Dubai Business Setup for Filipinos 2026: The Community Is Already Here, the Tax Treaty Is Not, and Only One of Those Is Free

The Philippines does not appear on the UAE Ministry of Finance list of avoidance of double taxation agreements [1]. There is no treaty between the two countries.

That one absence decides the order in which a Filipino founder should do everything else. Without a treaty there is no residence tie-breaker if both countries could treat you as resident, no allocation of taxing rights by category of income, and no reduced withholding rates, because there is no instrument containing them. Your position rests entirely on Philippine domestic law and on what you actually do.

The UAE side is unusually friendly. There is a very large and long-established Filipino community across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the northern emirates, and that is a real advantage when you are hiring your first staff, finding suppliers who answer the phone, or landing the first ten customers who trust you. That advantage is commercial and social. It has no effect on your tax position at home.

Since 2013, BusinessDubai.ae has handled UAE company formation for founders arriving from the Philippines and for Filipino residents already here who decide to stop working for someone else. This guide prices the UAE half in AED, sets out the sequence that works, and is direct about the one question you should settle in Manila before you spend a dirham here.

What does the absence of a tax treaty with the Philippines actually mean?

Short answer: no tie-breaker, no treaty relief, no reduced withholding rates, and therefore the Philippine side of your position is the thing to solve first rather than last.

A double taxation agreement allocates taxing rights over categories of income and usually contains a tie-breaker for a person who could be treated as resident in both countries at once. With no agreement, both are undone.

This is the same structural position Australian founders are in. It does not make Dubai a poor choice, and plenty of Filipino founders run profitable UAE companies. It makes Dubai a choice that needs Philippine advice before you incorporate.

The expensive assumption is that a UAE company plus a residence visa automatically ends a Philippine tax position. It does not, and there is no treaty article to point at. A founder from Pakistan, Singapore or Egypt in the identical situation can at least open a treaty and read a tie-breaker clause [1]. You cannot, because there is nothing to open.

Common Mistake: Treating strong UAE and Philippine labour and trade ties as if they implied a tax treaty. Worker movement, remittance corridors and trade volume are separate matters from the Ministry of Finance treaty list, and the list is where the answer lives [1]. We have had this conversation with founders who had already moved their families.

We are not Philippine tax advisers and will not pretend otherwise. This is the most important question for a Filipino founder considering Dubai, it must be answered by someone qualified in the Philippines, and the answer should arrive before the company exists. Our double taxation agreements guide explains how the UAE network works and what falls outside it.

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Does the Filipino community in the UAE actually help your business?

Short answer: yes, materially, on hiring, suppliers and early customers, and not at all on tax.

This is where a Filipino founder starts ahead of most other nationalities arriving in Dubai, so be specific about where the advantage is real.

Hiring is faster to source. A very large Filipino workforce is already resident across hospitality, healthcare, retail, administration, accounting and technical trades. Recruiting your first staff from people who already hold UAE residence removes a great deal of search cost. It removes none of the labour law obligations covered further down.

Suppliers answer the phone. Trades, logistics, fit-out, catering, maintenance and professional services all have long-established Filipino operators here. A supplier list built on introductions rather than cold outreach is usually several weeks of runway.

Your first customers are reachable. If your model has any consumer or small business element, there is a connected audience that word of mouth actually reaches. Community organisations, church networks and professional associations are real distribution in a way that paid advertising at small budgets often is not.

Real Talk: The community advantage is a customer acquisition and hiring advantage. It is not a licensing advantage, not a banking advantage, and emphatically not a tax advantage. Banks assess your business model rather than your network, and the treaty list does not care who you know. One caution goes with it. Selling mainly to a community you already belong to can flatter early numbers and hide a model that does not work outside it. If your first twenty customers all came through one network, test the twenty-first from outside it before you commit to a licence, a lease and a hire.

Free zone or mainland, and who actually decides?

Short answer: your customers decide. Outside the UAE means free zone, inside the UAE means mainland, and offshore is for holding rather than trading.

Founders spend the most time on this choice and it is the simplest one. The deciding question is not which structure sounds most efficient. It is who pays your invoices.

A large share of Filipino founders here sell to UAE customers, because that is where they already live and work. Cleaning, maintenance, catering, salon, technical services, recruitment, healthcare support and food businesses are local by nature. If that is your model then mainland is usually the honest answer even though it costs more. Buying a free zone licence because it is cheaper and then trying to serve mainland customers through it is the most common structural mistake here.

