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Two kinds of video. Explainers set out what UAE law asks of a company, step by step, with the article behind every claim and no product on screen. Product demos show the same steps done in Arakan, recorded in the apps on realistic demo data.
Explainers: the rules, one step at a time
Short series that explain what UAE law asks of a company, as a process with steps, with the article behind every claim. No product on screen. Watch in order; each video is about two minutes.
SeriesCompliance, explained
How compliance management works for UAE regulated firms and designated businesses: knowing your rules, assessing risk, policies and people, monitoring and testing, fixing what fails, reporting and keeping up with change.
For: Owners, compliance officers and finance leads at UAE regulated firms (DFSA, FSRA, VARA, Central Bank) and designated firms (real estate, gold, accountants, company formation).
9 videos · about 15 min in all · AML, Compliance management
Next: How Arakan runs the loop (the Comply product series).
SeriesClient onboarding, explained
Client onboarding under UAE anti-money laundering law, step by step: identifying the client, finding the beneficial owner, screening names, rating risk, deciding to take the client on, and keeping the file current.
For: Partners, compliance officers and onboarding teams at UAE firms that take on clients under the anti-money laundering rules: accountants, auditors, corporate service providers, real estate brokers, gold dealers, and regulated financial firms.
7 videos · about 13 min in all · AML, Client onboarding
Next: How Arakan Onboard runs every step (the Onboard product series).
SeriesRecords and retention, explained
What records a UAE company must keep, how to keep them whole and unaltered, how long each must be kept, how to produce them when an authority asks, and how to dispose of them with care.
For: Owners, finance leads, company secretaries and compliance officers at UAE companies: what records the law makes them keep, for how long, in what form, and what an inspector or auditor can ask for.
6 videos · about 11 min in all · Records, VAT, Corporate tax, Governance
Next: How Arakan Vault keeps the records (the Vault product series).
SeriesSanctions screening, explained
Targeted financial sanctions screening in the UAE: who to screen and when, deciding whether a match is real, freezing without delay, reporting within five business days, and keeping the proof.
For: Compliance officers, MLROs and owners at UAE firms that must screen customers and transactions against the UN and UAE terrorist lists: financial institutions, accountants, auditors, corporate service providers, real estate brokers, gold dealers and virtual asset firms.
6 videos · about 11 min in all · AML, Sanctions
Next: How Arakan Verify screens every name (the Verify product series).
SeriesBoard governance, explained
The company-law side of governance for any UAE company: the statutory registers, the general assembly, minutes and resolutions, accounts and audit, directors' duties, and keeping the registrar current.
For: Directors, managers, company secretaries and owners of UAE companies, on the mainland and in free zones such as DMCC and DIFC: what company law requires of the board, the registers, the meetings, the minutes, the accounts and the filings.
7 videos · about 12 min in all · Governance, Company law
Next: How Arakan Govern keeps the board on time (the Govern product series).
SeriesVAT, explained
UAE VAT from registration to the audit window: when you must register, the tax invoice, standard, zero and exempt supplies, imports and the reverse charge, recovering input tax, the return and the records.
For: Owners, finance leads and bookkeepers of UAE businesses, and the accounting firms that file for them: when to register, what a tax invoice must carry, the rates, imports, what input tax can be recovered, the return by the 28th, and the records.
8 videos · about 15 min in all · VAT, Bookkeeping
SeriesCorporate tax, explained
UAE corporate tax step by step: who is taxed and at what rate, registration and the tax period, the books it starts from, taxable income, small business and free zone relief, and filing within nine months.
For: Owners, finance leads and accountants of UAE companies, mainland and free zone: who is taxed, at what rate, how taxable income is worked out, the reliefs that exist and what they cost, and the nine-month deadline.
6 videos · about 12 min in all · Corporate tax, Bookkeeping
SeriesYour regulatory perimeter, explained
How to work out which UAE authorities reach a company: the licence authority and its conditions, the activities that bring it inside the AML law, the taxes and registers that follow, and what moves the perimeter.
For: Founders, owners and managers of UAE companies, and the advisers who set them up: why one company answers to several authorities, which ones, and what moves the line when the business changes.
5 videos · about 10 min in all · Governance, AML, Company law
Next: How Arakan Scope maps the perimeter for a company (the Scope product series).
SeriesEmploying people in the UAE, explained
Employing people under UAE law, from the contract to the final settlement: probation, working hours and overtime, leave and wages, the employee file, safety and discipline, and ending employment properly.
For: Owners, managers and HR leads of UAE private-sector companies under the federal labour law: the permit and contract, hours and overtime, leave and wages, the worker file, discipline, and ending employment properly.
6 videos · about 11 min in all · Employment, Governance
Next: How Arakan keeps the people records and the HR calendar (the product demos).
SeriesData protection, explained
What the UAE personal data protection law asks of a company: lawful basis and consent, the duties of controllers and processors, people's rights, breach reporting, transfers abroad, and the DIFC regime.
For: Owners, managers, IT and compliance leads at UAE companies that hold personal data on customers, staff or users: what the federal data protection law and the DIFC regime require of a controller or processor.
