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Registering and running a company in the UAE and India: licences, ownership, tax, employment and the filing calendar.
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How the UAE's private-sector Emiratisation targets work: which employers fall inside the 50-plus and 20-to-49 bands, what MOHRE counts as a skilled job, the monthly contribution charged for a shortfall, and the reporting each hire triggers.
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The turnover limits that decide who must register for GST, why they differ by State and by whether a business supplies goods or services, the categories that must register regardless of turnover, and when GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, PMT-06 and CMP-08 fall due.
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The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 was brought into force in stages from 13 November 2025. What the consent notice must say, what the security rules require, the 72-hour breach report, the rules on children's data, and the penalty ceilings.
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What separates a UAE mainland licence from a free zone one now that both allow full foreign ownership: where each may sell, how customs and visas work, and how the corporate tax rules treat a qualifying free zone person.
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What a UAE bank must collect before it opens a company account, who counts as a beneficial owner at 25 per cent, the three business day standard in Central Bank Regulation C 2/2026, and the grounds on which an application is refused.
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How SPICe+ folds name reservation, incorporation, PAN and TAN into one Ministry of Corporate Affairs filing, and the deadlines a new private limited company faces once its certificate of incorporation is issued.
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What Dubai law fixes about trade licence renewal: the one-year term, the requirement to renew in the final month, the registered tenancy contract behind it, the statutory fine range, and the route to closure when a licence lapses.
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Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 took effect on 2 February 2022 and ended the unlimited contract. What the published rules say about fixed terms, probation, notice between 30 and 90 days, the six work models and non-competes.
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Cabinet Decision 58 of 2020 was abrogated in November 2023. What a UAE company must now record in its beneficial owner register, who counts at 25 per cent, the fifteen-day change deadline, and the fines under the 2023 penalty schedule.
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How the UAE's 9% corporate tax is put together: where the AED 375,000 threshold actually sits, how to work out a first tax period, the registration deadlines set by FTA Decision No. 3 of 2024, and when small business relief stops.
8 min read
Who counts as a Licensee under Cabinet Resolution No. 57 of 2020, the nine Relevant Activities, the six-month notification and twelve-month report deadlines, what the core income generating activity test requires, and the penalties from AED 20,000 to AED 400,000.
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Gratuity in the UAE private sector accrues at 21 days' basic salary a year for the first five years and 30 days thereafter, capped at two years' wage. This sets out the base, the cap, unpaid leave and the worked arithmetic.
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The UAE's mandatory VAT registration threshold is AED 375,000 and the voluntary one AED 187,500. This sets out the look-back and look-forward tests, the return cycle, which input tax is blocked, and what late registration actually costs.
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A trade licence permits only the activities printed on it. This sets out where those activity codes come from, how commercial, professional and industrial licences differ, what adding an activity involves, and the penalties for working outside the list.
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Federal Law by Decree No. 26 of 2020 ended the 51 per cent Emirati shareholding rule for most mainland companies. What it changed, when each article commenced, which activities stayed restricted, and the discretion every emirate kept.
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