Our free zone company setup and mainland company setup pages price both operating routes, offshore company formation covers holding structures, and the free zone versus mainland comparison shows where the boundary sits. For free zone economics with mainland reach, our Resolution 11/2025 guide covers the position.

The free zone 0% rate is conditional. Qualifying Free Zone Person status needs substance and activity conditions plus audited accounts, and selling to UAE consumers or into the mainland is generally an excluded activity that removes it. Many free zone companies are ordinary taxable persons on the standard regime instead, which is 0% then 9% rather than a flat zero.

Pro Tip: Settle the Small Business Relief question and the Qualifying Free Zone Person question together, because they are mutually exclusive. A company chasing Qualifying Free Zone Person status cannot elect the relief, and that status brings audited accounts and activity conditions with it. Below AED 3,000,000 of revenue the elected relief usually produces the same nil result with far less machinery [3].

Cost is an emirate decision too. The UAE is seven emirates rather than one city, and if your business does not need a Dubai address then licence and premises costs in Sharjah or Ajman are materially lower. Our Sharjah business setup and Ajman business setup pages cover options Filipino founders rarely price.

What will the first year actually cost in AED?

Short answer: from about AED 12,800 for a Dubai free zone package with one visa included, and about AED 18,200 for a Dubai mainland licence before you add a visa.

Published package prices, not estimates.

Quick Math: A Dubai free zone package at AED 12,800 including one visa against a Dubai mainland standard licence with one visa at AED 26,355 is a first-year gap of AED 13,555 [9]. That gap is why the free zone route gets chosen by people who should be on mainland. Work out what share of your first-year revenue comes from UAE-based customers before you let AED 13,555 decide the structure. If the answer is most of it, the cheaper licence is the more expensive mistake.

Two costs sit outside that table. Premises are a mainland requirement, so a tenancy or Ejari sits under the licence figure and gates the renewal. Visa quota is tied to premises, so a flexi desk carries a lower allocation than a private office. Do not plan a five-person team around a desk package without confirming the allocation first. Our free zone visa quotas guide covers that, and our cost breakdown itemises each headline number.

What tax will the UAE company pay?

Short answer: nothing under Small Business Relief up to AED 3,000,000 of revenue, and otherwise 0% on the first AED 375,000 of taxable income with 9% above it.

The AED 375,000 band behaves as a permanent deduction rather than a threshold that vanishes, so the effective rate rises towards 9% without reaching it [2].

Small Business Relief applies where revenue is at or below AED 3,000,000, treating the company as having no taxable income for the period on election. Ministerial Decision No. 131 of 2026, issued 29 July 2026, amended Ministerial Decision No. 73 of 2023 to extend availability to tax periods ending on or before 31 December 2029, from a previous cut-off of 2026 [3]. The threshold applies to the current tax period and every previous one, so breaching it once closes later periods even if revenue falls back. It is closed to Qualifying Free Zone Persons and to multinational group members above AED 3.15 billion of consolidated revenue, other reliefs switch off for a period in which you elect, and artificially separating a business to stay under the threshold engages the anti-abuse rule in Article 50 [3]. The loss rule cuts both ways. A loss made in a period where you elect is forfeited, while unutilised losses and disallowed net interest expenditure from earlier periods where you did not elect carry forward into later periods where you again do not elect. Our Small Business Relief guide covers the conditions in full.

Returns and payment are due within nine months of your tax period end [2]. There is no UAE personal income tax on salary or dividends, usually the largest single line in any comparison with home.

Real Talk: Registration is required regardless of liability, and a company claiming Small Business Relief still files, because the relief is elected on the return rather than instead of it [3]. The common failure at this size is not underpayment. It is a founder who correctly works out there is no tax to pay, concludes there is nothing to do, and finds out two tax periods later that the obligation was to register and file. Our post-setup services team handles exactly that.

When do you have to register for VAT?

Short answer: mandatory above AED 375,000 of taxable supplies and imports, voluntary above AED 187,500, at a rate of 5%.

