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UAE Corporate Tax

UAE Corporate Tax  has been implemented  from 1st June 2023. As a UAE commercial operation, you are obliged to comply with the prevailing legislation and submit UAE Corporate Tax returns for your financial year calculated at 9% on profits above AED375,000.

Preparation is essential to optimise your tax liability. Our consultants can provide you with the necessary assistance and guidance to ensure you benefit from all available reliefs and exemptions under the Legislation.

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Smarter Corporate Tax Solutions

Corporate Tax Registration

FTA Tax Agency support to reliably register your business individually or as a Tax Group under the FTA registration procedures.

Corporate Tax Reporting

Complete outsource advisory and finance solution for small business to optimise financial reporting, VAT and UAE Corporate Tax.

Corporate Tax Health Check

Our comprehensive 360 Corporate Tax Health Check assesses UAE Corporate Tax aspects from structuring, exemptions, systems, processes, training to transfer pricing considerations

Corporate Tax Filing

FTA Tax Agency support to reliably register your business individually or as a Tax Group under the FTA registration procedures.

SME Financial & Tax Solutions

FTA Tax Agency support to reliably register your business individually or as a Tax Group under the FTA registration procedures.

Transfer Pricing

Best practice guidance to define, optimise and reduce costs in your UAE Transfer Pricing model with the continuous support to maintain your transfer pricing rules.

As an ISO 9001, 27001 & 42001 certified & FTA Tax Agency, we deliver cost effective, reliable and quality driven services. All our services are compliant to the prevailing legislation and seek to benefit you from all eligible reliefs.

Complete solution to manage your financial reporting to managing a start up or small business’s complete Outsourced AccountingTax Registrations and  CT obligations.

We include FTA Tax Agency professional advisory to optimise your tax obligations and a free FTA Zoho Books or QuickBooks software license to ensure your business scales seamlessly and benefits from rich reporting insights.

Our service delivery is controlled through our mobile app and portal. We ensure you have access to a team to collaborate and consistently execute your requirements.

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At SimplySolved, we save your time, resources, and costs. Whether you need help with Outsourced Accounting, VAT Registration, Corporate Tax, Employee Management & Payroll, or ERP & Zoho Implementation Services. we have the expertise and solutions to help.

We have worked with 100’s satisfied clients across all industries. Contact us and see how we can help your business deliver superior results and save costs.

John
John
14 May 2017
We’ve been working with Simply Solved for our accounting and bookkeeping needs here in Dubai, and we couldn’t be happier with the service. As newcomers to the region, we weren’t familiar with local accounting practices, but our account manager, Ivan Joel, has been an absolute gem. He’s incredibly knowledgeable, always responsive, and goes above and beyond to guide us through every step — no
Boris
Boris
14 Apra 2025
The team helped me on setting up tax requirements for my new business and although it was a long process but the team was keeping me updated at all times ensuring things were done in a propoer way.

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FAQ's

All businesses or individuals conducting commercial activities are subject to the CT Legislation. CT will not apply to an individual’s salary and other employment income. However, individuals who are deriving income as a business activity would be covered under CT.
 
A narrow scope of entities are exempt from Corporate Tax such as Government entities or extractive businesses (upstream oil and gas sector).

CT is a distinct and separate obligation to VAT. No minimum turnover threshold is applied and you must register and fulfill your obligations under the CT Law. VAT registration is not required to meet your CT obligations.

The Corporate Tax Law still applies to Free Zones and are not automatically exempt. Special rules exist for Free Zones and you may benefit from a 0% rate on qualifying income subject to meeting requirements. Only satisfying these requirements can a Free Zone company benefit from the exemptions.

CT is calculated as
Final taxable income: (Net profit on worldwide income as per financial statement Less (-) deductible expenses, interest expense, depreciation, etc. + any adjustments to income
CT liability = A + B
– Less foreign tax credit (if applicable)
Final CT payable

Passive forms of income are exempt from CT, they include Investment in real estate, salary/ employment income, dividends, capital gains, other income earned from owning shares or other securities, interest from bank deposit/ saving schemes

The CT Law provides for some exemptions and benefits subject to meeting requirements. It is advisable to seek professional advice to ensure you maximise these opportunities.

No. Only expenses incurred wholly and exclusively for business purposes, (and which are not to be capitalized) are deductible. Certain types of expenses are subject to limits and cannot be fully expensed.

CT comes into force on June 1st 2023. Therefore if your financial year is from 1st January to 31st December, the first year for CT is from 1st January 2024. You are obliged to file your CT return and settle your liability 9 months following end of your financial year.

Yes. The MoF has announced a small business tax relief scheme available to small businesses. Qualifying businesses as having no taxable income and be asked to undertake simplified compliance obligations.
 
The threshold is based on the revenue and not the profits/taxable income and is expected to be confirmed in a subsequent Cabinet Decision

If your business conducts transactions between related parties and connected persons, you are expected to implement a formal Transfer Pricing policy and rules. This will include a Disclosure form, Master and local files detailing your formal policy and pricing determination evidenced by empirical benchmarks.

General Anti-Abuse rule, or “GAAR” applies to situations where one of the main purposes of a Transaction is to obtain a Corporate Tax Advantage not consistent with the intention or purpose of the UAE CT Law.
 
The FTA will address and counteract or adjust the transaction. The GAAR only applies to transactions or arrangements entered into on or after the date the UAE CT Law is published in the UAE Official Gazette of 10 October 2022.

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