Lesson 3 — Configuration: TRN, Default Emirate, and drafts
Everything the reports need lives in one place: Accounting → Configuration → UAE Tax Settings, which sits under the UAE Tax Reports group in the Configuration menu. There is one record per company.
| Field | What it does | What to set |
|---|---|---|
| Tax Registration Number | Prints on the report header, and is read by the FTA Audit File module (course 2.3) | Your 15-digit TRN, no spaces, dashes or prefix |
| Default Emirate | Catches standard-rated supplies whose Emirate cannot be resolved | The Emirate of your main place of business |
| Include Draft by Default | Opens the reports with draft entries already counted | Leave off unless you routinely review before posting |
The TRN is validated as exactly 15 digits. If it will not save, that is why — check for a stray space or a copied prefix.
Alongside it in the same group sit VAT Box Mapping, Emirate Mapping, CT Rate Config, CT Adjustments and Tax Filings. The mappings and rates ship seeded with sensible UAE defaults, so for most companies the only two fields you touch before running a report are the TRN and the Default Emirate.
Note for demo followers (August 2026): on the public demo,
UAE Tax Settingscurrently has no TRN or Default Emirate recorded on the config row, andCT Rate Confighas no dated window defined. The VAT report still shows a TRN because it falls back to the company record. If you are following along and a screen looks emptier than the screenshot, this is why — it is a demo seeding gap, not a product behaviour.
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