FREE ZONE COMPANIES
Free zones in Dubai are business zones with 100% tax exemption and 100% ownership.
Each free zone operates under a particular emirate.
Rules and regulations vary from one free zone to another, choosing the appropriate free zone for your business is crucial for its success.
Free zones are located in strategic geographical locations like national borders, international airports, and seaports, to avail of the trading advantages to the maximum.
ADVANTAGES
- 100% ownership without a local sponsor or service agent.
- Exemption of corporate tax, import and export taxes.
- Companies can keep 100% of their revenues.
- Ideal for international business trading.
- No office space required except in determined cases.
- Regulatory environments that offer great means for collaboration, learning and expertise.
- Less costly to establish than onshore companies.
LIMITATIONS
- Authorized to trade only within the free zone and outside the UAE.
- Trades inside the UAE require a service agent or a distributor.
- Unauthorized to open retail stores outside the free zone.
- Each free zone is subject to different rules, which takes extensive amount of research to decide on the best suited free zone for your company.
SERVICES
• Company set up
• Official documents renewals
• License amendment services
• Legal translation
• Branch setup
• Holding setup
• Document attestation/Notarization
• Corporate bank account
• Company liquidation
• Dubai Municipality (DM)
• Dubai Health Authority (DHA)
• Dubai Civil Defense (DCD)
• Security Industry Regulatory Agency (SIRA)
• Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM)
• Occupation Health Center (OHC)
• General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA)
• Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA)
• Department of Food Control
• Wages Protection System (WPS)
• National Media Council
• Dubai Court