United Arab Emirates official-source navigator

United Arab Emirates registration, tax and organization information

A reviewed collection of links and bounded summaries from official authorities.

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2026-07-30T21:35:00Z

Official-source navigation only. Official-source navigation only; not legal, tax, licensing, filing, nonprofit, employment, customs, free-zone or compliance advice. The linked authority remains controlling.

Tax

The Federal Tax Authority VAT registration service lets eligible persons apply for a Tax Registration Number through EmaraTax.

The current service page identifies the eligible-customer scope, TRN purpose, EmaraTax channel and registration steps.

Open Federal Tax Authority high volatility

The current FTA service page states that UAE-resident businesses must register for VAT when taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000 over the past 12 months or are expected to exceed it within the next 30 days.

The VAT registration FAQ states the resident mandatory threshold and look-back/forward periods.

Open Federal Tax Authority high volatility

The current FTA page states that a non-resident business making taxable supplies in the UAE may have to register without applying the resident threshold, unless another UAE party is responsible for settling the VAT.

The VAT registration FAQ separately states the non-resident rule and responsible-party exception.

Open Federal Tax Authority high volatility

The current FTA page states a voluntary VAT registration threshold of AED 187,500 for qualifying resident taxable supplies, imports or taxable expenses.

The VAT registration FAQ states the voluntary threshold and covered measures.

Open Federal Tax Authority high volatility

For VAT registration, the FTA page states that sole establishments owned by one natural person are combined under one TRN and company branches are included under the parent company’s VAT registration.

The service FAQ directly addresses sole establishments and branches.

Open Federal Tax Authority high volatility

Registration

The service page lists legal-form-dependent documents and licensing-authority evidence.

Open Federal Tax Authority high volatility

Lifecycle

EmaraTax provides access to FTA tax registration, return submission, tax-account management and related federal tax services.

The FTA EmaraTax page lists those transaction categories and states that returns and payments continue through the platform.

Open Federal Tax Authority high volatility

VAT deregistration is a separate FTA service for registered persons, performed through the existing EmaraTax taxable-person account.

The current service page identifies its registered-person scope and separate deregistration workflow.

Open Federal Tax Authority high volatility

The current FTA VAT deregistration page states that the final VAT return and payable tax are due within 28 days from the effective date of deregistration.

The service FAQ states the final-return and payment period.

Open Federal Tax Authority high volatility

Nonprofit

The service description states the establishment and legal-personality purpose.

Open Ministry of Community Empowerment high volatility

The current Ministry service page states that a community association requires at least seven founders and at least 70% UAE-national founders, with additional conditions.

The service conditions state the founder count, nationality proportion and further eligibility conditions.

Open Ministry of Community Empowerment high volatility

The Ministry nonprofit service uses UAE Pass, an application and supporting documents, and identifies federal and emirate data integrations relevant to the selected form.

The service steps and integration list identify UAE Pass, document submission and federal/emirate authority data.

Open Ministry of Community Empowerment high volatility