Integrations
Connecting QuickBooks to Ravera for UAE e-invoicing
QuickBooks Online connects to Ravera through Ravera’s REST API, usually with a small integration built by your developer or accounting partner. Invoices created in QuickBooks are sent to Ravera, which converts them to PINT AE XML, validates them, exchanges them over Peppol and reports to the FTA. Lower-volume businesses can use Ravera’s web invoicing instead.
- QuickBooks Online
How it works
How QuickBooks connects to Ravera
Your system
QuickBooks
Creates the invoice and sends the data
Ravera
Ravera API
Converts to PINT AE XML, validates and signs
Ravera
Peppol network
Exchanged through Ravera’s own Access Point
Buyer’s ASP
Your buyer
Receives it through their own provider
FTA reporting: Ravera reports tax data from each invoice to the Federal Tax Authority in near real time, and archives it for 7 years in the UAE.
Who does what
What your integrator builds, and what Ravera provides
What your QuickBooks team or integrator builds
Your team or integrator builds and owns the connection.
- Pick up new invoices and credit memos from QuickBooks Online
- Map customer, tax rate and TRN data to the API
- Record Ravera’s status against each invoice
- Create inbound supplier invoices as bills
What Ravera provides
The accredited platform, and help at every step of testing.
- A documented, FTA-approved REST API
- API credentials and sandbox access in week 1
- Help mapping your invoice data to PINT AE
- Testing support until validation, Peppol exchange and FTA reporting all pass
- In production: exchange through our own Peppol Access Point, FTA reporting and 7-year UAE archiving
- PINT AE rule updates and local support on UAE hours
Common ways to build the connection
- 01
QuickBooks Online API
A developer uses the QuickBooks Online API and its notifications to pick up new invoices, send them to Ravera and record the result.
- 02
Web invoicing
For modest volumes, Ravera’s web invoicing lets your team create compliant e-invoices in the browser with no build at all.
- 03
Inbound as bills
Supplier invoices received by Ravera can be created as bills in QuickBooks, ready for payment.
Onboarding
From sandbox to production
- 1Week 1
Map
We help your integrator map your invoice data to PINT AE, and issue API credentials and sandbox access.
Who does the work: Ravera and your integrator
- 2Weeks 2–6
Integrate
Your integrator builds to our API. We assist testing until validation, Peppol exchange and FTA reporting all pass.
Who does the work: Your integrator, with Ravera assisting
- 3Week 7+
Go live
Production credentials are issued. Ravera carries exchange, reporting, archiving and rule updates, with local support on call.
Who does the work: Ravera
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Should a small business use the API or web invoicing?
It depends on volume. If you issue a modest number of invoices each month, Ravera’s web invoicing lets you create compliant e-invoices in the browser with no build. If you issue more, or want invoices to flow from QuickBooks automatically, a developer or accounting partner can connect QuickBooks Online to Ravera’s REST API.
Who builds the QuickBooks connection?
Your developer or accounting partner builds and owns the connection between QuickBooks Online and Ravera’s REST API. Ravera provides the documentation, sandbox and credentials, helps map your invoice data to PINT AE, and assists testing until validation, Peppol exchange and FTA reporting all pass. Ravera does not build the connection for you.
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