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Corporate Tax & VAT
Registration, the tax treatment of a transaction, and the disputes that follow.
Overview
Tax now sits inside almost every commercial decision in the UAE. We help companies register correctly, understand the tax consequences of a contract or restructuring before it is signed, and respond when the authority asks questions.
What this covers
- VAT registration, group registration and deregistration
- Corporate tax registration and qualifying free zone assessment
- Tax treatment of contracts, payments and intra-group charges
- Transfer-pricing documentation in the legal agreements
- Reconsideration requests and responses to the authority
- Tax clauses in commercial and M&A documents
How it runs
- 01Review your positionLicence, activity, revenue and the existing filings.
- 02Identify the exposureWhat applies, what is missing, what it costs.
- 03Fix and documentRegistrations, contract clauses and supporting papers.
- 04Stand behind itSupport if the authority raises a query.
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Employment & Labour
Contracts, policies and terminations under UAE labour law.
- Employment contracts, offer letters and probation terms
- Employee handbooks, HR policy and code of conduct
- Termination, redundancy and end-of-service settlement
Compliance Services
AML, UBO records, economic substance and the policies a licence depends on.
- AML / CFT policy, risk assessment and KYC procedures
- Ultimate beneficial owner register and filing
- Economic substance notification and reporting
Contract Drafting & Review
Contracts drafted from a blank page — or a hard look at the one you were handed.
- New contracts drafted to UAE law and your commercial terms
- Full review and tracked mark-up of third-party agreements
- Bilingual English / Arabic drafting and review
Tell us what you are working on.
A short description is enough to start. We reply to every enquiry personally, usually within one business day.