Overview
- Dubai released operational details of its new incentive package, confirming a three-month deferral of specific government charges for companies at launch and renewal stages.
- Deferred business fees include premium trade names, licence amendments, newspaper announcements, local service and accommodation charges, waste management fees, and service-improvement charges.
- All hospitality establishments, including hotels, hotel apartments and holiday homes, can postpone 100% of room and food-and-beverage sales fees and the Tourism Dirham for three months.
- Traders get more time to comply as customs data grace periods extend from 30 to 90 days, with existing tax rules still in force and no waivers implied.
- Authorities said the measures were shaped with industry input, focus on near-term liquidity and job protection, and will be reviewed at the end of the initial three-month window against Dubai’s recent 5.4% GDP growth performance.