| TYPE OF COMPANY | International Company (IC) | |
| Registered office in UAE | The registered agent’s address is the company’s address | |
| Registered Agent | Required | |
| Time to establish a new company | 2 - 3 working days | |
| Shelf companies | No | |
| TAXES | ||
| Taxation | Fully exempt from income tax | |
| Double Taxation Treaty Access | No | |
| Access to the agreement of automatic exchange of information | No | |
| SHARES and SHARE CAPITAL | ||
| Currency | AED, USD, EUR | |
| The minimum declared share capital | USD 5,000 | |
| The maximum authorized capital | No restrictions | |
| Standard authorized capital | USD 5,000 | |
| Bearer shares | No | |
| SHAREHOLDERS | ||
| Shareholders | Natural or legal persons (no residency requirement) | |
| The minimum number of shareholders | One | |
| Provision of Fiduciary Services | Not allowed | |
| Publicly available data on shareholders | No | |
| Disclosure of shareholders to third parties | No | |
| Place of holding of Meetings of Shareholders | Worldwide | |
| DIRECTORS | ||
| Directors | Natural persons of any nationality | |
| Minimum number of directors | One | |
| Provision of Fiduciary Services | Not allowed | |
| Publication of information about the directors in the State Register | No | |
| Meetings in UAE | Not required | |
| SECRETARY | ||
| Secretary | Yes, a director can be a secretary as well | |
| Publication of information about secretary in the State Register | No | |
| Provision of Fiduciary Services | Not allowed | |
| KEEPING OF RECORDS | ||
| Record keeping | No | |
| Audit | No | |
| Filing reports | No | |
| Currency control | No | |
| ACTIVITIES | ||
| Business in UAE | No (but it is allowed to have a bank account in UAE and use UAE based auditors and law firms) | |
| Buying a property in UAE | No | |
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