Courses / Short Learning Series
Tax & Compliance Essentials
SL-13 · Accounting
A practical map of UAE business compliance as it stands in late 2026: VAT, Corporate Tax, e-invoicing and the non-tax duties that sit beside them. You will build a registration and deadlines calendar, set up records that survive an FTA review, and learn how penalties are calculated and how to handle a tax audit calmly.
Who it's for
Business owners, managers and finance professionals in the UAE who need to keep a business's tax and compliance obligations under control.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify which UAE taxes and compliance regimes apply to a business, with their headline rates and thresholds
- Build a registration and filing calendar covering VAT, Corporate Tax, e-invoicing and UBO deadlines
- Set up document and record-keeping practices that meet the VAT, Corporate Tax and commercial law retention periods
- Calculate the main VAT, Corporate Tax and e-invoicing penalties and decide when a voluntary disclosure is needed
- Prepare for and respond to an FTA tax audit in an organised way
Lessons
- 1The UAE tax and compliance landscapereading
- 2Registrations and deadlines calendarreading
- 3Documentation and record keepingreading
- 4Avoiding penalties and handling auditsreading