Corporate Tax Deregistration in the UAE

Closing a company does not close its tax file. A business that stops trading, is liquidated or changes its legal form still has a final return to file and a registration to cancel, and the obligation continues until that is done. Companies that simply stop responding often discover the penalties years later, when they try to open something new.

What This Service Includes

• Confirming whether your company qualifies to deregister and from what date
• Preparing and filing the final Corporate Tax return
• Settling any outstanding liability or penalties first
• Submitting the deregistration application through the FTA portal
• Updating your registration after a change in legal form, ownership or activity
• Confirming in writing that the file is closed

What You Need to Provide

• Trade licence, and the cancellation certificate if the licence is already closed
• Your Corporate Tax registration number
• Records up to the date trading stopped
• Liquidation documents, where the company is being wound up
• Details of the change, where this is a status change rather than a closure

How It Works

• We confirm the effective date and what still has to be filed before deregistration is possible.
• We bring the records up to that date and prepare the final return.
• We settle what is outstanding so the application is not rejected.
• We submit the deregistration and track it to confirmation.

Why H2RS

Deregistration applications are commonly rejected because something is still outstanding behind them. We clear the file first, which is slower to start and far faster to finish. As a registered tax agent we deal with the authority through the whole process, including anything raised after submission.