United Arab Emirates Tax filing deadlines
United Arab Emirates Tax filing deadlines: 3 deadline rules held, cited to 3 rules, each cited to its own official source; series-level citation is the first VAT rule's: Filing VAT Returns And Making Payments. Last checked against the official source on 13 Oct 2026.
Official source: 3 rules, each cited to its own official source; series-level citation is the first VAT rule's: Filing VAT · Last checked 2026-10-13 · source fingerprint
Recurring statutory filing and payment deadlines in United Arab Emirates for VAT/GST returns and payments, corporate income tax returns and provisional payments, held as rules, each cited to the official source with the verbatim phrase that states it. The API computes the actual due dates from these rules, rolled for this country's weekend and national public holidays, and lists every day it stepped over.
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| Current value | 3 deadline rules |
|---|---|
| In force from | — |
| Official source | 3 rules, each cited to its own official source; series-level citation is the first VAT rule's: Filing VAT Returns And Making Payments — Federal Tax Authority |
| Last verified | 2026-10-13 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
RULES, NOT DATES. Each rule carries its own citation, anchor phrase and last_confirmed; the series last_confirmed is the oldest of them. effective_from is null on purpose: the rules rest on different instruments with different commencement dates, and no single date would be true of all of them. The paid response adds due_dates, computed from the rules over a window (default the next 365 days; from/to/year_end/tax query parameters). scripts/deadline-verify.mjs re-fetches every cited source and re-finds every anchor.
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Each rule is cited to the official source, with the phrase that states it. A machine re-reads every cited source and re-finds that phrase; a rule whose phrase disappears is flagged for review.
| Tax | Obligation | Frequency | Due | Weekend / holiday | Official source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAT / GST | VAT return and payment — quarterly tax periods VAT registrants with a three-month tax period. | quarterly | 28 days after the period ends | source silent; not moved, flagged | Filing VAT Returns And Making Payments — Federal Tax Authority “you are required to file your vat return and make related vat payments within 28 days from the end of your tax period” | 2026-10-13 |
| VAT / GST | VAT return and payment — monthly tax periods VAT registrants assigned a monthly tax period by the FTA. | monthly | 28 days after the period ends | source silent; not moved, flagged | Filing VAT Returns And Making Payments — Federal Tax Authority “you are required to file your vat return and make related vat payments within 28 days from the end of your tax period” | 2026-10-13 |
| Corporate income tax | Corporate Tax return and payment Taxable Persons subject to Corporate Tax (Exempt Persons required to register file an annual declaration on the same timeline). | annual | last day of the 9th month after the period ends | source silent; not moved, flagged | FTA calls on all persons subject to Corporate Tax to file their Tax… “file their tax returns and pay the corporate tax due within a period not exceeding nine months from the end of each person's tax period” | 2026-10-13 |
Due in the next 120 days
| Due date | Obligation | Period | Statutory date, if moved |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | VAT return and payment — monthly tax periods | 2026-09-01 – 2026-09-30 | — |
| 2026-10-28 | VAT return and payment — quarterly tax periods | 2026-07-01 – 2026-09-30 | — |
| 2026-11-28 | VAT return and payment — monthly tax periods | 2026-10-01 – 2026-10-31 | 2026-11-28 2026-11-28 Saturday roll unverified |
| 2026-12-28 | VAT return and payment — monthly tax periods | 2026-11-01 – 2026-11-30 | — |
| 2027-01-28 | VAT return and payment — monthly tax periods | 2026-12-01 – 2026-12-31 | — (weekend-checked only) |
| 2027-01-28 | VAT return and payment — quarterly tax periods | 2026-10-01 – 2026-12-31 | — (weekend-checked only) |
Business days exclude this country's weekly rest days (Saturday, Sunday) and the NATIONAL public holidays in its public-holidays series. Regional holidays are not applied. Each due date is computed from the cited rule; the rule is the citable fact, the date is our arithmetic on it. Thresholds, elections, extensions and sector regimes that move a taxpayer between rules are described in each rule's applies_to and notes, not decided here. The served holiday calendar covers 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31. Dates outside it are weekend-checked only and may still fall on a public holiday. Where roll_unverified is true the statutory date is not a business day and the cited source does not say whether the deadline moves earlier or later. We do not guess: due_date is the statutory date, and the adjustments list names the conflict.
Not covered here
We hold no verified rule for these taxes in AE. Each reason is given; where a deadline exists but its source could not be verified, we hold none rather than guess.
- PAYE / payroll withholding: No payroll income tax to withhold: the official UAE Government portal states 'The UAE does not levy income tax on individuals' (u.ae, Taxation page). Employer pension/social security contributions (GPSSA) are not taxes and were not researched.
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