UAE Pillar Two Registration Deadline: 30 November 2026
If your multinational group has UAE entities and a fiscal year that ended before 30 April 2026, you must register for the UAE’s Top-up Tax by 30 November 2026. FTA Decision No. 12 of 2026 sets that transitional deadline for entities whose fiscal year ended before 30 April 2026. That leaves about seven weeks. Not every […]
IFRS 18 Will Change More Than the Income Statement
IFRS 18 takes effect for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027, and for UAE companies with a calendar year-end, 2026 is the comparative year. That timeline matters more than the standard’s name suggests, because the real challenge is not the new line items. Rather, it is whether management’s internal performance story […]
Dubai Is No Longer Just Attracting Companies. It Is Attracting Ideas
Dubai’s latest FDI ranking tells a bigger story: creativity is no longer sitting at the edge of the economy. It is increasingly becoming an investable, scalable, and international business sector. For the fourth consecutive year, Dubai has ranked first globally for the number of greenfield foreign direct investment projects in cultural and creative industries. In 2025 alone, […]