Taxation
Taxation Services in Dubai and the UAE
The UAE now has a full tax system: 9% corporate tax on profits above the threshold, 5% VAT with strict invoicing and reporting rules, excise tax on specific goods, transfer pricing for related-party dealings, and an e-invoicing mandate arriving on a published timetable. Each regime has its own registrations, deadlines, penalties and interpretation questions, and they interact: the VAT return, the corporate tax computation and the audited accounts must all tell the same story.
Reflechir’s tax practice registers, files, plans and defends across all of them for businesses in Dubai and the wider UAE, mainland and free zone, and does it from the accounts we keep or the records you provide.
What we do
- Corporate Tax: registration, tax computations, returns, small business relief, free zone qualifying-income analysis, group structuring and transfer pricing documentation.
- VAT Consultancy: registration and deregistration, return preparation and filing, input tax recovery, reverse charge, designated zones, refunds and voluntary disclosures.
- Excise Tax: registration, warehouse keeper and designated zone matters, monthly returns and stock reconciliation for tobacco, energy and sweetened drinks.
- FTA Tax Audit Support: pre-audit review, document preparation, representation during the audit and handling of assessments and reconsideration requests.
- VAT Administrative Penalties: penalty review, reconsideration and waiver applications, and the corrections that stop penalties recurring.
- VAT Health Check: a fixed-scope review of returns, invoices and input tax recovery, with errors quantified for voluntary disclosure before the FTA finds them.
- International Taxation: treaty relief, permanent establishment, withholding and structuring for businesses operating across borders.
- Tax Residency Certificate: eligibility assessment, documentation and EmaraTax application for companies and individuals.
- Country-by-Country Reporting: notifications and reports for groups above the threshold, aligned to the transfer pricing file.
- UBO Advisory: beneficial owner identification, registers and filings with the licensing authority.
How we work
Every tax engagement starts with a written scope and a fixed fee. Registrations and returns run on a compliance calendar we maintain, with the computation reviewed by a second person before filing. Where we also keep the books, the tax return is prepared from the same ledger, so there is no reconciliation gap between the accounts, the VAT return and the corporate tax computation. Advisory questions get a written answer that sets out the position, the alternatives and the risk, not just a conclusion.
Why Reflechir
- Tax and accounting in one team: the people preparing the computation understand the ledger it comes from.
- Position taken, not hedged: written advice that says what to do and why, with the risk stated plainly.
- Free zone and cross-border experience: qualifying-income tests, transfer pricing and treaty questions handled as routine, not as exceptions.
If you have a registration, a return or a question you are not sure how to treat, contact Reflechir Consultancy for a scoping call.
Further reading: The ultimate UAE corporate tax guide · VAT in the UAE · Transfer pricing rules · Working with a tax consultant in Dubai