How is Corporate Tax calculated for a company with a June year end?
Your tax period runs with your financial year, so if you close your books in June your tax year is June to May. Corporate Tax is worked out on your adjusted profit for that year, with the first AED 375,000 taxed at 0%, and the tax must be paid within 9 months after your year ends.
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The detail
A Taxable Person's Tax Period is its Financial Year (or part thereof), being the 12-month period for which it prepares financial statements, so a company with a June year end has a Tax Period running June to May. Corporate Tax is charged on Taxable Income (accounting income adjusted for Corporate Tax purposes), with 0% applying to the portion of Taxable Income up to AED 375,000; payment is due within nine months from the end of that Tax Period.12
What the law says
- The Tax Period is the Financial Year or part thereof for which a Tax Return must be filed, and the Financial Year is the Gregorian calendar year or the 12-month period for which the person prepares financial statements.1
- Corporate Tax is levied on Taxable Income, being accounting income adjusted for Corporate Tax purposes, with 0% applying to Taxable Income up to AED 375,000, per FTA guidance explaining the Law.2 Based on FTA guidance
- Corporate Tax payment is due within nine months from the end of the applicable Tax Period, per FTA guidance explaining Article 48.2 Based on FTA guidance
What it depends on
Check before you rely on it
- Confirm the exact start and end dates of your financial year as filed with your records
- Check whether any transitional filing deadline extension under FTA Decision No. 7 of 2024 applies to your first Tax Period
Sources (2) — read the official text
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Article 57 – Tax Period
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Article 57 – Tax Period 1. A Taxable Person’s Tax Period is the Financial Year or part thereof for which a Tax Return is required to be filed. 2. For the purposes of this Decree-Law, the Financial Year of a Taxable Person shall be the Gregorian calendar year, or the (12) twelve-month period for which the Taxable Person prepares financial statements.
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Read the article
4. What is Corporate Tax? Chapter summary This chapter sets out a brief overview of the core principles of Corporate Tax and how the Corporate Tax system functions as a whole. This provides a foundation for the information given in the following chapters. What is Corporate Tax? Corporate Tax is a form of direct tax levied on the Taxable Income of corporations and other Businesses. Corporate Tax is sometimes also referred to as ‘Corporate Income Tax’ or ‘Business Profits Tax’ in other jurisdictions. Corporate Tax is charged on a wide range of Business profits, and those subject to Corporate Tax in the UAE include not only companies but also certain partnerships, unincorporated entities and natural persons conducting a Business or Business Activities. Corporate Tax is paid on an annual basis with reference to the Tax Period of a Taxable Person. A Tax Period is the Financial Year or part thereof for which a Tax Return needs to be filed. The Financial Year is the period of 12 months for which Financial Statements are prepared.1 Payment of Corporate Tax is due within nine months from the end of the applicable Tax Period.2 The UAE Corporate Tax regime applies to Tax Periods commencing on or after 1 June 2023.3 How does Corporate Tax work? Taxable Persons are subject to Corporate Tax on their Taxable Income - this is their Accounting Income with certain adjustments made for Corporate Tax purposes. Generally, Corporate Tax is imposed on Taxable Income at the following rates: • 0% (zero percent) on the portion of the Taxable Income not exceeding AED 375,000. 1 Article 57 of the Corporate Tax Law. 2 Article 48 of the Corporate Tax Law. 3 Article 69 of the Corporate Tax Law. General Corporate Tax Guide | Corporate Tax | CTGGCT1 19
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