Corporate Tax in the UAE is now a filing, not a rumour. We register the entity you actually have, compute from the accounts, and file on the FTA calendar. Free-zone ‘qualifying’ status is tested, not assumed from a setup brochure.
What the file contains
Registration, a computation that starts from the ledger, adjustments you can explain, and a return we can defend. Since 2024 we have told more than one client that their zone story would not survive the form. That conversation belongs before the deadline.
Small companies
A second-year mainland LLC still needs a position: taxable, exempt, or something the FTA will not recognise. We write that position down. Silence is not a position.
Questions we are asked
Does a free-zone company always have 0%?
No. Qualifying income has conditions. We read the licence and the actual trade before we tell you what to file.
Can you handle VAT and CT together?
Yes. They should come from the same ledger. That is the point of one Deira office.
What if we have no audited accounts yet?
CT still has a calendar. We prepare from the books we have and say what is unaudited. Do not wait for an audit that has not been scoped.