Tax & Compliance

A new company’s Corporate Tax registration is a separate task from obtaining its trade licence or registering for VAT. It also has its own deadline. For a UAE resident juridical person established on or after 1 March 2024, including a free zone company, the Federal Tax Authority says the registration application is due within three […]

A trade licence and a VAT registration are different steps. Receiving a UAE business licence does not automatically mean the company is registered for VAT, and a newly licensed business should not assume it can wait until its first year is over to assess the question. The answer depends on taxable supplies and imports, including […]