MIDDLE EAST TAX ALERT | UAE | From VAT to Corporate Tax: How FTA’s Risk-Based Audits Will Shape Compliance in 2026
December 22, 2025
UAE Corporate Tax Audits: What to Expect in 2025–26
With the first CT filing season complete, the FTA is shifting into risk-led, data-driven audits, leveraging the same procedures honed under VAT. Expect strict business-day deadlines, iterative queries, and reconciliations across VAT, CT, and TP, with growing audit capacity backed by analytics and inspections. Discover how our audit-readiness frameworks, training, and documentation support can accelerate closure and reduce penalty exposure.