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UAE Corporate Tax Registration Support

This is information about the registration workflow, not a decision that your company must register or is exempt. The Federal Tax Authority’s registration service, updated 19 August 2026, is how a person who is required or entitled to register applies for a Corporate Tax Registration Number.

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What the current service says

• The service is for persons required to register, or entitled to register, and it is filed on EmaraTax. The FTA describes the service as free of charge.
• A juridical person registers on the timeline in FTA Decision No. 3 of 2024. A natural person registers when revenue from a business in the UAE exceeds AED 1 million in a calendar year, again within that decision’s timeframe. Salary, private investment income, and real estate investment income are excluded from that revenue figure.
• The result of an approved application is a Corporate Tax Registration Number. A UAE branch of a domestic company is not a separate person for this registration, on the FTA’s note.
• The service card lists a trade licence, a memorandum or incorporation document where available, a commercial registration or licensing document, and Emirates ID and passport copies for owners above 25% and for authorised signatories, plus proof of authority to sign. Files are PDF. Further documents apply to some government and public-benefit persons.

The same page states an administrative penalty of AED 10,000 for late Corporate Tax registration. It also describes a waiver initiative: the AED 10,000 penalty can be waived when the first tax return, or an exempt person’s annual declaration where that applies, is submitted within 7 months from the end of the first tax period. That initiative has conditions. It is not a general cancellation of penalties.

Filing after registration is corporate tax filing. Recorded dates sit in compliance. The company file starts in company management.