How the numbers here are made

The two kinds of figure

Government (§). Rates, thresholds, deadlines, penalties and legal rules come from the Federal Tax Authority (tax.gov.ae), the Ministry of Finance (mof.gov.ae), the UAE Government portal (u.ae) and, for Qatar, the General Tax Authority and its Dhareeba portal. Where a law or Cabinet decision is the source, we link the consolidated text the authority publishes.

Published prices (¤). Prices come from pages where accounting firms, a tax and accounting provider and a software vendor publish what they charge. They are marked as published figures, never as a quote to you. Links to them are marked nofollow, and no provider is recommended. Where a source itself says a figure is not verified, we do not use it.

How figures stay current

Each figure has a checked date and an expiry date. A build-time report lists anything expired or close to it, a second check requests every source page and flags any that have moved or died, and expired figures are re-verified at the source before the site is deployed again. Government figures are re-checked at least every six months and prices at least every three to four.

What we still leave out

• Free zone qualifying activities and de minimis limits. They sit in decisions that are amended often, so the free zone guide lists the conditions in the law and points to the current texts instead.
• A per-return price for VAT filing. We found no published figure that states clearly what it covers, so VAT work is shown inside bookkeeping fees and one provider's package.
• Kuwait. We could not reach the Ministry of Finance's pages to verify figures, so there is no Kuwait content yet.

What this site is not

It is not a government service and has no connection to the Federal Tax Authority, the Ministry of Finance or Qatar's General Tax Authority. It is not a firm of accountants or tax agents. Nothing here is tax, legal or accounting advice: your position depends on facts we do not have, and an FTA-registered tax agent is the right person to confirm it.

How it is paid for

This site may show advertising. Ads never change our figures. When quote requests open, accounting firms may pay us a fee for an introduction; that will be stated next to the form, it doesn't change what you pay, and it never changes a rate, a threshold or a price on this site.

Accounting and tax firms can also pay for a managed website plan, which includes a listing marked as paid. A firm on the plan has no say over what the guides publish, and the site does not rank or recommend firms.

Corrections

If a figure here is out of date or wrong, tell us through the contact page and it will be re-checked at the source. Corrections are published with a new checked date rather than edited quietly.

Who runs it

Operator details are published here before this site launches.