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# FTA’s Updated Private Clarifications Guide (July 2026) — What You Need to Know The UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has just released an updated **Private Clarifications Guide for July 2026**, and it signals an important shift in how tax disputes and uncertainties will be handled. Here’s what changed, why it matters, and what you […]
The Federal Tax Authority updated the Corporate Tax Return portal on Emara Tax last week with new mandatory shareholding disclosure requirements. If you file by 30 September 2026, you will see them. And if you don’t prepare the right answers now, you’ll be scrambling in September. This isn’t cosmetic. The new fields aren’t just administrative […]
The UAE’s electronic invoicing system is no longer a future concept. The voluntary pilot phase launched on 1 July 2026, and the first hard deadline is staring businesses in the face: companies with annual revenue of AED 50 million or more must appoint an Accredited Service Provider (ASP) by 31 July 2026. That’s ten days […]
If your business has a December 31 year-end and you transact with related parties, you have 72 days left before your first Corporate Tax return is due on 30 September 2026. And if your transfer pricing documentation is not ready by the time you file, you’re walking into one of the highest-risk compliance gaps in […]
When the FTA Comes Knocking: What the First Corporate Tax Audit Season Means for UAE Businesses Published: July 19, 2026 The Education Phase Is Over For three years, the UAE Federal Tax Authority operated in education mode. Registration deadlines were phased. Penalties were waived. Guidance was published in waves. The message to businesses was: get […]
There’s a tax deadline approaching on 31 December 2026 that has nothing to do with corporate tax — and it could cost UAE businesses more than the AED 10,000 late-registration penalty everyone is focused on right now. Since VAT was introduced in the UAE in 2018, many businesses have been quietly accumulating excess input tax […]
The UAE Federal Tax Authority has published its most comprehensive summary of Corporate Tax private clarifications to date — consolidating dozens of taxpayer questions into a single reference guide covering Free Zone businesses, foreign companies, investment funds, family offices, partnerships, and multinational groups. The document compiles private clarifications issued up to May 2026 and was […]
On July 14, 2026, the UAE Federal Tax Authority published FTA Decision No. 6 of 2026 — a decision that introduces significant additional compliance requirements for Qualifying Free Zone Persons (QFZPs) engaged in the distribution of goods or materials in or from a Designated Zone. If your free zone business claims the 0% Corporate Tax […]
The 15% Question: Is Your UAE Group Ready for DMTT Filings? The UAE’s 9% corporate tax rate made headlines as one of the most competitive in the world. But for large multinational groups, a second tax layer has quietly arrived — and the first filing deadlines are approaching fast. The Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax (DMTT), […]
