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The UAE has taken a significant step in strengthening its status in the global economy: the country was removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gray list, an international organization that develops and promotes measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The decision was taken at the last FATF meeting held in Paris on February 23, 2024. Thus, the international regulator recognized the efforts of the UAE in the field of ensuring financial stability and security.

If you want to start a business in Spain, setting up a company from scratch can take significant time and resources. However, with Antwort Law, you can bypass this complexity by acquiring an existing company from among the promising offers. Let's look at the main advantage of this approach compared to starting a new company.

The UAE is known for its Arabic culture, and many entrepreneurs are concerned about local legislation's peculiarities. However, we note that, despite its special traditions, the country is open and secular and, in many aspects of the legislation, is even ahead of advanced Western countries.

Registering a company in the UAE is an opportunity to enter the global market with minimal tax obligations. This country provides zero or very low-income tax, fast registration, 100% company control, modern infrastructure, and the possibility of obtaining a resident visa. Antwort Law specializes in providing clients with everything they need to launch a successful international business in the UAE. Let's look at the basic stages of registering a company in this country.

A bank account in the UK is the second step to start doing business after registering a company. This process may seem complicated, but with the right approach and following all the necessary steps, it can be completed relatively easily and efficiently with the help of the lawyers at Antwort Law.

All business owners in the UAE should apply to register for corporate tax as soon as possible. The UAE federal tax authority made a decision on March 1 and will begin to apply fines to companies that have not registered for corporate tax. If your company was registered before 2024, then you should hurry up with registration. The decision of the UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA) came into force on March 1, 2024.

The United Arab Emirates attracts entrepreneurs from all over the world not only with one of the most favourable income tax rates but also with an outstanding banking sector, innovative infrastructure and the opportunity to obtain tax residency through company registration and avoid the international exchange of tax information.

In 2016, Herbalife agreed to pay $200 million in damages and change its business model after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused it of running a pyramid scheme. In 2008, Bernard Madoff's investment fund was recognized as the largest financial pyramid scheme in history, resulting in about $65 billion in losses. The founder himself was sentenced to 150 years in prison.

Ukraine, like many other countries, is influenced by domestic and foreign political factors. The most significant factor today is war. It led to the introduction of a number of restrictions that have a significant impact on the business environment in Ukraine. Read the new article from the Antwort Law team about which restrictions lead to the fact that Ukrainian businesses have to open a company abroad.

Registering intellectual property rights for software abroad plays an important role in ensuring the protection of your property. However, before you decide which country to do this registration in, let's look at why you need to do it in the first place, given that in many countries, the rights are automatically established once the product is created.