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The federal government and local governments are entitled to levy taxes on citizens and companies. The federal government currently levies a value added tax, corporate income tax, and excise taxes. Some emirates levy property, transfer, excise and tourism taxes. Some emirates also charge corporate taxes on oil companies and foreign banks.
The Dubai government has denied any kind of labour injustices and has stated that the watchdog's (Human Rights Watch) accusations were misguided. [9] Towards the end of March 2006, the government announced steps to allow construction unions. UAE labour minister Ali al-Kaabi said: "Labourers will be allowed to form unions."
This is a list of government-owned companies of the United Arab Emirates. A Government-owned corporation is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government . Their legal status varies from being a part of government to stock companies with a state as a regular stockholder .
At the same time, however, due to the welfare benefits of the UAE government, many Emiratis are reluctant to take up low-paying jobs, especially those in the private sector, with citizens only representing 0.34% of the private sector workforce; [8] private sector employers are also generally more inclined to hire overseas temporary workers as ...
Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) (Arabic: هيئة المعرفة والتنمية البشرية) is the educational quality assurance and regulatory authority of the Government of Dubai, United Arab Emirates which is responsible for evaluation and accreditation of higher educational institutions and universities in the Emirate of Dubai.
Original founded in 2005 as the Dubai School of Government, public policy in the Arab world is the focus of the institute. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of Dubai, is responsible for the academy's creation. Yassar Jarrar was the founding executive.
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The UAE federal government was formed on 2 December 1971, when the rulers of five emirates, formerly part of the Trucial States established the United Arab Emirates. The Constitution established the federal government and outlined its mandates and jurisdictions in Article 120 and Article 121.