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Implements the 2025 CCL amendment reducing (and allowing exemption from) the lock-up period restricting transfer of private joint stock company shares, from the prior two years to one year, giving PJSC shareholders and investors more flexibility. Relevant to corporate service providers structuring PJSC transactions. Publication date is estimated from the PDF's document metadata timestamp and should be checked against the Official Gazette.
DFSA and the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism signed an MoU to strengthen regulatory cooperation and enhance oversight of auditors operating between the DIFC and onshore UAE. Date sourced from secondary reporting.
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Past weekly briefingsIntroduces a tiered, pre-approved R&D tax credit (15%/35%/50% depending on qualifying spend and R&D headcount, capped at AED 5 million per entity per year, minimum AED 500,000 qualifying project spend) that can offset Corporate Tax or Pillar Two top-up tax, non-refundable but carried forward indefinitely, effective for tax periods from 1 January 2026 under the framework introduced by Federal Decree-Law No. 28 of 2025. Publication date is the date of secondary reporting; exact Official Gazette dates for both instruments were not independently confirmed — flagged.