The voluntary threshold counts taxable expenses as well as supplies, so a business spending heavily before it earns heavily can register early and recover input VAT, at the cost of a filing cycle. Watch both thresholds separately, because they measure different things. Corporate Tax relief looks at revenue against AED 3,000,000 and VAT at taxable supplies and imports against AED 375,000 [3][4]. A business at AED 900,000 of revenue owes no Corporate Tax on election and sits firmly inside mandatory VAT registration.

Which residence route fits a Filipino founder?

Short answer: investor or partner residence through your own company, or one of three published Green Visa routes, all five years and self-sponsored.

Every Green Visa route is five years, renewable and self-sponsored, and allows you to sponsor a spouse and children [5]. Green, Golden and Blue holders and their families carry a 180-day grace period after expiry or cancellation [6].

The freelance route deserves attention from Filipino professionals already resident here, because it most often looks available and most often is not. The income test is AED 360,000 in each of the two previous years, not an average and not a projection [5]. A strong year following a weaker one does not satisfy it. If you are two years away, set up now on the investor or partner route and treat the Green Visa as a later option. Our Green Visa guide covers all three routes, and ten ways to get UAE residency maps the wider set.

Common Mistake: Treating the UAE residence visa as the answer to the Philippine question. A residence visa is evidence that you live in the UAE. It is not by itself a determination that you have ceased to be resident somewhere else, and with no treaty there is no tie-breaker to bridge the two [1]. Our tax residency certificate guide covers the separate document residence claims usually rest on, and it has its own test.

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What about banking?

Short answer: expect it to be the slowest step, expect questions about your business model rather than your nationality, and price the account on transaction fees rather than the monthly fee.

Opening a UAE business account is the step most likely to delay a launch, and applications are sometimes declined. What decides it is coherence. A compliance officer checks whether the licence activity, the business plan, the projected flows and the named counterparties all describe the same business.

What helps: a licence activity that matches what you actually do, described identically on every document; a documented source of funds; a plan a reviewer can follow without three follow-up questions; realistic projections; named counterparties; premises where the model implies them. What hurts: a generic trading activity chosen because it sounded flexible, projections that do not match the licence, and a structure you cannot explain in two sentences.

Running cost varies more by transaction pricing than by monthly fee.

Figures as at August 2026 [10], worth confirming with the bank before you choose.

Quick Math: The monthly fee spread runs from AED 79 to AED 250, about AED 2,052 a year [10]. Local transfers run from roughly AED 1 to AED 25 each and international transfers on one account here are AED 40 [10]. Paying twenty staff monthly and settling suppliers weekly, the transfer line alone can outweigh the whole monthly fee difference several times over. Card foreign exchange markups here run up to 3% plus scheme charges [10], which matters if you buy stock or software in anything other than dirhams.

Our guides to opening a corporate bank account and handling a rejection cover the documents and the remediation path, and our account cost comparison works the pricing through.

Can you bring your family?

Short answer: yes, subject to standard income and accommodation conditions, and every penalty here is charged per person rather than per household.

You can sponsor a spouse and children, and for Green, Golden and Blue holders the 180-day grace period extends to sponsored family members [5][6]. Our family visa requirements guide covers the income and accommodation conditions.

Understand the penalty structure before you need it. Overstay fines are AED 50 per person per day as a flat rate that does not escalate, plus an AED 100 smart services fee, with an AED 2,000 penalty for misuse of smart services [7]. Paying the fine does not resolve the violation, because ICP requires that status is adjusted or the person leaves the UAE [7]. For visit and tourist visas the fine is calculated from ten days after expiry [8].

A family of five in violation for ninety days accrues AED 22,500 rather than AED 4,500, because the AED 50 is per person per day and neither escalates nor caps [7]. That is the arithmetic that catches families who assume a household is one file. It is also why the dependency chain matters: your tenancy or Ejari gates the licence renewal, the licence gates the establishment card, and the card gates every visa on your file including your children's. Our overstay fines guide covers grace periods, and our establishment card guide explains the document in the middle of the chain.

What does the annual compliance calendar look like?

Short answer: nine recurring obligations, one dependency chain that runs in one direction, and one filing that was cancelled and no longer applies.

Cancellation runs in the exact reverse of setup: dependants first, then the individual, then employees, then the establishment card, then the licence. Out of order is the most common reason an exit takes months instead of weeks.

