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UAE Gratuity Calculator
End-of-service pay under the 2022 Labour Law: 21/30-day formula, two-year cap, resignation included.
Calculate →Overstay Fine Calculator
AED 50/day after your grace period — by visa type, with exit permit costs and official links.
Calculate →Golden Visa Eligibility Check
Every route with real thresholds — property, salary, talent, teachers, creators and more.
Check →DEWA Bill Calculator
Slab tariffs, fuel surcharge, housing fee, sewerage and VAT — your full bill, line by line.
Estimate →RERA Rent Increase Calculator
The legal maximum your Dubai landlord can add at renewal — plus the 90-day notice rule.
Calculate →UAE Salary Calculator
Zero income tax, ILOE, GPSSA — your real take-home and what your package is worth.
Calculate →Mortgage Calculator UAE
Monthly payment, the 50% DBR rule and the ~7.5% upfront costs — with July 2026 rates.
Calculate →Business Setup Cost
Mainland vs free zone, visas, renewals — the honest first-year total, from AED 5,750.
Calculate →Corporate Tax Calculator
0% / 9% bands and Small Business Relief — now extended to 2029. Check your bill.
Calculate →Renovation Cost — Dubai
Apartments and villas by finish level, kitchens, bathrooms and permits included.
Estimate →Cost of Living Calculator
Your personal monthly budget: rent, utilities, schools, car vs metro — vs your salary.
Build budget →VAT Calculator
Add or extract 5% VAT correctly, plus registration thresholds explained.
Calculate →Guides
Employer not paying your gratuity?
Gratuity is due within 14 days. The free MOHRE complaint, the AED 50,000 threshold and the two-year deadline.
Read →Your visa was cancelled — how long can you stay?
30 to 180 days by category, when the clock actually starts, and what you can legally do inside the window.
Read →Why your DEWA bill doubles in summer
The last kWh costs 52% more than the first. Where the slab boundaries sit, and which lines saving can never touch.
Read →The 5% housing fee on your DEWA bill
A municipality charge on a utility bill: how it's calculated, who's exempt, and how to fix a wrong amount.
Read →Your landlord wants more rent
Most increases arrive as a fact. The 90-day notice rule, the legal cap, and why saying no is not a ground for eviction.
Read →Eviction: Article 25 line by line
Twelve months' notice, by notary or registered mail, on one of four grounds — and the 24-month rule that is not in the law.
Read →Getting your deposit back
The law orders the refund and names no deadline. Which deductions stand up, which are invented, and what filing actually costs.
Read →Filing at the Rental Disputes Centre
3.5% of the rent to file, AED 500 floor, conciliation in 15 days, judgment in 30. What it costs and what to bring.
Read →Your salary is late — the new June 2026 rule
Wages are now due on the 1st, with no grace period. The day-by-day penalty ladder an employer faces, and what to do first.
Read →Notice, resignation and dismissal
What 30–90 days really means, the ten grounds for instant dismissal, and the three-month cap on unlawful-dismissal payouts.
Read →Sick leave: 15 full, 30 half, 45 unpaid
The ladder is the easy part. The unpaid days also come out of your gratuity service term — and a work injury is paid on a scale three times better.
Read →Overtime is paid on basic, not your package
The 25% and 50% uplifts run on basic wage — roughly half what most people assume. Plus the weekend formula the portal states differently from the law.
Read →"Your service restarts now" — no, it didn't
What the 2022–2023 contract conversion actually did to your gratuity clock, your terms and your notice period, article by article.
Read →Emiratisation 2026: AED 10,000, not 9,000
MOHRE indexes the monthly contribution to the target year, not the payment year. The arithmetic, the deadlines, and the trap that hits after you've hit the target.
Read →Six months abroad, and your visa quietly died
The 180-day rule nullifies residence automatically — no letter, no warning. The permit that reverses it, and who's exempt.
Read →What buying in Dubai really costs
The 4% DLD fee is a third of the bill. Every official line item, plus the agent, valuation and bank charges, on an AED 1.5M purchase.
Read →Pre-approval, and why banks say no
The 50% debt burden rule, the credit-card limits counted against you, and the buildings lenders quietly won't finance.
Read →What one hire costs an employer
The MOHRE fee list read off the ministry's own service pages — AED 250, 1,200 or 3,450 for the same permit, and why.
Read →Paying gratuity: the employer's rules
Article 51 clause by clause, the five deductions the law allows, and the 14-day deadline that starts at the contract end date.
Read →Savings scheme vs gratuity
The rates match, the wage they apply to doesn't. What the fund has to earn to leave you no worse off — and what happens to your pre-scheme years.
Read →Redundancy: there is no such law
Article 42(8) is gated behind a court judgment. Everything else is a full-notice termination — priced out line by line for twenty people.
Read →eInvoicing isn't a VAT rule
It catches you "notwithstanding your VAT registration status" — and most businesses have until 31 March 2027 to appoint a provider. Plus the 100 free invoices a year every accredited provider owes you.
Read →51 fields, 8 flags
Every UAE electronic invoice will declare whether it is a free zone supply, a deemed supply, a margin sale, a summary, a retainer, agent billing, e-commerce or an export — and each flag has its own rule.
Read →All guides
Plain-English explanations of the rules behind the calculators, verified against official sources.
Browse →Why trust these numbers
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MOHRE, u.ae, DLD, DEWA, ICP — each tool cites the law or tariff it implements, so you can verify everything yourself.
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