The Corporate Tax registration deadline is set by your licence's issue month — not today's date

For resident companies that already existed before March 2024, the authority set a registration schedule based on the month the company's original trade licence was issued — regardless of its current status. A company whose first licence was issued in, say, April has a specific registration deadline tied to that, even if the licence has since expired without renewal, and even if the company holds more than one licence (in that case, the earliest issuance date governs).

Companies incorporated after March 2024 follow a simpler rule: three months from the date of incorporation. The penalty for missing the deadline is AED 10,000, regardless of the company's size or activity. A common mistake is assuming "the licence still has a year on it" means there's no rush — when what actually matters is the original issue month, not the licence's current state. RASEEKH confirms your correct deadline from day one, not once the penalty has already kicked in.