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03/09/2026

Boru Consulting across the UK, UAE and Ireland.

With offices across three key jurisdictions, we support founders, businesses, and private clients with their accounting, tax, governance, corporate, and cross-border requirements.

Our international presence allows our teams to work closely across jurisdictions, bringing together local expertise with a broader understanding of how businesses and structures operate internationally.

Whether you are establishing a presence in a new market, managing an existing international structure, or looking for ongoing advisory support, our team is here to help.

You build the vision.
We handle the noise.

02/09/2026

The UAE Golden Visa and tax residency

A UAE Golden Visa gives you the right to live in Dubai. It does not, on its own, make you a UAE tax resident.

Tax residency is a separate test run by the Federal Tax Authority. A treaty certificate needs 183 days in the country, not just a visa in your passport.

Read the full article on our website — link in bio.

31/08/2026

Moving to Dubai after the non-dom abolition: the UK inheritance tax tail

The UK non-dom regime ended on 6 April 2025. But moving to Dubai does not switch off UK inheritance tax.

Once you have been UK resident for 10 of the last 20 years, your worldwide estate stays in the 40% IHT net for a three-to-ten-year tail after you leave.

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28/08/2026

Moving to Dubai from the UK: how many days until you stop paying UK tax?

There is no single magic number of days. UK tax residence is decided by the Statutory Residence Test, and it can keep you UK tax resident at well under 183 days.

With UK ties, someone leaving can be tax resident on far fewer days: one tie at 121 days, two ties at 91 days, three ties at 46 days.

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27/08/2026

Selling a business or crypto after moving to Dubai

Moving to Dubai does not make the sale tax-free. What makes the gain free of UK tax is the sequence: becoming non-resident before the disposal, staying non-resident for more than five years, and not selling through a UAE company the UK still controls.

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26/08/2026

A Dubai company does not automatically escape UK tax

A UAE company can be incorporated in days, with full foreign ownership. That does not mean HMRC stops taxing its profits.

Registering in Dubai changes the address. It does not, by itself, change where the company is taxed.

Three UK rules decide where the profits end up: corporate residence, Transfer of Assets Abroad, and Controlled Foreign Company rules.

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25/08/2026

The DIFC and ADGM foundation

A DIFC or ADGM foundation is an orphan legal person, neither a company nor a trust. It is the structure families reach for once the offshore trust became settlor-transparent in 2025.

For a UK-resident founder it does not escape the settlements code or inheritance tax by itself.

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24/08/2026

UAE Corporate Tax 2026: when a free zone company pays 0%

Yes, a UAE free zone company can pay 0% corporate tax in 2026. But the 0% rate is not automatic — it belongs to a Qualifying Free Zone Person that meets five conditions every year.

One wrong transaction can move the whole company to 9% for five years.

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21/08/2026

The UK holdco after Brexit

After Brexit, the UK holding company no longer benefits from EU tax directives. But it can still work efficiently for a UK-resident founder with UAE and Irish subsidiaries.

The key is two domestic exemptions: the Substantial Shareholding Exemption on qualifying disposals and the dividend exemption under CTA 2009 Part 9A.

The exemptions are earned before the disposal — they depend on the facts of the structure, not just on having a holdco.

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19/08/2026

The UAE FTA tax audit in 2026

A tax audit does not create the exposure. It discovers it.

From 2026 the FTA can look back up to fifteen years in serious cases. Penalties are lower if you correct early, but much higher if you wait for the audit notice.

The audit is decided by the records, not the meeting.

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