Latest Updates

Corporate Tax Law

Sl No Date of Issue Decision No Title/Description Link to Download
1 2023-12-05 Federal Decree-Law No. 60 of 2023 Amending Certain Provisions of the Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022 on the Taxation of Corporations and Businesses
2 2023-05-12 Explanatory Guide Explanatory Guide On Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022 on the Taxation of Corporations and Businesses
3 2022-10-10 Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022 Taxation of Corporations and Businesses
4 2022-09-30 Federal Decree-Law No. 28 of 2022 Tax Procedures

Cabinet Decisions

Sl No Date of Issue Decision No Title/Description Link to Download
1 2024-02-22 Cabinet Decision No. 10 of 2024 The Administrative Penalties for Violations (Amendment of CD No. 75 of 2023))
2 2023-10-25 Cabinet Decision No. 100 of 2023 Determining Qualifying Income for the Qualifying Free Zone Person
3 2023-07-18 Cabinet Decision No. 81 of 2023 Conditions for Qualifying Investment Funds
4 2023-07-10 Cabinet Decision No. 75 of 2023 Administrative Penalties for Violations
5 2023-07-10 Cabinet Decision No. 74 of 2023 Executive Regulation of Federal Decree-Law No. (28) of 2022 on Tax Procedures
6 2023-05-30 Cabinet Decision No. 56 of 2023 Determination of a Non-Resident Person’s Nexus in the State
7 2023-05-30 Cabinet Decision No. 55 of 2023 Determining Qualifying Income for the Qualifying Free Zone Person
8 2023-05-08 Cabinet Decision No. 49 of 2023 Specifying the Categories of Businesses or Business Activities Conducted by a Resident or Non-Resident Natural Person that are Subject to Corporate Tax
9 2023-04-07 Cabinet Decision No. 37 of 2023 Qualifying Public Benefit Entities for the Purposes of Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022 on the Taxation of Corporations and Businesses
10 2022-12-30 Cabinet Decision No. 116 of 2022 Annual Taxable Income subject to Corporate Tax
11 2022-09-02 Cabinet Decision No. 85 of 2022 Determination of Tax Residency

Ministerial Decisions

Sl No Date of Issue Decision No Title/Description Link to Download
1 2023-10-27 Ministerial Decision No. 265 of 2023 Qualifying Activities and Excluded Activities
2 2023-10-16 Ministerial Decision No. 247 of 2023 The Issuance of Tax Residency Certificate for the Purposes of International Agreements
3 2023-06-01 Ministerial Decision No. 139 of 2023 Qualifying Activities and Excluded Activities
4 2023-05-29 Ministerial Decision No.134 of 2023 General Rules for Determining Taxable Income
5 2023-05-25 Ministerial Decision No. 133 of 2023 Business Restructuring Relief
6 2023-05-25 Ministerial Decision No. 132 of 2023 Transfers Within a Qualifying Group
7 2023-05-24 Ministerial Decision No. 127 of 2023 Unincorporated Partnership, Foreign Partnership and Family Foundation
8 2023-05-23 Ministerial Decision No. 126 of 2023 General Interest Deduction Limitation Rule
9 2023-05-22 Ministerial Decision No. 125 of 2023 Tax Group
10 2023-05-16 Ministerial Decision No. 120 of 2023 Adjustments Under the Transitional Rules
11 2023-05-10 Ministerial Decision No. 116 of 2023 Participation Exemption
12 2023-05-10 Ministerial Decision No. 115 of 2023 Private Pension Funds and Private Social Security Funds
13 2023-05-09 Ministerial Decision No. 114 of 2023 Accounting Standards and Methods
14 2023-05-04 Ministerial Decision No. 105 of 2023 Determination of the Conditions under which a Person may Continue to be Deemed as an Exempt Person, or Cease to be Deemed as an Exempt Person from a Different Date
15 2023-04-27 Ministerial Decision No. 97 of 2023 Requirements for Maintaining Transfer Pricing Documentation
16 2023-04-10 Ministerial Decision No. 83 of 2023 Determination of the Conditions under which the Presence of a Natural Person in the State would not Create a Permanent Establishment for a Non-Resident Person
17 2023-04-10 Ministerial Decision No. 82 of 2023 Determination of Categories of Taxable Persons Required to Prepare and Maintain Audited Financial Statements
18 2023-04-03 Ministerial Decision No. 73 of 2023 Small Business Relief
19 2023-03-29 Ministerial Decision No. 68 of 2023 Treatment of all Businesses and Business Activities Conducted by a Government Entity as a Single Taxable Person
20 2023-03-10 Ministerial Decision No. 43 of 2023 Concerning Exception from Tax Registration
21 2023-02-22 Ministerial Decision No. 27 of 2023 Implementation of Certain Provisions of Cabinet Decision No. 85 of 2022 on Determination of Tax Residency

