IFRS 18 Is Coming—But Your CFO Isn’t Ready Yet Published: July 12, 2026 | FSH Consultants | Corporate Finance The Deadline Nobody Is Talking About In six months, something happens that will force every UAE finance leader to rethink how they present their company’s financial performance. IFRS 18—Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements—becomes mandatory for […]
The UAE Just Created a New AI Regulator — And It Changes Everything for CFOs Three weeks ago, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved the establishment of the Federal Authority for Artificial Intelligence and Data — UAE’s newest regulatory body. Most people missed it. CFOs shouldn’t have. This isn’t just another government office. It’s […]
UAE E-Invoicing: The July Pilot That Changes Everything for Compliance Teams Posted: July 10, 2026 | Category: Tax Compliance / Regulatory | Read Time: 5 minutes The Deadline Most Finance Teams Aren’t Ready For In July 2026, the UAE Ministry of Finance is launching a voluntary pilot for e-invoicing. On the surface, “voluntary” sounds like […]
IFRS 18 is Coming January 2027 — Transfer Pricing Data Must Start Now Read Time: 6 minutes The Timing Trap IFRS 18 becomes mandatory on January 1, 2027 — six months away. Most UAE finance teams know this intellectually. Nearly none are prepared operationally. Here’s the trap: IFRS 18 requires retrospective restatement of your 2026 […]
Transfer Pricing Audits Are About to Get Faster (And That’s Terrifying) Published: July 7, 2026 | FSH Financial Consultants Transfer pricing used to be the slow game. A multinational would file documentation in March. The tax authority would review it across the next 18 months. Back-and-forth emails, spreadsheets forwarded between departments, quarterly calls to discuss […]
UAE Corporate Tax Deadline: The September 30 Checklist Every Business Needs Now If your financial year ended December 31, 2025, you have 86 days. September 30, 2026 is the UAE Corporate Tax return filing and payment deadline. Not a suggestion. Not a soft target. And if you are treating it like a December problem you […]
FAT Files | 87 Days to Your First UAE Corporate Tax Filing — Here’s What the FTA Is Actually Looking For The Context: Your Filing Window Is Closing If your company’s financial year ended on 31 December 2025, your UAE Corporate Tax return — and any tax payable — is due by 30 September 2026. […]
UAE E-Invoicing: Pilot Phase Is Now Live — Here’s What V1.1 Changed and What the Extended Deadline Really Means If your business crossed AED 50 million in revenue last year, July 2026 is not just another month. It is the month UAE e-invoicing stopped being a policy document and started being a live system. On […]
The UAE’s Two Economies: Record Oil Meets a Slowing Non-Oil Sector By Shahaab Ikram On paper, the UAE economy just posted two numbers that look like they belong to different countries. The first: crude oil and condensate exports surged to a record 4 million barrels per day in June, beating the pre-war level of 3.4 […]
UAE E-Invoicing Just Went Live: What the July 1 Pilot Means for Your Business The UAE’s e-invoicing era didn’t start with a bang. It started with a pilot — and that’s exactly why finance teams should be paying attention right now, not in January. On July 1, 2026, the Ministry of Finance and Federal Tax […]
