Corporate Tax Advisory and Impact Assessment

Corporate Tax is new to the UAE, and the difference between a well-planned position and an afterthought can be significant. A Corporate Tax impact assessment looks at your structure, income and transactions before the return is due, so you claim the reliefs you are entitled to and avoid surprises. Safeway provides practical Corporate Tax advisory for businesses, groups and free zone companies.

What a Corporate Tax impact assessment covers

• Whether and how the 9% rate applies to your taxable income
• Eligibility for Small Business Relief and the 0% threshold
• Qualifying Free Zone Person status and the conditions to keep it
• Group structure, tax grouping and loss relief opportunities
• Related party and connected person transactions and transfer pricing
• Deductibility of expenses, interest limitation and exempt income

When to get advice

The best time is before your first tax period ends, while positions can still be arranged correctly. The next best time is now. We translate the law into clear choices for your business, with the numbers behind them.

How Safeway helps

• A written impact assessment with practical recommendations
• Structuring advice for groups and family businesses
• Support implementing the chosen position through to the return

Frequently asked questions

What is a Corporate Tax impact assessment?

A review of your structure, income and transactions to work out how Corporate Tax applies, which reliefs you qualify for, and what to arrange before the return is due.

Is Corporate Tax planning legal in the UAE?

Yes. Arranging your affairs to claim available reliefs and apply the law correctly is legitimate. What is not allowed is artificial arrangements whose main purpose is to gain a tax advantage, which the general anti-abuse rule targets.

We are a free zone company — do we need advice?

Often yes, because keeping the 0% Qualifying Free Zone Person rate depends on meeting several conditions that are easy to breach without planning.

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