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Compliance
AML/KYC, UBO, economic substance and your accounting obligations.
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Staying clean and bankable as a UAE company: AML and KYC in proportion, beneficial ownership (UBO), economic substance, and the records and renewals that keep everything running. Compliance done sensibly isn’t red tape, it’s what keeps your banking and your licence boring, in the good way.
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UAE accounting and bookkeeping obligations for small companies
UAE companies must keep financial records for seven years for corporate tax, including free zone firms that are not audit-obligated. What to keep.
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UAE AML and KYC obligations for company owners
What anti-money laundering and know-your-customer rules apply to UAE company owners, and what you must do to stay compliant.
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UAE corporate tax registration and filing deadlines explained
A clear guide to UAE corporate tax registration obligations, filing deadlines and tax period rules for companies incorporated in Dubai and across the UAE.
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UBO rules in the UAE: what owners must file
UAE Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) filing duties for mainland and free zone company owners: who must be disclosed and the consequences of non-compliance.
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Economic substance (ESR) in the UAE, explained
What economic substance meant for UAE companies, which activities it covered, and why ESR filings stopped for years ending after 31 December 2022.