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Corporate Tax · UAE

UAE Corporate Tax — Registration & Filing

Every UAE company must register for Corporate Tax and file a return each year — including free zone companies, and including companies that owe nothing. We handle registration, the annual return and the records behind it, so the deadline is never your problem.

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What’s Involved

What This Covers

📝 Registration with the FTA

We register your company for Corporate Tax on the EmaraTax portal and confirm your tax period, so the clock starts correctly from day one.

📊 The annual return

Your CT return prepared and filed within nine months of your financial year end — with the figures reconciled to your books, not estimated.

🏦 Free zone positions

Qualifying Free Zone Person status can mean 0% on qualifying income. We assess whether you qualify and what you must keep doing to hold it.

💵 Small business relief

Profit below AED 375,000 is taxed at 0%. Relief still requires registration and filing — we make sure the paperwork matches the position.

📋 Records that hold up

UAE law requires IFRS-compliant records kept for seven years. Filing is only safe if the bookkeeping behind it is right.

⏰ Deadline tracking

We track your year end, your filing date and your obligations, and tell you before they arrive — not after.

In Plain English

What Corporate Tax Actually Means for Your Company

UAE Corporate Tax applies at 9% on taxable profit above AED 375,000, with 0% below that threshold. The rate is the part everyone knows. The part that catches companies out is that registration and filing are mandatory regardless of profit — a dormant holding company with no income still has to register and still has to file.

Free zone companies are not automatically exempt either. A Qualifying Free Zone Person can pay 0% on qualifying income, but the status has conditions attached, and losing it is usually discovered long after the fact. Getting the assessment right at the start is far cheaper than correcting it later.

Penalties for late registration or filing are real and administrative — they do not care whether you owed tax. That is why we treat CT as part of the monthly routine rather than an annual scramble: the books stay current, the position is known, and the return is a formality by the time it is due.

Pricing for all of this sits with our fixed monthly accounting packages — one price by transaction volume, nothing billed by the hour.

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FAQ

Common Questions

Does my company have to register even if we made no profit?
Yes. Corporate Tax registration is mandatory for every UAE company, including free zone entities and dormant companies. Filing is also required annually, even where the tax due is zero.
When is my Corporate Tax return due?
Nine months after the end of your financial year. For a 31 December year end, that means 30 September the following year. We track your specific date and prepare well ahead of it.
Do free zone companies pay Corporate Tax?
They can qualify for 0% on qualifying income as a Qualifying Free Zone Person, but the conditions must be met and maintained. We assess your position rather than assuming it.
What happens if we registered late or missed a filing?
It is fixable. We check what was and was not done, tell you plainly what the exposure is, and handle the corrections. That conversation costs you nothing.
Can you handle just the Corporate Tax filing on its own?
Yes. If you only need CT registration or an annual filing without a monthly package, we do those separately. Tell us what you need and we will quote it.