We’re pleased to share our 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, the first of its kind, highlighting our ESG efforts across our growing, multinational platform. Our goal is transparency—where we are today, what we are aligning across our firms and how we’re laying the groundwork for the future. 2025 marked a pivotal phase for Grant Thornton and our ESG commitments. As we continue building, our focus is clear: we’re strengthening how we work, supporting our people with the structure and clarity to deliver consistent, cross-border service and advancing our ESG priorities through the ways we operate every day.
Helping Chinese businesses navigate the Middle East with strategic advice on partnerships, market entry and cross-border operations, backed by deep regional insight.
Supporting high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs and businesses of Indian origin with tailored guidance on market entry, regulatory compliance and sustainable growth in the UAE.
Input Tax Verification (VAT) | Accounting Records | Disposal of Seized & Abandoned Goods FTA Decisions are binding regulatory instruments issued by Federal Tax Authority (FTA) to implement the UAE tax laws. Each Decision draws its authority from a parent law – the VAT Law, the Tax Procedures Law, the Excise Tax Law or the Corporate Tax Law and it sets out the detailed rules, procedures, timelines and conditions that taxpayers must follow.
A shift from documentation to active control: the FTA now expects businesses to verify, and evidence, the integrity of their suppliers and supplies before recovering input VAT — making VAT recovery a shared responsibility of finance and procurement.
Recent UAE tax developments affect cross-border investment, banks, small businesses and multinational groups. Qatar has ratified its double tax treaty with the UAE, the FTA has clarified AT1 corporate tax treatment, Small Business Relief is extended to 2029, and new Top-up Tax registration deadlines apply. This alert sets out the practical actions for each.
The FATF's Roadmap 26 to 28 on combatting fraud reshapes what "effective" AML looks like. When fraud and laundering form part of the same transaction sequence, banks need integrated controls, faster detection and clearer authority to act. Grant Thornton UAE examines what this means for banks now.
The UAE Federal Tax Authority has issued Public Clarification CTP011, confirming that downward transfer pricing adjustments can be made through the Corporate Tax Return without prior approval, subject to full disclosure and robust supporting analysis.
24 Aug 2026
Grant Thornton Advisors announces that Grant Thornton Australia has joined its multinational platform
11 Aug 2026
Explore insights from Grant Thornton UAE contribution to the INDepth Feature Global Tax report, providing highlights on the continued maturation of the UAE's tax framework, with greater emphasis on governance, documentation and operational readiness.
11 Aug 2026
Explore insights from Grant Thornton UAE's contribution to the ACCA feature on the growing accounting talent challenges across the Gulf, highlighting the factors driving demand for finance and audit professionals, the evolving skills required by the profession, and the role of technology and talent development in shaping its future.
