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VAT on Employee Benefits: What HR Must Change — a document marked VAT beside a purple percentage badgePayroll & ComplianceNovember 10, 20268 min read

New VAT Rules on Employee Benefits: What HR Must Change About Housing, Transport, Phones and Parking

From 1 October 2026, FTA Decision No. 17 of 2026 limits input VAT recovery on staff benefits to six categories, each with conditions that must all be met. Finance files the return, but HR designs the benefits and holds the paperwork. What changes for transport, food, accommodation, new-hire housing, phones and parking — with a benefit-by-benefit checklist.

Employee stopped turning up? Absence reports, Article 44 and what happens to payroll — an attendance record on a desk with a row of missing days highlighted in purple, beside a pen and keyboardUAE Labor LawNovember 2, 2026

Employee Stopped Turning Up? Absence Reports, Article 44 and What Happens to Payroll

Garden leave in the UAE — an empty office chair behind a desk, with a binder of pay and leave balance documents and a desk calendar marking 14 days for the final settlementPayroll & ComplianceOctober 28, 2026

Garden Leave in the UAE: The Payroll Side — Pay, Leave Balances and the 14-Day Settlement Clock

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