The Russia–UAE treaty: 10% withholding at source, not 15%.

• You receive cross-border income between Russia and the UAE — dividends, interest or royalties.
• The double-taxation treaty entered into force on 18 July 2025 and applies from 1 January 2026.
• You want to apply the 10% treaty rate from the first payment of 2026, not try to reclaim an overpayment after the fact.

What the House does

The treaty gives a 10% withholding rate on dividends, interest and royalties — but the relief does not apply automatically. It requires established UAE tax residence and a certificate that a bank or payer will accept as grounds. The House carries the corridor from diagnostic to applied rate.

• A residence diagnostic: exposure on both sides plus a third-country check.
• UAE residence by a documentable route — 90 or 183 days.
• A TRC for Treaty Purposes — the certificate that actually unlocks the relief, not an “ordinary” TRC.
• A personal tax-reporting strategy at the seam of the two jurisdictions, including controlled foreign companies.
• Support for applying the treaty rate on the payer’s side (bank / broker).
• Deliverables: a tax memo of 15–25 pp. · a residency timeline · the application package · TRC obtained.

What you get: a tax memo of 15–25 pp. · a TRC for Treaty Purposes in hand · a residency timeline of 90/183 days · 10% withholding instead of 15%.

Why this way and not another

• On your own it is easy to obtain an “ordinary” TRC that is no good for treaty purposes — and to learn of it when the bank refuses the relief.
• Alert firms told you the treaty exists — but did not arrange residence, the TRC and the reporting.
• A local visa agent will set up residence but will not tie it to personal reporting and the treaty position — a gap in declaration remains.

What worries you — and the House’s answer

• “The TRC won’t be accepted as grounds for relief.” — We obtain precisely the TRC for Treaty Purposes and accompany the application of the rate on the payer’s side.
• “The tax authority will reassess over weak residence.” — The 90/183-day route is documented, and third-country exposure is checked in advance.
• “I’ll forget the personal reporting and be fined.” — The reporting strategy is part of the mandate, plus a follow-up Q&A in the first year of application.

Where this leads

From 2026 the cross-border flows in this corridor are taxed at the 10% treaty rate, the TRC is in hand, personal reporting is closed out correctly. The capital sits calmly between the two jurisdictions — with no grey zones and no fear of reassessment.