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.

Saudi Arabia updates its Integrated Customs Tariff, adding new HS codes and reclassifications. See impacts on GCC businesses and key actions to stay compliant.

The UAE has introduced major amendments to the VAT and Tax Procedures Law effective 1 January 2026, impacting VAT recovery, refund timelines, and audit powers. Key highlights include stricter input-tax rules, standardized refund periods, and new transitional relief for past claims.

UAE Cabinet Decision No. 129 of 2025 brings major updates to VAT and Excise penalties, aligning them with Corporate Tax rules. The revised framework enhances compliance predictability and becomes effective from April 2026.