5 videos · about 10 min in all · Data protection, Records, Governance
Next: How Arakan Vault and Comply keep the records and the register (the product demos).
SeriesSetting up in the UAE, explained
Setting up a UAE company in law: mainland, free zone or offshore, the name and constitution, the licence and lease, officers and the registered agent, the registers from day one, and the taxes that follow.
For: Founders and investors setting up a UAE company, and the advisers and formation agents who help them: what mainland, free zone and offshore each mean in law, what the constitution, licence, officers and registers require on day one, and what keeps the company in good standing after.
7 videos · about 14 min in all · Company law, Governance
Next: How Arakan Scout compares the options for a business (the Scout product series).
SeriesThe regulated board, explained
What DFSA, ADGM, VARA and the Central Bank expect of a licensed firm's board: who sits on it, how often it meets, what it must hear, its committees, minutes that stand up, and follow-up.
For: Directors, senior executive officers, compliance officers and company secretaries at licensed UAE firms (DFSA, ADGM, VARA, Central Bank), and the advisers who sit with their boards: what the regulator expects of the board itself.
7 videos · about 15 min in all · Governance, Compliance management, AML
Next: How Arakan Govern keeps the board record and scores the minutes (the Govern product series).
SeriesThe inspection, explained
What happens when an authority asks to see your records: who can come, the FTA tax audit, the licensing regulator's access, the registrar and AML supervisor, the results, and how to dispute or settle.
For: Finance leads, compliance officers and owners of UAE companies, licensed or not, and the accountants and advisers who stand beside them when an authority asks for the records: what a tax audit, a regulator's visit, a registrar check or an AML inspection may demand, and the clocks that follow.
6 videos · about 12 min in all · Records, Tax, Compliance management
Next: How Arakan Vault keeps every record findable, whole and producible in days (the Vault product series).
SeriesVirtual asset licensing, explained
Virtual asset licensing in the UAE: the federal rule, the activities that need a licence, choosing between VARA, the FSRA, the DFSA and the Central Bank, building the firm, and running under the rules.
For: Founders, investors and compliance leads building or advising a crypto, token or stablecoin business in the UAE, and the formation agents and lawyers who take them to VARA, the FSRA, the DFSA or the Central Bank: what the law requires before, during and after a virtual asset licence.
6 videos · about 13 min in all · Virtual assets, Licensing, AML
Next: How Arakan Scout routes a virtual asset business to its regulator and builds the setup case (the Scout product series).
SeriesLicence activities, explained
What the activity on a UAE trade licence means in law: how activities are named and coded, which need a second authority's approval, and how to keep to them and change them properly.
For: Founders choosing what to put on a UAE licence, owners adding or changing a line of business, and the formation agents and PROs who file the applications: what a licence activity is in law, how activities are coded and combined, which need a second authority, and how to keep to and change them.
4 videos · about 8 min in all · Licensing, Company law
Next: How Arakan Atlas shows which zones permit which activity, and the approvals each one needs (the Atlas product series).
Product demos: Arakan at work
Walkthroughs recorded in the apps themselves on realistic demo data, one feature per chapter. Grouped the way the apps are grouped inside Arakan.
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Arakan Ledger
Accounting and tax firms that keep books and file VAT returns for UAE clients.
Full demoArakan Ledger — product demo
From a client's pile of papers to a checked, ready-to-file VAT return
10 min
Every payment, matched to its bill
A quarter's bank statement for Al Noor Building Materials, read line by line, each payment paired with its bill, salaries and duty marked as needing no document, balances agreeing, and the whole thing downloadable to Excel.
1 min
Drop the pile in, skip the keying
Scans, photos and PDFs go into one window; Ledger sorts them, reads every line and files each to the right ledger.
1 min
Prove the zero rate before you file
Al Noor's export declarations and bills of lading are linked to the sales they support, Trade checks shows which zero-rated sales still lack evidence, and the client's import declarations are checked against the FTA's own list.
2 min
Let your clients send the bills
A portal in your firm's branding where clients send bills from their phone and answer requests, switched on client by client, with the firm told each morning what came in.
2 min
File Form 201 without keying a figure
Al Noor's third-quarter VAT return drafts itself from reviewed documents: standard-rated sales split by emirate in Box 1, imports in Box 6, recoverable VAT in Boxes 9 and 10, and nineteen thousand four hundred and thirty dirhams to pay in Box 14, with the PDF and audit Excel ready to hand over.
2 min
Catch the bills your client never filed
Gulf Rebar's quarterly statement checked line by line against Al Noor's books: three bills and a credit note missing, one amount that differs, one bill the supplier hasn't listed, and up to five thousand seven hundred dirhams of input VAT at stake, found before the return is filed.
2 min
Find the VAT hiding in unpaid invoices
Al Noor Building Materials Trading's receivables, aged from the due date with bank receipts matched, and three invoices unpaid more than six months flagged for bad debt relief worth 3,525 dirhams of output VAT.
1 min
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