Shop-floor control in Dubai
Assembly plants in Dubai invoice their output with VAT at 5% and keep books ready for corporate tax at 9%. The UAE Ministry of Finance is bringing in e-invoicing: go-live is 1 January 2027 for revenue of AED 50 million or more, and 1 July 2027 for smaller businesses. Plants inside Jebel Ali Free Zone or Dubai Industrial City still need clean records of what was built, shipped and billed. Buyers who score suppliers on ICV certification also look at local labour and material, which the work order history makes visible.