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What statutory record-keeping involves — which records, for how long, kept so they can be trusted and produced — as a process with steps, before any video shows Arakan Vault.

What record-keeping involves
Why UAE companies keep records, which rules reach them, what counts as a record, and the six steps from capture to disposal.
2 min

What to keep
The lists: accounting books and supporting documents, VAT and corporate tax records, company registers, AML client files and worker files.
2 min

Whole, and unaltered
Capturing a record completely, keeping it where the law expects, and keeping it unchanged and secure for as long as it must last.
2 min

How long to keep records
The retention periods, rule by rule, where each clock starts, and what extends it.
2 min

Producing records on demand
Who can ask for records, how fast they are owed, and what being ready looks like.
2 min

Disposing with care
When a record may go and when it must not: retention floors, the data protection ceiling, late-starting clocks, and the disposal log.
2 min