One filing you can stop worrying about. Cabinet Decision No. 98 of 2024 cancelled the Economic Substance Notification and Report requirement for financial years ending after 31 December 2022, cancelled the fines and refunded fines already paid [11]. Financial years 2019 to 2022 remain in scope, and ADGM and DIFC run their own registrar confirmations. Our economic substance guide covers what remains, and our post-setup guide sets out the dependency chain.

What if you hire staff in the UAE?

Short answer: Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 governs it, contracts are fixed-term only, and end of service is calculated on basic wage rather than the total package.

If your company employs anyone, the framework is Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, in force since 2 February 2022 [12]. Filipino founders hiring within the community should be especially careful, because informal arrangements between people who know each other socially are where the documentation gaps appear.

Pro Tip: Model end of service gratuity from your first hire rather than discovering it at the exit. It is calculated on last basic wage and not on total package, so how you split a salary between basic pay and allowances on the day you hire determines the liability years later. Getting that right on day one costs nothing. Changing it three years in is a renegotiation with someone who has every reason to refuse. Our labour law guide for employers covers the framework with article numbers, our hiring guide covers permits, and our end of service gratuity guide works the calculation through.

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Real Client Stories

Real examples from businesses we have helped set up. Names have been changed for privacy.

Marivic, the manpower services founder who chose the wrong licence for her customers

Marivic had worked in Dubai for eleven years and built a reputation supplying reliable facilities and domestic staff through her own network. When she formalised it she took a free zone licence, because it was the cheaper first-year number.

Every one of her customers was a UAE-based household or building management company, which is the situation mainland exists for. She restructured inside the first year. It cost her a second set of setup fees, a new bank account, and four months in which she was reluctant to sign customers because she did not know which entity would be invoicing them.

Her comment: "I compared the two prices and picked the smaller one. Nobody asked me the only question that mattered, which was where my customers actually are."

Joel, the engineer who assumed the visa closed the question at home

Joel set up a technical services company in a Dubai free zone, obtained investor residence and moved his family across. He assumed a UAE company and residence visa closed his Philippine position, and took no advice at home because he did not know there was a question to ask.

There is no double taxation agreement between the Philippines and the UAE [1], so the position rests entirely on Philippine domestic law. Nothing about his UAE structure needed changing. The licence was right, residence was in order and filings were current. What needed attention was a question for a Philippine adviser twelve months earlier, and by the time he asked it the answer cost more than the entire UAE setup.

His comment: "I kept reading that Dubai has no income tax, which is true. I never checked whether that was the only tax system I was still inside."

Rhea, the caterer who priced the community advantage correctly

Rhea started a catering business aimed at community events, corporate lunches and family celebrations. Her first thirty customers came through church and professional networks, so her acquisition cost was close to zero and she was cash positive far earlier than a business with no network.

She was clear-eyed about the limit of it. Before signing a mainland licence and a kitchen lease she tested paid acquisition outside the community for two months. It worked, at a lower margin, which told her what her real pricing floor was. Her first period revenue sat below AED 3,000,000, so she registered, filed a return and elected Small Business Relief on it, paying nothing while staying compliant [3].

Her comment: "The community got me profitable in five months. Testing whether I could survive without it is what told me the business was actually a business."

Start your Dubai company the right way

For a Filipino founder the honest summary is short.

There is no double taxation agreement between the Philippines and the UAE, because the Philippines does not appear on the Ministry of Finance list [1]. That removes the residence tie-breaker, the treaty relief mechanism and the reduced withholding rates, so your position rests entirely on Philippine domestic law. We are not Philippine tax advisers, and this is the question to settle in the Philippines before you incorporate here.

The UAE side is favourable rather than free. Corporate Tax is 0% up to AED 375,000 and 9% above, with nil taxable income under Small Business Relief up to AED 3,000,000 of revenue through to periods ending 31 December 2029 [2][3]. VAT is 5% and mandatory above AED 375,000 [4]. There is no UAE personal income tax. Residence comes through your company or a five-year self-sponsored Green Visa [5]. First-year costs start from AED 12,800 for a Dubai free zone package with one visa, and AED 18,200 for a Dubai mainland licence before a visa [9].

Run it in this order. Take Philippine advice on your residence position and its timing. Work out whether your customers are inside or outside the UAE, because that settles free zone against mainland far more reliably than price does. Then build the licence, residence, banking and the compliance calendar. Incorporating first and asking the home-country question afterwards produces the expensive version of this story.

