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Maximize Your Tax Returns- Proven Strategies for SMEs

Taxes aren’t exactly the highlight of running a small or medium-sized business. But here’s the truth: smart tax planning could be the difference between just getting by and actually thriving. As a small business owner myself for nearly a decade, I’ve learned that what you…

How to Register for VAT in Dubai and the UAE : Requirements and Procedures

VAT Registration UAE & Dubai for Businesses The introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) in the United Arab Emirates on January 1, 2018, marked a pivotal shift in the nation’s economic strategy. This blog dives deep into VAT registration in the UAE, with a spotlight…

Vat Services in the UAE

Introduction to VAT in the UAE Value Added Tax (VAT) is a fundamental component of the UAE taxation system. VAT was implemented on January 1, 2018, and has had a profound effect on businesses in many sectors. VAT is a consumption tax that is charged…

Tax Agent UAE and Tax Agent Dubai A Complete Guide

Introduction to Tax Agents in the UAE In the changing tax environment of the UAE, companies have to comply with numerous tax laws, such as VAT and corporate tax. For hassle-free tax compliance and to escape penalties, companies hire professional tax agents who are registered…

Corporate Tax Filing in UAE: A Complete Guide for Businesses

Corporate tax filing in the UAE is an important compliance process for companies doing business in the country. With the imposition of corporate tax by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), companies need to file taxes on time and accurately to escape penalties and ensure hassle-free…

Navigating FTA Tax Registration in Dubai: A Complete Overview

The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) of the UAE regulates taxes, making sure that companies are in line with Value Added Tax (VAT), corporate tax, and excise tax. FTA registration is necessary for companies doing business in the UAE, as it enables them to meet tax…

VAT Returns Filing UAE : Your Guide to Filing & Compliance

Value Added Tax (VAT) is an indirect tax on the consumption of goods and services. VAT was implemented in the UAE on January 1, 2018, at a rate of 5%. Companies in the UAE are required to adhere to VAT rules as per the Federal…

How to Register for Corporate Tax Dubai, UAE: Process & Benefits

Corporate Tax Registration in Dubai, UAE UAE has rolled out corporate tax to meet international tax standards and spur economic growth. Companies doing business in the country are now required to adhere to corporate tax rules by registering with the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). Here…

7 Mistakes That Can Derail Your UAE VAT Registration

For businesses operating within the UAE, understanding and adhering to VAT regulations is crucial to ensure compliance and avoid potential penalties. Value Added Tax (VAT) was introduced in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on January 1, 2018, at a standard rate of 5%. This tax…

Top VAT FAQs for the Education Sector in the UAE

The education sector in the UAE will experience significant changes under VAT, as certain goods and services provided by educational institutions will now be subject to 5% VAT. Educational institutions may have concerns about how VAT impacts their operations. To address these concerns, let’s explore…

Guide to eGuarantee Cancellation with the UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA)

In our previous article, ‘Steps to Submit e-Guarantee in FTA Portal’, we discussed how to submit an e-guarantee in the FTA portal. Once the e-guarantee is submitted and approved, goods can be cleared through Customs. E-guarantees are required in certain import scenarios by non-registrants, such…

Navigating VAT Rates for the Education Sector in the UAE

Education is a crucial sector in the UAE, and with the introduction of VAT, it has also been affected by the additional tax on certain goods and services provided by educational institutions. Here’s a quick guide to the VAT rates applicable to the education sector: 0%…

VAT Invoice Checklist for Consumers in the UAE: What to Look For on Your Tax Invoice

As a consumer in the UAE, you are aware that VAT has been introduced, and you have paid VAT on many purchases since its implementation. However, there have been instances where suppliers have wrongfully charged VAT, even though they are not authorized to do so.…

Tax Implications of Corporate Tax in UAE Free Zones

The UAE has long been known for its business-friendly environment, particularly its free zones, which offer companies attractive benefits such as tax exemptions, full foreign ownership, and simplified regulatory frameworks. Historically, these benefits have made the UAE free zones a hotspot for foreign investment and…

What is Small Business Relief Under UAE Corporate Tax?

