6 Legitimate Reasons You Should Consider Setting Up or Moving Your Business in UAE

Your business will not be considered shady. UAE economic transformation

UAE leaders have been taking many steps to change the image of businesses in UAE. UAE does not want to be known as a tax haven any more. UAE has implemented many compliances like ESR, AML, CFT and so on. UAE has also taken various steps to make sure that the legal system is up to the mark with international standards, making sure contracts are enforceable and are upheld in the court, and speeding up litigation. For example, the recent update on the bounced cheque laws.

You have complete control. 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

There has been a recent update in the law allowing for 100% FDI for specific activities in the UAE. This means, unlike before, you do not need to have a local sponsor (an Emirati national) to own 51% of your business. The new ruling pertains to only 122 activities.

If your business activity is not in this list, you will still have the option to set up a company in free zones, like JAFZA, KIZAD, DMCC, DIFC, SAIF Zone and many others with 100% ownership options for foreign nationalities

Barely any corporate taxes!

One of the major advantages of having a business in UAE is low taxes. UAE has a very low rate of 5% VAT, no corporate tax, no capital gains tax, and no income tax.

Now that you have the ability to work from anywhere, with increased acceptance of zoom and other online platforms you don't have to be residing in a high-tax jurisdiction to do business.

It’s almost all online/Ease of doing business in the UAE

As per the World Bank, UAE is ranked the 16th in the world for ease of doing business and is on the top in the middle east and north africa region.UAE aims to top the list in 2021.

UAE’s leadership is very proactive in taking many measures to make it easier to actually do business in UAE. It is possible to set up a company in less than an hour, easily apply for credit, and just general ease in getting business done.

Hence, Dubai is a preferred destination for many blue chip and global companies to house their regional/asia-pacific head offices.

Strategically located

Apart from easy access to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, your business will have access to one of the most sophisticated, efficient and cost-effective logistics hubs in the world.

Dubai has also the great advantage of a sea-air transit hub. This is especially important for companies that are involved with imports and exports across the globe.

Easy repatriation of funds

It is easy to repatriate funds to your home country as there are no corporate taxes in the UAE. Also since the local currency UAE Dirham is pegged to the US dollar, you do not need to worry about the currency fluctuations.