Why Bookkeeping Matters More for Small Businesses, Not Less A small business typically runs on limited resources and an even more limited number of people to manage them, which makes the practices that actually drive growth carry more weight per decision than they would inside a larger company with room to absorb mistakes. Bookkeeping sits … Read more
The Starting Point: Free Zone Companies Are Subject to Corporate Tax A common misconception among free zone business owners is that their company is exempt from Corporate Tax. It is not. Under Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022, all juridical persons incorporated in UAE free zones are taxable persons subject to Corporate Tax from the … Read more
A Chief Financial Officer oversees a company’s financial operations, risk management, and overall financial health. For an early-stage UAE startup, hiring a full-time CFO rarely makes sense financially, which is why outsourced CFO services have become a common middle ground: startups get senior financial expertise and strategic input without carrying a full executive salary before … Read more
Corporate Tax treatment for the UAE’s oil and gas sector works differently from almost every other industry in the country. While most UAE businesses became subject to the new federal Corporate Tax regime, extractive and non-extractive natural resource businesses, including oil and gas, remain outside it, continuing instead under the emirate-level tax framework that predates … Read more
VAT registration itself does not cost anything through the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). The confusion around “VAT registration fees” usually comes from conflating three separate things: the free registration process itself, a paid fee for requesting an attested VAT registration certificate, and the ongoing cost of VAT compliance once registered, filing, accounting, and consultant support. … Read more
Amazon’s fulfillment program and the broader simplification of e-commerce technology have made it easier than ever to start an online shop, no need to manage inventory storage or even build a website. But the excitement of watching sales come in shouldn’t obscure a basic fact: an e-commerce business, even one running entirely through Amazon, carries … Read more
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