Overview of UAE’s New Corporate Tax Regime and Small Business Relief. Effective from 1 June 2023, the UAE introduced a new corporate tax regime, requiring taxpayers to pay corporate tax on their earnings. To support small businesses, the UAE government has launched a program called…

Tax Group Provisions of Corporation Tax in UAE
Reverse Charge Mechanism Electronic Devices UAE Tallyprime

The reverse charge mechanism (RCM) in the UAE is a pivotal component of the VAT system, particularly affecting transactions involving electronic devices. Under the RCM, the responsibility for paying VAT shifts from the supplier to the recipient of the goods or services. This mechanism is…

UAE Corporate Tax: What You Need to Know About Penalties

Article 60 of the UAE Corporate Tax Law outlines the procedures for assessing corporate tax and imposing penalties. As new decrees and regulations are issued by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), it is crucial for businesses to stay informed about any updates or changes. Corporate Tax Assessment…

Allowable Deductions Under UAE Corporate TAX Law

UAE Corporate Tax Deductions: Key Points to Know A taxable person can receive deductions on their income during a tax period, provided they meet the requirements outlined in the corporate tax law by the Authority. Deductions are amounts subtracted from taxable income during tax liability calculation,…

Private pension and social security funds
UAE Corporate TAX Free Zones TAX Implications

UAE Corporate Tax and Free Zone Persons: What You Need to Know Qualification as Free Zone Persons In the UAE, a Free Zone Person is anyone conducting business in a Free Zone. However, to be a qualified Free Zone Person, several conditions must be met:…

Impact of Double Taxation Agreements on Resident Taxable Persons
5 Things To Know About UAE Corporate TAX

What are the five essential aspects businesses should understand about the newly implemented corporate tax system in the UAE? Definition of UAE Corporate Tax: The UAE corporate tax is levied on the taxable income of a taxable entity over a specific tax period. This tax…

Unused Home VAT Discount Plot in UAE
VAT Registration

What comprehensive steps and guidelines are outlined in the “VAT Registration” section of the UAE Federal Tax Authority’s official website to assist businesses in completing their VAT registration process? Business owners in the UAE can begin registering for VAT on 1st October, 2017. This guide…

What is Bookkeeping Differing qualities & the Reasons for Bookkeeping Differences?
VAT registration questions UAE

What are the frequently asked questions about VAT registration in the UAE? VAT (Value Added Tax) was implemented in the United Arab Emirates on January 1, 2018, with a standard rate of 5%. Certain goods and services may be zero-rated or exempt from VAT. Business…

Streamlined Assess Receipt beneath VAT in UAE
Documents required for vat registration in dubai uae

  What are the essential documents needed for VAT registration in Dubai, UAE? The Vat Consultant offers convenient VAT registration services in the UAE, facilitating the submission of necessary documents for VAT registration online. You can register for VAT, obtain your VAT Certificate, and make…

How to Urge Evaluate Residency Certificate TRC in UAE?
VAT Registration UAE

Key Highlights of Corporate Assess in UAE

Taxable Person and Corporate Tax Base
UAE Corporate tax update key registration dates

What are the key registration deadlines for different types of entities under the recent UAE corporate tax update? The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) of the United Arab Emirates has issued a new directive outlining specific registration timelines for entities liable for Corporate Tax. Starting from…

Exempt Persons
How to prepare for uae corporate tax filing

What are the essential steps and considerations businesses should undertake to prepare effectively for UAE corporate tax filing? For businesses, tax filing is a formidable task filled with numbers and calculations. Many businesses approach tax filing with utmost care and focus, as it can be…

Corporate taxes for businesses conducted by natural person

Corporate tax, also known as corporate income tax or business profits tax, is a direct tax that businesses must pay on their net income or profit. This includes businesses operated by natural persons. In this article, we will explore who qualifies as a natural person…

Proposed Traveler VAT Discount Plot in UAE
Overview of VAT Enrollment in the United Arab Emirates

Sign up for Value-Added TaxA tax on the use or consumption of products and services is known as value-added tax, or VAT. At the point of sale, a five percent VAT is applied. Companies take up the tax and submit the necessary paperwork for the…

Register For Vat In UAE

Sign up for Value-Added TaxA tax on the use or consumption of products and services is known as value-added tax, or VAT. At the point of sale, a five percent VAT is applied. Companies take up the tax and submit the necessary paperwork for the…

VAT Return Filing Period in UAE
How to Apply for VAT Registration in Dubai?