FTA Decisions

Sl No Date of Issue Decision No Title/Description Link to Download
1 2024-02-22 Federal Tax Authority Decision No. 3 of 2024 The Timeline specified for Registration of Taxable Persons for Corporate Tax
2 2023-12-15 Federal Tax Authority Decision No. 16 of 2023 Requirements for the Registration of the Unincorporated Partnership and Determining the Distributive Shares of Partners in an Unincorporated Partnership
3 2023-08-16 Federal Tax Authority Decision No. 13 of 2023 Determination of Conditions for Conversion of Amounts Quantified in a Currency other than the United Arab Emirates Dirham
4 2023-08-16 Federal Tax Authority Decision No. 12 of 2023 Conditions for Forming the Tax Group by Subsidiaries of a Government Entity
5 2023-08-16 Federal Tax Authority Decision No. 11 of 2023 Requirements of Submitting a Declaration for Exempt Persons
6 2023-04-07 Federal Tax Authority Decision No. 7 of 2023 Provisions of Exemption from Corporate Tax
7 2023-04-07 Federal Tax Authority Decision No. 6 of 2023 Tax Deregistration Timeline
8 2023-04-07 Federal Tax Authority Decision No. 5 of 2023 Conditions for Change in Tax Period

Miscellaneous Updates

Sl No Date of Issue Title/Description Link to Download
1 May-2024 Investment Funds and Investment Managers | Corporate Tax Guide | CTGIFM1
2 April-2024 Business Restructuring Relief | Corporate Tax Guide | CTGBRR1
3 April-2024 Qualifying Group Relief Guide | Corporate Tax Guide | CTGQGR1
4 January-2024 Tax Groups Guide | Corporate Tax Guide | CTGTGR1
5 December-2023 Registration of Natural Persons| Corporate Tax Guide |CTGRNP1
6 December-2023 Taxation of Extractive Business and Non- Extractive Natural Resource Business| Corporate Tax Guide | CTGEPX1
7 December-2023 Exempt Persons: Public Benefit Entities, Pension Funds and Social Security Funds | Corporate Tax Guide |CTGEPF1
8 November-2023 Taxation of Natural Persons | Corporate Tax Guide| CTGTNP1
9 November-2023 Taxation of Foreign Source Income | CTGFSI1
10 November-2023 Tax Residency Certificate |Taxpayer User Manual
11 November-2023 Accounting Standards and Interaction with Corporate Tax | CTGACS1
12 October-2023 Transfer Pricing Guide | CTGTP1
13 October-2023 Exempt Income: Dividends and Participation Exemption | CTGEXI1
14 October-2023 Taxable Non-Resident Person | CTGNRP1
15 September-2023 Corporate Tax | General Guide | CTGGCT1
16 August-2023 Registration of Juridical Persons |Corporate Tax Guide | CTGRJP1
17 August-2023 Corporate Tax Guide on Small Business Relief | CTGSBR1
18 August-2023 Tax Procedures Public Clarification | Issuance of a New Tax Procedures Executive Regulation | TAXP006