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What UAE corporate tax asks of a company — registration, the books, from accounting income to taxable income, small business and free zone relief, the return and payment within nine months, and seven years of records — as a process with steps, before any video shows Arakan Ledger or Check.

What corporate tax involves
Who is taxed, on what, at which rate, the nine-month deadline, the seven-year record rule, and the six steps the series follows.
2 min

Registering, and the tax period
Every taxable person registers for a tax registration number; the deadlines by type of person, the tax period, deregistration, and the penalties for being late.
2 min

Keeping the books
The accounting standards the tax starts from, who may use simpler ones, who needs an audit, the opening balance sheet, and the authority's right to ask for the statements.
2 min

From profit to taxable income
The adjustments between accounting profit and taxable income: exempt income, the deduction test, what is never deductible, the interest cap, connected persons, arm's length, and losses.
2 min

Small business and free zone relief
The two reliefs most companies ask about, what each requires, what each costs, how status is lost, and the anti-abuse rule behind both.
2 min

Filing, paying and the records
The return within nine months and what it carries, payment and the order of credits, transfer pricing files, the penalties, and seven years of records.
2 min