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GerbertPhills
Joined March
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UAE Tax Residency

8 months ago

Hi all,

This is a question regarding UAE TAX RESIDENCY:

Based on new rules from March 2023 I am aware that there are 3 ways to get the UAE Tax residency:

1. Min 183 days in UAE
2. Min 90 days in UAE + employment + residential address
3. Min 0 days in UAE + center of finance and interests

Please correct me if the rules above are correct to begin with.

Secondly, I am aiming for the 3rd option ideally.

My situation:

- Currently not a tax resident and not a resident in any country. Officially unregistered from being a tax resident in the last country I lived.
- Not staying anywhere more than 90 days and not planning to become a resident nor a tax resident anywhere else.
- IMPORTANT: Can be employed by a UAE company and receive a salary from them on a UAE bank account (economical center)
- Can obtain an official residential address in UAE

Do you think that would be enough to be considered an "economical center" and become a TAX RESIDENT in UAE with 0 stay days?
Or is there any other way to get the tax residency without staying there for 3 months a year?

Some claim that 1 day per 180 days is enough, but I think they are confusing TAX RESIDENCY and a just a residence card. I am still not clear about that, because I got 3 different versions from 3 agencies I contacted..

One of the sources:

https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/united-arab-emirates/individual/residence

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