstbit, Tally Prime or QuickBooks and checks every line.

General AI chat

Sees one file at a time, with no link to your books.

Specialists behind it

Safa

Rules written by an ACCA-qualified tax practitioner and tested with partner tax firms.

General AI chat

No accountable tax expert behind the answer.

A record for the auditor

Safa

Workspaces, sign-off and history for every invoice, ready for a tax authority review.

General AI chat

A chat thread, not a record you can show an auditor.

Lower cost per invoice

Safa

When the rules already give the answer, Safa skips the costly AI steps. Plans start from about AED 1.10 per invoice.

General AI chat

Every invoice is a full AI run, and checking the answer is still your time.

Already use Claude? Keep it. Safa works inside Claude as a connector: Claude handles the conversation, Safa supplies the VAT answer.
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For finance teams

Before you book. Before you file.

Safa helps at both ends of the booking: it gets the treatment right first, then checks what was booked against your ERP export before you file.

Invoice Analysis
Know the right VAT treatment before you book.
Anyone booking invoices
VAT Verification
Verify what was booked before you file. Line by line against your ERP export.
Finance and tax teams
01Invoice received
02Booked in your ERP
03VAT return filed

ERP reconciliation

Matches every invoice line against the VAT export your ERP already produces. Works with Zoho Books, Firstbit, Tally Prime and QuickBooks.

Input VAT blocking rules

Applies the input VAT recovery restrictions and flags blocked input tax before it reaches your return.

Audit-ready reports

Export the verdicts and reasons for every invoice, ready for a tax authority inquiry.

See the ERPs Safa works with →
Security & deployment

Your data, where you want it.

Read about security →
Available

Safa-hosted

Safa runs everything for you. Your invoices and financial data stay in the country you operate in, which is the UAE today.

Enterprise · on request

Your infrastructure

For companies with strict data rules. Safa runs with your own AI models and databases, so invoice data never leaves your servers.

AI agreement. Invoice data sent for extraction is not used to train models, and Anthropic keeps it for up to 30 days.hello@safa-ai.com
Pricing

Two ways to pay. Same rules underneath.

Two ways to use Safa. Prices in AED.

Booking answers

In Claude, Slack and Teams

Know how to book each invoice, where you already work. Pay per invoice.

  • 50 invoices1 companyAED79per month
  • 150 invoicesUp to 3 companiesAED199per month
  • 500 invoicesUp to 10 companiesAED549per month
Every booking plan includes
  • Tax treatment, tax code and account
  • The reason and the law article
  • Claude, Slack and Teams
  • An Excel file of results in Slack

Or buy credits: 25 invoices for AED 59, 100 for AED 199, valid 12 months.

Your first 5 invoices are free. No card needed.

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VAT verification

The Safa platform

Reconcile every invoice against your ERP before you file. For finance and tax teams.

  • Starter50 invoices · 1 companyAED367per month
    • PDF invoice upload & OCR
    • FTA audit file import
    • Input VAT blocking rules
    • Basic VAT return export
  • Growth500 invoices · Up to 5 companiesAED2,751per month
    • Full input VAT blocking and late invoice rules
    • VAT return and audit evidence pack
    • Compliance settings per entity
  • Enterprise500 invoices · Unlimited companiesAED3,371per month
    • Everything in Growth
    • API access and ERP connectors
    • Custom compliance rules
    • Dedicated VAT specialist
    • Onboarding and SLA
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Customer stories

Used by UAE accounting firms and finance teams.

Our quarterly VAT reconciliation used to take two weeks in Excel. Now it takes an afternoon. The input tax blocking logic alone has saved us from multiple potential FTA penalties.
Mohammed Al HashmiSenior Tax Consultant, UAE21 Tax Consultants LLC
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