Corporate Tax Return Filing in Dubai
Your UAE Corporate Tax return prepared from reconciled books and filed on EmaraTax within 9 months of your year-end — with Small Business Relief and free-zone positions checked before anything is submitted.
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What every UAE company has to file
Every company registered for UAE Corporate Tax files a return for each tax period — including companies that pay 0%. The return and any tax due must reach the FTA within 9 months of the end of the tax period. For a December year-end, that is 30 September of the following year.
The decisions that change your tax bill
A Corporate Tax return is more than profit times 9%. These are the points we settle before filing — the ones that most often cost UAE SMEs money when they are missed.
Reliefs and elections
- Small Business Relief — revenue of AED 3 million or less in this and every previous period; must be elected in the return; now available for tax periods ending on or before 31 December 2029
- Qualifying Free Zone Person — 0% on qualifying income, 9% on the rest; conditions tested every year
- Exempt income and non-deductible costs — dividends, entertainment, fines and related-party charges adjusted correctly
- Tax losses — carried forward where allowed (not from Small Business Relief years)
Supporting documents
- Audited financial statements — required when revenue exceeds AED 50 million, for every Qualifying Free Zone Person, and for tax groups
- Related-party disclosures — transactions with related and connected persons reported where the thresholds are met
- Accounting basis — IFRS, IFRS for SMEs up to AED 50 million revenue, or cash basis up to AED 3 million
- Records — Corporate Tax records kept for 7 years after the tax period
What filing late actually costs
Corporate Tax penalties build month by month. Late payment is charged at 14% a year, calculated monthly on the unpaid tax, on top of the late-filing penalty. If you registered late, the FTA has been waiving the AED 10,000 late-registration penalty where the first return is filed within 7 months of the end of the first tax period — we check whether that still applies to you.
| Situation | Penalty |
|---|---|
| Return filed late — first 12 months | AED 500 per month or part month |
| Return filed late — from month 13 | AED 1,000 per month or part month |
| Tax paid late | 14% a year, charged monthly |
| Registration made late | AED 10,000 (waivable — see above) |
| Required records not kept | AED 10,000; AED 20,000 for a repeat within 24 months |
Three steps, done for you
Close the year
We reconcile your books to the bank and finalise the financial statements for the tax period.
Compute and elect
We prepare the tax computation, apply the right reliefs and elections, and walk you through the figures.
File and pay
We file on EmaraTax before the deadline and send you the payment reference and a copy for your records.
A named person on your file — not a call-centre
Fixed fees, published
Monthly filing plans are listed below. One-off work is quoted upfront — no bait pricing, no surprise upsells.
A named person
Automation keeps books audit-ready; a real person owns your file end to end.
Free-zone & mainland
Registration, filing and compliance for both, across all seven emirates.
Checked rules
Our pages and filings follow current FTA rules — including the 2026 changes.
R. Vigneshraj, Founder & CEO, KWS Fintech Services. Every return and application is reviewed before it reaches the FTA, and you deal with the same small team on WhatsApp — not a ticket queue.
Fixed monthly fees for managed filing
Pick the filing you need. Fees are fixed per month and agreed before we start.
VAT returns
- VAT return prepared and filed on EmaraTax every period
- Sales and purchase VAT reconciled before filing
- Deadline tracked — filed by the 28th
- Questions answered on WhatsApp
VAT + Corporate Tax
- Everything in both plans
- One point of contact for every filing
- VAT and Corporate Tax figures kept consistent
- Questions answered on WhatsApp
Corporate Tax
- Corporate Tax return prepared and filed on EmaraTax
- Small Business Relief and free-zone position checked
- Deadline tracked — 9 months after year-end
- Questions answered on WhatsApp
One-off services — VAT and Corporate Tax registration, VAT deregistration, Tax Residency Certificates, goAML and excise — are quoted as a fixed fee before we start. Government fees, where they apply, are paid at cost.
Get Corporate Tax return filing sorted
Fixed fee, a named person, filed on time — message us now.
Message us on WhatsAppFrequently asked questions
When is the UAE Corporate Tax return due?
Within 9 months of the end of your tax period, together with any tax due. For a financial year ending 31 December 2025, the deadline was 30 September 2026.
Do I have to file a Corporate Tax return if I pay 0%?
Yes. Companies using Small Business Relief, Qualifying Free Zone Persons and businesses with taxable income below AED 375,000 all still file a return. Small Business Relief must be elected in the return itself.
What are the penalties for late Corporate Tax filing?
AED 500 for each month or part month in the first 12 months, then AED 1,000 a month. Late payment is charged separately at 14% a year, calculated monthly on the unpaid tax.
Do I need audited financial statements for Corporate Tax?
Yes if your revenue exceeds AED 50 million, if you are a Qualifying Free Zone Person, or if you file as part of a tax group. Other businesses still need financial statements prepared under IFRS or IFRS for SMEs.
Rules on this page last checked against Federal Tax Authority, Ministry of Finance and FIU publications on 1 October 2026.