UAE tax, explained without the jargon.
Short, practical notes on the rules that actually catch businesses out — written by the people who file the returns.
What an ICV certificate is actually scored on
In-Country Value is an accounting exercise before it is a procurement one. What goes into the score, where it is usually lost, and why the work starts with your audited accounts.
Read the article →Small Business Relief: is it actually worth electing?
Revenue at or below AED 3,000,000 lets you elect to be treated as having no taxable income. It is not automatically the better answer, and here is what you give up.
Read the article →When is your UAE Corporate Tax return due?
Nine months from the end of your tax period — with worked dates for the common year ends, and why the deadline that actually binds you is an earlier one.
Read the article →Do you have to register for VAT in the UAE?
The AED 375,000 threshold, how your turnover is actually measured against it, the 30-day forward test most businesses miss, and what voluntary registration is really for.
Read the article →Not sure what you are supposed to have filed?
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