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August 10, 2026

Free Zone vs Mainland in 2026: Which Dubai Licence Actually Costs Less After Corporate Tax?

For twenty years the answer to this question was easy. Free zone meant 100% ownership and zero tax, mainland meant a local partner and paperwork. Founders chose free zone, moved on, and never thought about it again. Then corporate tax arrived, ownership rules on the mainland were liberalised, and the old shortcut stopped working. In…

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