How to Apply for VAT Registration in UAE?We are providing you with the step-by-step application process for VAT registration in order to assist you in successfully completing the necessary paperwork. UAE VAT RegistrationThe procedure of applying for VAT registration involves two steps. You must first…

Accounting Vs. Auditing:
Who must register with the VAT?

If a company’s taxable imports and supplies total more than the 375,000 AED registration threshold, they must register for VAT. A company may also voluntarily decide to register for VAT provided that it meets two requirements: If the company’s imports and supply total more than…

Register for VAT
VAT Registration

VAT Registration OverviewValue Added Tax (VAT) is a tax on the consumption or use of goods and services. A VAT of 5% is levied at the point of sale. Businesses are responsible for collecting and accounting for the tax on behalf of the government. There…

How to Apply for VAT Registration in UAE

VAT Registration in UAE: A Comprehensive GuideRegistering for VAT in the UAE involves two main steps: setting up an e-Services account and completing the VAT registration process. Step 1: Setting Up an e-Services AccountAccess the FTA e-Services Portal: Visit FTA e-Services and click on the…

VAT Registration Requirements in UAE

In the UAE, businesses must register for VAT if their taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000. They may choose to register voluntarily if these amounts exceed AED 187,500. Documents Required for VAT Registration in UAEBusinesses need to submit several documents online for VAT registration,…

Criteria for registering for VAT
Criteria for registering for VAT

When Must Businesses Register for VAT?Mandatory Registration:UAE-based businesses must register if their taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000 annually.Non-UAE-based businesses must register if they make taxable supplies in the UAE, regardless of the value, and no other entity is responsible for paying the tax.Voluntary…

How Inner Review can Make strides your Commerce?
Registration For VAT

 Registration Requirements for Value Added Tax (VAT) Types of RegistrationAny business that surpasses the mandatory or voluntary registration thresholds may need to or have the option to register for VAT. Mandatory Registration A business is obligated to register if:1. The total value of its taxable…

How to Apply for VAT Registration in UAE

To assist you in successfully completing the formalities for VAT registration, we have provided a step-by-step process for applying for VAT registration. VAT Registration in UAE The process of applying for VAT registration consists of two steps. First, you need to create an e-Services account,…

Who needs to register for VAT

A company is required to register for VAT if its taxable supplies and imports surpass the mandatory registration threshold of 375,000 AED. However, there’s also the option for voluntary registration under specific circumstances: If a business’s supplies and imports fall below the mandatory vat registration…

Documents Required for VAT Registration in Dubai

The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) in Dubai requires certain documents for VAT registration. These documents must be submitted through an online portal. In order to obtain a Tax Registration Number (TRN) for your business, you must meet the VAT registration requirements in the UAE. If…

VAT Registration in UAE

Key Highlights of Corporate Assess in UAE

Register for VAT
Register for VAT

Value Added Tax (VAT) registration is essential for businesses that meet the VAT threshold or choose to register voluntarily. In most countries, businesses must register for VAT if their taxable turnover exceeds a specific limit, typically set by tax authorities. Voluntary registration is also possible…

Exempt Person of Corporation Tax in UAE
General anti-abuse rule

A general anti-abuse rule is used to prevent the use of ‘abusive’ transactions or arrangements, which may be legal within the parameters of the Law, but are not in- line with the Law’s intended spirit and purpose.413 The rule allows the FTA to counteract or…

Record keeping

Taxable Persons are required to maintain records and documentation that: • support the information provided in a Tax Return or in any other document to be submitted to the FTA;407 and 402 Article 53(7) of the Corporate Tax Law. 403 Article 53(3) of the Corporate…

