VAT was introduced in the UAE on January 1, and residents are slowly beginning to see how it will affect them.

With many sharing their VAT receipts online to discuss the damage, one Twitter user made a valid point about the smaller charges; how do you pay .5fils without a .5fils coin?

Mate of mine went to buy chai for 1 AED. Was charged 1.5 AED ‘due to VAT’. 5% on 1AED = 1.05AED. We don’t have 5 fils in UAE, only 25 and 50. How is someone meant to pay for something like this? Is this a new level of price gouging? #VATinUAE #UAEVAT

— Jaaved Khatree (@jaaved) January 2, 2018

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It seems that way

Yeap, similar story here. My Dh 1 apple at the grocery store is now Dh 1.25.

— Just Reva (@ItsJustReva) January 2, 2018

And a couple of people have noticed

My first purchase with VAT. Can anyone from @MashreqTweets or @EmiratesNBD or @DIBtoday or anyone for that matter comment on whether or not smaller currency will be released to accomodate this or do we have to do everything by card, piling up charges in the process? pic.twitter.com/qk8mutKKIQ

— Jess Combes (@jesscombes) January 1, 2018

Residents might expect prices to get rounded up

This happened in Ireland in 2002 when the EURO was introduced. Everything was rounded up to the nearest 10c. I very much expect this to happen here. https://t.co/oN782KIFcI

— Rob McGovern (@RobMcGov) January 2, 2018

People have been sharing their receipts online

My first VAT with my first coffee in #2018 pic.twitter.com/xRm0bjBhni

— Abdul Hamid Ahmad (@AbdulHamidAhmad) January 1, 2018

And the reaction is mixed

But positivity will get us far

Just paid VAT for the first time. And I’m still alive. It’s gonna be okay everyone!

— brent black (@brentblack) January 1, 2018

Not to worry folks