Since 2013, BusinessDubai.ae has handled UAE company formation for founders from the Philippines and elsewhere. We build the UAE side across licence, residence, banking and compliance, our post-setup services team keeps the annual cycle running, and we will tell you plainly that the Philippine side needs a Philippine adviser.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a double tax treaty between the Philippines and the UAE?

No. The Philippines does not appear on the UAE Ministry of Finance list of avoidance of double taxation agreements [1], the same position as Australia.

What does the missing treaty actually cost a Filipino founder?

Three things: no residence tie-breaker where both countries could treat you as resident, no treaty mechanism for relieving double taxation, and no reduced withholding rates on dividends, interest or royalties [1].

Does a Dubai company mean I stop paying tax in the Philippines?

Not automatically, and without a treaty there is no tie-breaker article to rely on. The answer depends on Philippine domestic rules and where you actually spend your time. Take advice before you incorporate.

Does a UAE residence visa make me a non-resident of the Philippines?

No. The visa is evidence that you live in the UAE. Home-country residence is decided by home-country rules, and with no treaty there is nothing to resolve a conflict in the UAE's favour [1].

Can you advise on Philippine tax?

No. We are not Philippine tax advisers. We build and run the UAE side, and we will tell you when a question belongs with an adviser in Manila.

Does the Filipino community in the UAE help my business?

Materially, on hiring, suppliers and reaching early customers. It has no effect on licensing, banking approval or your tax position at home.

What does it cost to set up in the first year?

From AED 12,800 for a Dubai free zone package with one visa, or AED 18,200 for a Dubai mainland standard licence before a visa, which becomes AED 26,355 with one visa [9]. Sharjah licences start from around AED 5,750 [9].

What tax will my UAE company pay?

0% on taxable income up to AED 375,000 and 9% above [2]. Small Business Relief can produce nil taxable income where revenue is at or below AED 3,000,000, for periods ending on or before 31 December 2029, on election and not available to Qualifying Free Zone Persons [3].

Do I have to file if I owe no corporate tax?

Yes. Registration and filing are required regardless of liability, and Small Business Relief is elected on the return rather than instead of it [3]. Returns and payment are due within nine months of the period end [2].

What happens if I cross AED 3 million of revenue?

Small Business Relief becomes unavailable, and because the test looks at the current tax period and all previous ones, crossing it once also closes later periods even if revenue falls back [3].

When must I register for VAT?

Once taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000. Voluntary registration is available above AED 187,500 of taxable supplies, imports or taxable expenses, at a rate of 5% [4].

Which residence visa can I get?

Investor or partner residence through your company, or a five-year self-sponsored Green Visa. The investor route publishes no minimum amount, the skilled worker route requires AED 15,000 monthly salary with MOHRE levels 1 to 3, and the freelance route AED 360,000 annual income in each of the two previous years [5].

Does the Green Visa need a UAE employer?

No. All Green Visa routes are five years, renewable and self-sponsored, and allow you to sponsor a spouse and children [5].

I earned well last year but not the year before. Can I get the freelance Green Visa?

No. The condition is annual income of not less than AED 360,000 in each of the two previous years, so both years must meet it rather than the average [5].

What is the grace period if my visa is cancelled?

Golden, Green and Blue residence holders and their family members have a 180-day grace period after expiry or cancellation [6]. Other permit types differ, so check the type you hold.

What are the overstay fines?

AED 50 per person per day at a flat rate that does not escalate, plus an AED 100 smart services fee and an AED 2,000 penalty for misuse of smart services [7]. Paying does not resolve the violation, because status must be adjusted or the person must leave the UAE [7]. For visit and tourist visas the fine is calculated from ten days after expiry [8].

Is UAE banking difficult for Filipino founders?

The decisive factors are documentation quality and whether your licence activity matches the real business, not your passport. Plan for weeks rather than days, and be ready to explain source of funds and expected flows.

How much does a UAE business account cost to run?

Monthly fees in our August 2026 comparison run from AED 79 to AED 250, and only FAB Basic carries a minimum average balance, at AED 10,000 [10]. Transfer pricing and card foreign exchange markups of up to 3% usually matter more [10].

Do I still have to file Economic Substance reports?