Clarifications and assessments
Clarifications and assessments

Certainty is an important hallmark of an efficient tax regime, and it is considered international best practice to create a stable tax environment in which Persons can be certain about their Corporate Tax treatment. Tax clarifications provide an opportunity for Persons to obtain certainty on…

Tax Returns and payments

Consistent with Corporate Tax being a self-assessed regime, Taxable Persons should pay Corporate Tax and file their Corporate Tax Return within 9 months from the end of the relevant Tax Period.400 For example, a Taxable Person with a Financial Year ending on 31 December is…

Applications and elections
Applications and elections

In order to apply some of the provisions in the Corporate Tax Law, Taxable Persons will need to make the relevant elections or applications. Elections can be applied unilaterally by Taxable Persons, and do not require an approval from the FTA to give effect to…

Financial Statements

Financial Statements record the financial activities and performance of a Business, and are a key element of Corporate Tax Law. A Taxable Person’s Accounting Income (profit or loss) as stated in the Financial Statements is used as the starting point for calculating Taxable Income. Taxable…

Registration and Deregistration

All Taxable Persons should register for Corporate Tax with the FTA and obtain a Tax Registration Number for Corporate Tax.361 This needs to be done before a deadline to be determined by the FTA. All Taxable Persons are encouraged to register for Corporate Tax as…

Tax credits

In some cases, Taxable Persons may be entitled to credits which they can use to offset against their Corporate Tax liability. These credits arise if they have paid tax on the same income already, either in the UAE or in a foreign country. Requirements for…

Why is it Time to Begin Computerizing Your Trade
Applicable Corporate Tax rates

The amount of Corporate Tax due in a Tax Period is calculated by applying the appropriate Corporate Tax rate to the Taxable Person’s Taxable Income (see Chapter 6). General tax rates Corporate Tax applies to Taxable Income at the following rates Taxable Income not exceeding…

Tax Loss Provisions of Corporation Tax in UAE
Tax Group regime

Companies under common ownership can form a Tax Group, subject to meeting the relevant conditions.317 This allows the Tax Group to be treated as a single Taxable Person, reducing the compliance burden on individual companies by consolidating accounts and eliminating intra-group transactions, and increasing flexibility…

Tax Group Provisions of Corporation Tax in UAE
Application to be treated as a Taxable Person

As noted above, partners in an Unincorporated Partnership can make an application to be taxed at the partnership level, with the partnership itself becoming a Taxable Person.310 This application will apply from the commencement of the Tax Period in which the application is made or…

Allocation of partnership assets, liabilities, income and expenditure

Where an Unincorporated Partnership has not made an application to be treated as a standalone Taxable Person: • A partner’s distributive share is the share of partnership profits they are entitled to under the partnership agreement. Where the distributive share cannot be determined (e.g. if…

Taxable Income of partners in an Unincorporated Partnership

Partners in an Unincorporated Partnership are taxed in accordance with the wider Corporate Tax regime. In particular, individuals that are partners in an Unincorporated Partnership are taxed on the same basis as if they were conducting Business on their own. Therefore, they are only subject…

Taxation of partnership and their partners

Unincorporated PartnershipsIndividuals, companies and other legal entities may join with others to form a partnership, usually established under a contract and jointly conduct Business or hold investments. Partnerships can take a range of different forms, and can be incorporated, such as Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs),…

Business restructuring relief

In certain circumstances, where an entire Business or an independent part of a Business is transferred in exchange for shares or other ownership interests, business restructuring relief may apply to eliminate the Corporate Tax impact of these transactions. Under this relief, no gains or losses…

Transfers within a Qualifying Group
Transfers within a Qualifying Group

It is a common practice for closely related Businesses to transfer assets and liabilities between each other for operational reasons. Ordinarily, there would be a taxable gain or loss where an asset or liability is transferred for an amount different to its net book value.…

Reliefs
Small business relief

In order to compute the Corporate Tax liabilities for a Taxable Person’s first Tax Period, it is necessary for Taxable Persons to have both an opening and a closing balance sheet. The opening balance sheet for the first Tax Period should be the closing balance…

