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When Do You Officially Become a Non-UK Tax Resident?
21 Jan
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When Do You Officially Become a Non-UK Tax Resident?

Is This You? You left the UK.You boarded the flight.You updated LinkedIn to “Dubai”. Yet HMRC may still see you as a full UK tax resident — taxing your income, gains, and decisions as if you never left. For founders and high earners, this misunderstanding alone has cost six and seven figures in unnecessary UK […]

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Can a Dubai Company Invoice a UK Company Without HMRC Problems?
20 Jan
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Can a Dubai Company Invoice a UK Company Without HMRC Problems?

Is This You? You’ve done everything “right” in the UK — built a profitable company, paid your taxes, followed the rules — yet every Budget, policy tweak, and HMRC guidance update feels like another warning shot. Corporation tax is higher. Dividend rules keep tightening. IR35 hasn’t gone away. And now even international structuring feels like […]

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Best Dubai Freezones for UK Founders in 2026 (Real Costs, Risks & Banking Reality)
20 Jan
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Best Dubai Freezones for UK Founders in 2026 (Real Costs, Risks & Banking Reality)

Is This You? You’re a UK founder running a profitable business, watching taxes, compliance, and regulatory friction quietly erode momentum. You’re not trying to disappear or take shortcuts — you’re trying to build globally, protect optionality, and stop designing your life around a system that keeps changing the rules. Dubai keeps coming up in conversations, […]

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Do UK Founders Really Need a Dubai Holding Company? Most Don’t — Here’s When It Actually Makes Sense
19 Jan
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Do UK Founders Really Need a Dubai Holding Company? Most Don’t — Here’s When It Actually Makes Sense

Is This You? You are a UK founder or business owner with growing international ambitions. You have been advised—by peers, online forums, or service providers—that a Dubai holding company is the logical next step. You are considering it not because your structure is broken, but because you want clarity, efficiency, and long-term flexibility. At the […]

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From £1m Profit to £600k Take-Home: How Dividend Tax Erodes Founder Wealth
19 Jan
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From £1m Profit to £600k Take-Home: How Dividend Tax Erodes Founder Wealth

Why UK founders with high profits can see a large portion of their company’s earnings effectively lost to taxation when extracting those profits as dividends — and why dividend strategy must be treated as a jurisdictional, strategic decision. Is this you? You run a profitable UK company generating six or seven figures in annual profit. […]

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Dividend Extraction Explained: UK vs UAE Tax Outcomes for Company Owners
16 Jan
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Dividend Extraction Explained: UK vs UAE Tax Outcomes for Company Owners

Is This You? This analysis is most relevant if: This may not be the right strategy if: For founders who recognise themselves in the first list, dividend extraction is no longer a routine accounting decision.It is a jurisdictional strategy that directly shapes cash flow, growth capacity, and long-term outcomes. A Strategic, Data-Led Perspective by Dubai […]

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