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United Arab Emirates: Domestic minimum top-up tax

DMTT effective period: 1 Jan 2025. Reference period: Financial years beginning on or after this date. Status in the Horizon dossier: Observed.

United Arab Emirates · Country intelligenceUnited Arab Emirates country dossierUnited Arab Emirates country dashboardUnited Arab Emirates how-to-do-business dossierUnited Arab Emirates current market status: economy, demand and executionUnited Arab Emirates: market structure, access and operating dossierConstruction & Infrastructure in United Arab Emirates: independent market-entry studyFood, Agritech & Water in United Arab Emirates: independent market-entry study

What the source contributes

DMTT effective period: 1 Jan 2025. Reference period: Financial years beginning on or after this date. Status in the Horizon dossier: Observed.

DMTT revenue threshold: EUR 750m. Reference period: At least 2 of the 4 preceding financial years. Status in the Horizon dossier: Observed.

Domestic minimum top-up tax: 15%. Reference period: In-scope multinational groups. Status in the Horizon dossier: Observed.

Official DMTT scope, 15% minimum, EUR 750 million threshold, effective period and current non-application of an IIR.

Official 15% DMTT, EUR 750 million threshold, effective period and present IIR position.

DMTT effective period · Financial years beginning on or after this date · Observed

Domestic minimum top-up tax · In-scope multinational groups · Observed

Official DMTT scope, threshold, effective period and IIR boundary.

Horizon synthesis and use

  • Evidence used in the Construction & Infrastructure in United Arab Emirates: independent market-entry study country-sector decision dossier. Recheck the original publication date, definition and current status before transaction-specific use.
  • Evidence used in the Logistics & Supply Chain in United Arab Emirates: independent market-entry study country-sector decision dossier. Recheck the original publication date, definition and current status before transaction-specific use.
  • Evidence used in the Food, Agritech & Water in United Arab Emirates: independent market-entry study country-sector decision dossier. Recheck the original publication date, definition and current status before transaction-specific use.
  • Evidence used in the Mining & Materials in United Arab Emirates: independent market-entry study country-sector decision dossier. Recheck the original publication date, definition and current status before transaction-specific use.
  • The value is retained with its period and status. It is not converted into a synthetic market-attractiveness score or treated as a company-specific forecast.

Before using the evidence

Four questions that keep the conclusion honest

  1. 01Which legal activity, applicant type and jurisdiction does “United Arab Emirates: Domestic minimum top-up tax” actually cover?
  2. 02Which approval, filing, fee, eligibility condition or competent authority is stated directly, and which still requires written confirmation?
  3. 03Does the rule apply to United Arab Emirates · Country intelligence, United Arab Emirates country dossier, United Arab Emirates country dashboard, or only to a narrower licence, entity, free zone, product or worker category?
  4. 04The record was reviewed on 2026-10-28; what has UAE Ministry of Finance changed or superseded since that date?

Where Horizon integrates this source