You moved to Dubai, or you are mid-move, and a bank or a foreign tax office has asked you to prove you are tax resident in the UAE.
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You have done the responsible thing. You decided to make a will. Then you tried to find out what it costs, and now you have four browser tabs open showing four different numbers: AED 950, AED 2,167, AED 10,000, and one page confidently quoting AED 13,000 to 16,000 all in. None of them agree, and […]
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A holding company, a foundation, and an SPV are not three names for the same thing. They solve different problems, and the wrong pick costs you twice: once to set it up, once to unwind it. Yet most of the advice you will find online defines the three structures in isolation and leaves the actual […]
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A founder spends thirty years building a trading business from a two-person office in Deira into a group operating across three emirates. He has a registered will. He has a holding company. He assumes succession is handled. Then a peer’s family company implodes in year two of the second generation, not over money, but over […]
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You arrive at the UAE comparison stage carrying Singapore’s framework. Section 13O or 13U thresholds. A tiered local business spending number indexed to your AUM. A 10% qualifying-local-investment quota. Plenty of advisors apply the same checklist to DIFC and ADGM and assume the UAE has equivalents. You won’t find them. Comparing Singapore’s family office tax […]
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These three visa types all result in UAE residency, and from the outside they look almost identical: you get an Emirates ID, you can open a bank account, you can sponsor family members, and you can live and work in the country. But the differences between them run deeper than most founders realise, and choosing […]
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Who actually qualifies for the Golden Visa, and does it make sense for your situation? That question sounds simple enough, but the answer has become surprisingly layered. The programme has expanded multiple times since its launch in 2019. As of 2026, it covers everyone from property investors and company founders to specialised professionals earning above […]
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UK corporation tax is 25%. Dividend extraction is getting more expensive every year. Post-Brexit market access has narrowed. And a growing number of UK and EU founders are looking at the UAE, with its 9% corporate tax rate and 0% personal income tax, as a place to either relocate their business entirely or set up […]
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A SaaS founder in Bengaluru has been running a profitable B2B product for three years. International clients keep asking for invoices from a non-Indian entity, so the plan takes shape: set up a company in Dubai, route global contracts through it, keep the development team in India, and use the UAE as the commercial front.
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Do you need to move to Dubai to own a company there? No. Can you set up, manage, and operate a UAE business entirely from your laptop in London, Mumbai, or Nairobi? Almost, but not quite. The short answer is that company registration, licensing, and day-to-day operations can be handled remotely for most free zone […]
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