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Likely partially deductible. Client-entertainment costs are limited to 50% deductibility; the staff-training portion appears fully deductible if incurred wholly for the business.
The invoice mixes client entertainment (dinner, AED 6,200) with staff training (workshop fee, AED 9,000). Art. 28 allows deduction of expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively for business; Art. 32 restricts entertainment expenditure to 50%.
- Attendee list — were attendees clients, suppliers, or staff only?
- Whether the workshop fee includes catering (entertainment component)
- Whether the expense is capital in nature
- Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022, Art. 28 — deductible expenditure
- Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022, Art. 32 — entertainment expenditure (50%)
Financial years starting on or after 1 June 2023
Split the invoice into entertainment and training components; apply the 50% restriction to the entertainment portion and document attendees.
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