No, for financial years ending after 31 December 2022. Cabinet Decision No. 98 of 2024 cancelled the Notification and Report requirement for those years, cancelled the fines and refunded fines already paid [11]. Financial years 2019 to 2022 remain in scope, and ADGM and DIFC run their own registrar confirmations.

What do I need to know before hiring staff in the UAE?

Contracts are fixed-term only, maximum three years, probation is capped at six months with 14 days employer notice, annual leave is 30 days, and end of service is 21 days basic wage per year for the first five years and 30 days after, on last basic wage and capped at two years' wage [12].

What is the first thing a Filipino founder should do?

Take Philippine advice on your residence position and its timing, before incorporating anything. With no treaty there is no tie-breaker, which makes sequence more important here than for founders from treaty countries [1].

Related reading: Double Taxation Agreements UAE, UAE Green Visa Guide, Dubai Business Setup for Australians, Moving to Dubai as an Entrepreneur

References

[1] UAE Ministry of Finance. Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreements listing. The Philippines does not appear, so no such agreement is in force between the Philippines and the UAE. MoF double taxation agreements

[2] UAE Government portal and Federal Tax Authority. Corporate tax at 0% on taxable income up to AED 375,000 and 9% above, return and payment due within nine months of the tax period end. u.ae corporate tax

[3] UAE Ministry of Finance. Ministerial Decision No. 131 of 2026, issued 29 July 2026, amending Ministerial Decision No. 73 of 2023 on Small Business Relief: extended to tax periods ending on or before 31 December 2029, the AED 3,000,000 threshold applying to current and all previous tax periods, relief elected on the return, Qualifying Free Zone Persons and large group members excluded. MoF financial legislation

[4] Federal Tax Authority. Registration for VAT, mandatory above AED 375,000 of taxable supplies and imports, voluntary above AED 187,500 of supplies, imports or taxable expenses, at 5%. FTA VAT registration

[5] ICP. UAE Green Residency: skilled worker, freelance and investor conditions, including AED 15,000 minimum monthly salary, MOHRE levels 1 to 3, AED 360,000 freelance income in each of the two previous years, no published minimum investment amount, and five-year renewable self-sponsored validity. ICP Green Residency

[6] ICP. Cancellation of residency permits, including the 180-day grace period for Golden, Green and Blue holders and their family members. ICP residence permit cancellation

[7] ICP. Payment of visa or residence violation fine, at AED 50 per person per day flat, plus an AED 100 smart services fee and an AED 2,000 penalty for misuse of smart services, with status to be adjusted or the individual to leave the UAE after payment. ICP visa and residence violation fines

[8] The Official Portal of the UAE Government. Visa fees and fines, recording that for visit and tourist visas the fine is calculated from ten days after expiry. u.ae visa fees

[9] BusinessDubai.ae published package pricing for Dubai free zone, Dubai mainland, Sharjah, Ajman and Abu Dhabi: AED 12,800 Dubai free zone first year with one visa and AED 9,920 renewal, AED 18,200 Dubai mainland standard first year with AED 15,000 renewal and AED 26,355 with one visa, and mainland residency visas at AED 4,000 to 5,200. free zone company setup

[10] BusinessDubai.ae. UAE business banking comparison: monthly fees AED 79 to AED 250, AED 10,000 minimum average balance on FAB Basic, Mashreq fall-below fees waived after six months, local transfers from included to AED 25, card foreign exchange markups up to 3%, as at August 2026. UAE business bank account comparison

[11] UAE Ministry of Finance. Cabinet Decision No. 98 of 2024 amending Cabinet Decision No. 57 of 2020, cancelling the Economic Substance Notification and Report requirement for financial years ending after 31 December 2022, with fines cancelled and refunded. MoF announcement on Economic Substance

[12] Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation. Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 on the Regulation of Employment Relationships, in force 2 February 2022: fixed-term contracts, probation (Article 9), hours (17), overtime (19), annual leave (29), maternity (30), sick leave (31), notice (43), end of service (51). Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 (PDF)

[13] BusinessDubai.ae. Internal data from UAE company registrations since 2013, including formations for Filipino founders and banking onboarding outcomes. businessdubai.ae

This guide covers the UAE side. It is not Philippine tax advice and it is not home-country tax advice of any kind. Take advice in the Philippines on your residence position and its timing before you incorporate anywhere.