12/03/2026
VAT collects from your sales. Corporate Tax comes from your profits.
Confuse them — and the penalties won’t be small.
In the UAE:
🔹 VAT – 5% on goods & services (paid by customers, filed quarterly)
🔹 Corporate Tax – 0% up to AED 375,000 | 9% above (paid on net profits, filed annually)
Both are mandatory.
Both have strict compliance rules.
Both carry heavy penalties for late registration, late filing & incorrect submissions.
The difference is simple.
The consequences of ignoring them are not.
If your business is growing, your tax strategy should grow with it.
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