Markup and Margin Calculator (United Arab Emirates)
Price a job from your cost, see the markup and the margin side by side, and get the VAT figure that goes on the invoice. Everything runs on your device.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Nothing uploaded
- Updated for 2026
- Last reviewed October 2026
- Reviewed by the Owoode team
- AED
- VAT 5%
- TRN
- A4
- English
Charge
AED 1,400.00
excluding VAT
- Cost
- AED 1,000.00
- Profit
- AED 400.00
- VAT at 5%
- AED 70.00
- Total on the invoice
- AED 1,470.00
That is a 40% markup and a 28.57% margin.
Price rules that affect your markup
Nine groups of essential goods have a controlled price: cooking oil, eggs, dairy, rice, sugar, poultry, legumes, bread and wheat. Their price cannot be raised without the prior approval of the Ministry of Economy and Tourism under Ministerial Decision No. 246 of 2024, which took effect on 2 January 2025, and two consecutive increases must be at least six months apart. The framework rests on Cabinet Resolution No. 120 of 2022 on pricing consumer goods. Suppliers apply through the Ministry's price increase request service and must evidence the cost increase. Other goods are priced by supply and demand, so a markup on them is free.
Retail stores and online merchants with premises above 1,000 square metres must show the unit price in standard units of measure (Ministerial Decision No. 245 of 2024).
Every consumer sale needs a dated invoice in Arabic (other languages may be added) with the trade name, address, type of goods or service, price and quantity under the Consumer Protection Law.