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United Arab Emirates government reference data

11 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against. Currency AED.

SeriesCurrentIn force fromOfficial sourceLast verified
CBUAE Base Rate (Overnight Deposit Facility) 3.65 percent 2025-12-11 CBUAE press release 'CBUAE Lowers the Base Rate by 25 Basis Points'… 2026-07-24
VAT standard rate 5 percent 2018-01-01 Federal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017 on Value Added Tax, Article (3)… 2026-09-12
VAT registration threshold 375000 AED 2018-01-01 Cabinet Decision No. 52 of 2017 (VAT Executive Regulation) art. 7(1)… 2026-08-10
Statutory minimum wage no single figure 2022-02-02 Federal Decree-Law No. (33) of 2021 on the Regulation of Employment… 2026-07-24
Public holidays (free) 14 days held 2026-01-01 u.ae (Official Platform of the UAE Government) — Public holidays, per… 2026-07-24
CPI inflation (year-on-year) 2 percent (YoY) 2025-12-01 Central Bank of the UAE — Quarterly Economic Review, June 2026 (GCC… 2026-07-24
Corporate Tax (headline rate) 9 percent 2023-06-01 Federal Decree-Law No. (47) of 2022 on the Taxation of Corporations… 2026-07-24
Withholding tax rates 0% across 3 withholding taxes — no single rate 2023-06-01 Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022 on the Taxation of Corporations and… 2026-09-08
Statutory delay interest on commercial debts no single figure 2023-01-02 Commercial Transactions Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 50 of 2022) Art… 2026-08-10
Personal income tax no single figure u.ae (Official Platform of the UAE Government), Taxation — the UAE… 2026-07-24
Statutory social-insurance contributions 0–26% across 10 contribution branches 2023-12-01 Federal Decree-Law No. (57) of 2023 Concerning Pension and Social… 2026-08-08

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What makes this different

Every value above names the official instrument it came from and the date it takes effect, and we record when we last checked it. Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent. Where a question falls outside what we hold, the API refuses and explains, free of charge, rather than returning a number that looks right.