Transitional rules

In order to compute the Corporate Tax liabilities for a Taxable Person’s first Tax Period, it is necessary for Taxable Persons to have both an opening and a closing balance sheet. The opening balance sheet for the first Tax Period should be the closing balance…

Determination of Taxable Income

Calculating Taxable Income is a two-step process: The Taxable Person must first determine their Accounting Income. This will be based on Financial Statements prepared according to accounting standards recognised in the UAE (IFRS or IFRS for SMEs). Qualifying Free Zone Persons and any other Taxable…

Tax Losses
Tax Losses

Where a Taxable Person’s deductible expenditure exceeds its income that is subject to Corporate Tax, it will have negative Taxable Income. This is known as a Tax Loss. Many businesses make losses at some point in their lifecycle. For example, a new business may initially…

Master file and local file

 In addition to the submission of a general transfer pricing disclosure form, Taxable Persons need to maintain a ‘master file’ and a ‘local file’ if their Revenue in the relevant Tax Period is AED 200,000,000 or more, or they are part of a Multinational Enterprise…

General transfer pricing disclosure requirements
General transfer pricing disclosure requirements

Taxable Persons may be subject to certain transfer pricing disclosure requirements in case of entering into transactions or arrangements with Related Parties, which may allow the FTA to conduct a comprehensive and reasonable transfer pricing risk assessment, and confirm whether these transactions with Related Parties…

Transactions between Related Parties and Connected Persons, and transfer pricing rules
Transactions between Related Parties and Connected Persons, and transfer pricing rules

Where two parties are closely linked, their relationship may influence any transactions between them. There are rules in place to ensure that these closely linked parties (known as Related Parties) do not manipulate the values of transactions between themselves in order to obtain a Corporate…

Transactions between Related Parties and Connected Persons, and transfer pricing rules
Entertainment expenditure

It is common for costs to be incurred to entertain customers, shareholders, suppliers, or other business partners. However, this type of entertainment often contains a private element that would prevent the expenditure from being wholly and exclusively incurred for Business purposes. As the private element…

Reliefs of Corporation Tax in UAE
Interest expenditure

 Businesses regularly borrow money and take out loans for a wide variety of reasons, for example to purchase business assets, to meet costs, or increase working capital. As a result, Interest is a common business expense.   Interest expenditure can be deducted when calculating Taxable…

Deductions

General deductibility rules Accounting Income is calculated by deducting a business’s expenditure from the Revenue generated in the same period. However, not all expenditure recognised under general accounting rules is deductible for Corporate Tax purposes. Non- deductible expenditure will need to be added back to…

Deductions of Corporation Tax in UAE
Participation exemption for other income and gains

Other income and gains may also be exempt if they are derived from a Participating Interest. This applies to holdings in both Resident and Non-Resident Participations. The requirements for a Participating Interest in both a Resident and Non-Resident are the same, save that in relation…

Tax Returns and Clarifications
Distributions received from foreign juridical persons

Dividends and other profit distributions received from foreign juridical persons are exempt from Corporate Tax if the recipient has a Participating Interest in the foreign company.139 A Participating Interest is a significant long-term ownership interest in the shares or capital of a juridical person (the…

Exempt Income

Several exemptions are provided for within the Corporate Tax regime.135 The purpose of these exemptions is to either:•exempt income and capital gains arising from the activity of another juridical person or a foreign branch on the basis that it has already been taxed; or •align…

Election to use the Realisation Basis
Election to use the Realisation Basis

For the purpose of calculating their Taxable Income, businesses who prepare their Financial Statements using the Accrual Basis of Accounting may elect to take into account gains and losses on a realisation basis.128 Broadly, this election can be made either in relation to all assets…

Unrealised gains and losses
Unrealised gains and losses

It is common for assets or liabilities held by a Business to change in value for accounting purposes even where no actual transactions have taken place. For example, assets on the balance sheet may be revalued, or holdings of foreign currencies or loan liabilities denominated…

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