A free trade zone (FTZ) entity in UAE offers many tax and business possibilities. For a start, a FTZ company enjoys full exemption from income and corporate taxation, can have 100 percent foreign ownership, no exchange restrictions, free profit repatriation and avails to tax benefits accruing from UAE’s nearly 80 double tax treaties. 

A further possibility is to apply and obtain tax residence status and certificates from the UAE authorities for its foreign shareholders and executives.Umm Al Quwain Free Trade Zone (“UAQ FTZ”) is considered a premium investment opportunity in the UAE today, offering excellent working environment in a pleasant location at affordable rates, where an expatriate can work and live comfortably with his family.

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