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The UAE is set to be the first GCC country to introduce VAT in 2018 and is expecting to generate around Dhs 10bn to Dhs 12bn in revenues in its first year of implementation. (Shutterstock)

June 19th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

UAE lays out first phase of corporate VAT policy

Under phase one, companies which record annual revenues of over Dhs 3.75m will be obliged to register under the system and will be taxed accordingly.

CFA professionals see VAT as a paradigm-shifting reform in the GCC's fiscal policy and are unanimous that it will lead to higher inflation. (File photo)

June 7th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

VAT will hit demand for luxury items, cars, tobacco, real estate hardest: Survey

Al Fanar Mall, Kuwait. (Q8 Living)

December 13th, 2015 - 12:00 GMT

GCC firms fear higher operating costs with new VAT: survey

A successful bid by Dubai for Expo 2020 will have a positive impact on the stock market, real estate and foreign direct investments

November 24th, 2013 - 03:55 GMT

Three days to go! 97% believe Dubai will win Expo 2020 bid

87 percent of people polled in CFA's analysis support imposing regulations to increase the economy's immunity against a potential economic bubble (Courtesy of UAE Interact)

November 20th, 2013 - 11:17 GMT

Why Dubai Expo 2020 could burst another economic bubble in the UAE