Guides worth reading properly
Longer-form pieces on the parts of UAE accounting and retail leasing that reward being explained properly — each with a review date, because this material ages.
Longer-form guides on the parts of UAE accounting and retail leasing that are genuinely worth explaining properly. Written to be useful on their own, and reviewed rather than left to age.
Rates, registration, the nine-month deadline, the adjustments from accounting profit, and the three elections worth modelling.
Zero-rated versus exempt and why it matters, registration thresholds, the 28th-day deadline, and the six errors we find most.
Breakpoints with a worked example, the definitions that move the number, what under-declaration costs, and IFRS 16.
Every recurring deadline, a worked example for a December year end, and the six events that catch businesses out.
The numbers that decide whether a mall store stays open, how to calculate them, and the traps in each.
Xero, Zoho, QuickBooks and Odoo compared, the four questions that decide it, and the migration rules.
Every question answered across the site is indexed at Answers, and the vocabulary is defined in the glossary.
Reviewed 18 August 2026 by Ahmed Nabil Selim. UAE tax rates, thresholds and deadlines change — confirm the position for your period before relying on it.
Insights — frequently asked questions
Each guide carries a review date, and we revisit them when the underlying position changes — a new Cabinet Decision, an FTA guidance update, or a shift in market practice. UAE tax rates, thresholds and deadlines do change, so a guide should always be read against its review date rather than assumed current.
They are general information, not advice on your circumstances, and they are written to be accurate at the review date shown. The facts that change the answer — your licence type, your revenue, your customer mix, your lease wording — are exactly the facts a general guide cannot know. Use them to understand the shape of the question, then confirm the position for your business.
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