Service 04
Taxation
Strategic UAE tax planning to preserve and optimise your position within the Emirates' evolving fiscal framework.
The UAE tax landscape.
The UAE has undergone significant fiscal change — corporate tax, VAT, and an expanding network of double taxation treaties have introduced a layer of complexity that did not exist a decade ago. For international businesses and investors, understanding how UAE structures interact with home country obligations is now an essential part of any market entry or restructuring exercise.
Our scope.
PAAD advises on UAE taxation exclusively. Where a client's structure has consequences in other jurisdictions, we work in close coordination with their foreign tax advisers to ensure the UAE position is considered in full context — and that no decision made here creates an unintended liability elsewhere.
The central question.
The most common objective we encounter is straightforward: how to maintain a zero percent corporation tax rate, and where that is not possible, how to minimise the effective rate. We provide clear, practical guidance on qualifying structures, free zone tax status, substance requirements, and the conditions under which preferential rates apply.
Planning and review.
Whether you are entering the UAE for the first time or reviewing an existing structure in light of regulatory change, PAAD conducts a thorough tax review and provides a clear advisory position — before commitments are made.