Dubai Company Formation — news https://llc.dst.llc/ Company formation, licensing and free zones in Dubai as the rules change, with the source on every entry. en Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Exempt from the tax still means a filing on 30 September https://llc.dst.llc/news/exempt-from-the-tax-still-means-a-filing-on-30-september/ https://llc.dst.llc/news/exempt-from-the-tax-still-means-a-filing-on-30-september/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tax The FTA's September reminder covers a group that assumes it is out of scope: registered exempt persons owe an annual declaration on the same nine-month clock. Free zone distributors will need a second auditor’s report to keep the 0% https://llc.dst.llc/news/free-zone-distributors-need-a-second-auditors-report/ https://llc.dst.llc/news/free-zone-distributors-need-a-second-auditors-report/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tax FTA Decision No. 6 of 2026 adds an ISRS 4400 agreed-upon procedures report on top of audited accounts for free zone companies distributing goods from a Designated Zone. Nothing is filed until 2027, but the transactions being tested are happening now. The 15% global minimum tax now has a side door, and it opened this January https://llc.dst.llc/news/the-global-minimum-tax-grows-a-side-door/ https://llc.dst.llc/news/the-global-minimum-tax-grows-a-side-door/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tax The OECD’s Side-by-Side package adds four safe harbours and extends a fifth. The largest exempts groups headquartered in qualified jurisdictions from the income inclusion and undertaxed profits rules for financial years beginning 1 January 2026. Relief from the tax is not relief from the return https://llc.dst.llc/news/small-business-relief-still-files-a-return/ https://llc.dst.llc/news/small-business-relief-still-files-a-return/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tax The FTA has reminded companies under the Dh3 million threshold that electing Small Business Relief means a simplified return, not no return. The deadline is 30 September. The e-invoicing provider deadline moved, the go-live date did not https://llc.dst.llc/news/e-invoicing-provider-deadline-moves-to-october/ https://llc.dst.llc/news/e-invoicing-provider-deadline-moves-to-october/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tax Companies above Dh50 million now have until 30 October to appoint an accredited service provider. Phase 1 still goes live on 1 January 2027. Apple published its succession 134 days before it happened https://llc.dst.llc/news/apple-published-its-succession-134-days-early/ https://llc.dst.llc/news/apple-published-its-succession-134-days-early/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Business Announced 20 April, effective 1 September. The gap is the part a company of any size can copy, and almost none do. DIFC passes 10,000 companies for the first time https://llc.dst.llc/news/difc-passes-10000-active-companies/ https://llc.dst.llc/news/difc-passes-10000-active-companies/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Free zones 2,318 new firms joined in the first half of 2026, taking the active register to 10,018 — 30% growth in twelve months. Regulated financial firms reached 1,134. Free zones get mainland access https://llc.dst.llc/news/free-zone-mainland-access-resolution-11-2025/ https://llc.dst.llc/news/free-zone-mainland-access-resolution-11-2025/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT Regulation Dubai's Executive Council Resolution No. (11) of 2025 lets free zone companies trade in mainland Dubai on a DET branch licence or a temporary activity permit, instead of setting up a separate mainland company.