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The UAE Corporate Tax Law does not provide for separate tax accounting. The initial basis for calculating the corporate tax base is the financial statements, i.e. accounting data. This data is subject to adjustment in cases where the accounting rules of a particular transaction differ from the rules established for tax purposes. Read more in the article of Andrey Nikonov, Senior Partner.
On 1 of June 2023 the UAE Minister of Finance issued the Decision No.139. It lists activities in the free zones qualifying for 0% Corporate Tax rate. MoF established that ‘holding of shares and other securities’ ‘shall be considered Qualifying’.