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Your profit, your home country: see what you keep at home and in the UAE, every year and over ten years.

The whole profit is paid out to you as a dividend. Home: corporate tax at the main rate, then dividend tax at the top rate. UAE: 0% up to AED 375,000, 9% above, no dividend tax.

You keep more every year in the UAE
€403,731
€4,037,310 over ten years at the same profit

France

Corporate tax
€250,000
Dividend tax
€235,500
You keep
€514,500

United Arab Emirates

Corporate tax
€81,769
Dividend tax
€0
You keep
€918,231

Rates: PwC, corporate tax, PwC, dividends, UAE corporate tax. €1 = AED 4.1003 (ECB, 6 November 2026; AED peg).

All countries

€1M of profit, eleven countries

The same calculation at €1M for each country, at the top rates checked November 2026.

Headline tax rates and what an owner keeps from EUR 1 million of company profit paid out as a dividend
Country Corporate tax Dividend tax Top income tax You keep of €1M profit Source
United Arab Emirates0% up to AED 375,000, then 9% 9% 0% 0%
€918,231
u.ae · PwC
United KingdomOver GBP 125,140; 48% in Scotland 25% 39.35% 45%
€454,875
PwC
France45% plus 4% surtax over EUR 500,000 (single) 25% 31.4% 49%
€514,500
PwC
Germany45% plus 5.5% solidarity surcharge 30% 26.4% 47.5%
€515,200
PwC
Sweden20% state tax plus average 32% municipal tax 20.6% 30% 52%
€555,800
PwC
DenmarkIncluding the 8% labour market tax 22% 42% 60.5%
€452,400
PwC
BelgiumFrom EUR 49,840, plus municipal surcharge (average 7%) 25% 30% 50%
€525,000
PwC
NetherlandsOver EUR 78,426 25.8% 31% 49.5%
€511,980
PwC
ItalyOver EUR 50,000, plus regional and municipal surcharges 24% 26% 43%
€562,400
PwC
SpainOver EUR 300,000, state and regional rates combined 25% 30% 47%
€525,000
PwC
Norway22% plus 17.8% bracket tax at the top 22% 37.84% 39.8%
€484,848
PwC
BulgariaFlat rate 10% 5% 10%
€855,000
PwC

Top statutory rates from PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries and the UAE Government Portal, checked November 2026. "You keep" = profit after corporate tax, then tax on the dividend at the top rate; UAE uses AED 4.1003 per euro. A guide, not tax advice: leaving your home country's tax residence has its own rules, such as exit taxes.

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