Dubai: Tax Less Taxing
The move that survives scrutiny

Reality Check

A UK business owner making £300,000 in profit keeps roughly £140,000 once corporation tax and dividend tax are paid. Under the UAE's regime, the same profit could leave around £273,000 — a difference of about £135,000 a year.The opportunity is real. So is the risk of getting it wrong.
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Why This Book

Plenty of people will tell you Dubai means low tax. Far fewer will tell you what happens when HMRC starts asking questions three years later.Tax Less Taxing covers both sides of the equation. It walks you through leaving the UK cleanly, choosing the right UAE structure, and building a position that holds up under scrutiny — so the saving you plan for is the saving you keep

What's Inside

• Whether to close, keep, or restructure your UK company on the way out
  
• How UK tax residence is genuinely broken — and the timing that catches people out
• The anti-avoidance rules that can pull profits back into UK charge, and how to stay clear of them
• How the UAE's 9% corporate tax regime actually works — and the conditions for 0% in a free zone
• Choosing the right entity: mainland, free zone, DIFC or ADGM
• VAT across borders, and keeping profits defensible through transfer pricing
• Real-world case studies showing how the planning holds up over time

Who is this book for?

Written for UK business owners, directors and decision-makers — across consultancy, technology, finance, professional services and e-commerce — who are weighing up the UAE. And for the accountants and advisers who support them.