R&D Tax Credits
Turn existing R&D into Tax Credits in the UAE, worth up to AED 2 Million. Purpose-built technology for R&D analysis and evidence – not a generic AI layer, built specifically for how UAE R&D claims work.
Our solution
Innovation Now Pays
The UAE’s R&D Tax Credit is live for tax periods from 1 January 2026 – with pre-approval required before spend is incurred. Daribatech turns the technical work your teams are already doing into documented, pre-approved, claim-ready credits – up to 50% back on qualifying spend, with the evidence to defend every dirham.
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Connect Your Systems
Daribatech plugs into the engineering, project, and finance systems you already run. No new workflows, no parallel record-keeping – your development activity, cost data, and project records become the raw material of the claim.
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Identify Qualifying Activity
Our AI reads your technical records and maps activity against the OECD Frascati criteria – novel, creative, uncertain, systematic, transferable. Qualifying R&D is identified from the work itself, not from what someone remembers at year-end. Nothing gets missed, and nothing gets claimed that shouldn’t be.
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Capture Eligible Costs
Eligible expenditure is tracked across projects, departments, and entities as it’s incurred – staff time, contractor costs, consumables, and supporting overheads – allocated against qualifying activity with the link between cost and work preserved.
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Build the Evidence Trail
Technical narratives, project timelines, and expenditure schedules are generated automatically from the actual work – contemporaneous, time-stamped, and traceable to source. The seven-year documentation requirement is covered by design, not reconstructed under pressure.
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A Claim-Ready File
A complete, structured claim pack – ready for Tawwer pre-approval submission and FTA filing, with every figure backed by evidence your advisors can take forward directly.
Business value
A Credit You Can Defend
The value of an R&D claim isn’t what you submit – it’s what survives scrutiny. Daribatech is built for both.
Find Out Where You Stand
R&D Credit Calculator
An immediate estimate of your credit position across the 15%, 35%, and 50% tiers. Two minutes, no commitment.
Estimate My CreditUAE R&D Tax Credit Assistant
Trained on the UAE regime. Ask anything – eligibility, qualifying activities, documentation requirements, the Tawwer process – and get a straight answer.
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Why Daribatech
Regulator-trusted. AI-native. Built for the full tax picture.
Book a DemoA Partner the Regulator already Vets
Daribatech is a UAE-founded tax technology company and an FTA-accredited service provider fo re-invoicing, trusted with mission-critical, real-time compliance infrastructure for some of the region’s most data-sensitive enterprises. That’s the standard of governance and security behind your R&D claim.
AI Built For Tax, Not Bolted On
AI is not a feature we added – it’s how we work across our platform. For R&D, our AI reads your actual technical and financial records, classifies qualifying activity against the Frascati criteria, and generates the documentation from source. More complete than interviews and questionnaires, and defensible because every line traces back to real work.
One Partner Across Your Tax Stack
E-invoicing, VAT, Pillar Two, R&D – Daribatech covers the full GCC tax technology landscape, and works alongside your tax advisors rather than around them. The R&D tax credit isn’t a standalone product from a single-issue vendor; it’s part of one relationship that understands your whole tax position.
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your strategy?
Turn compliance into opportunity. Speak to our team about achieving 100% UAE e-invoicing and Pillar Two compliance while maximising returns from VAT/AP recovery and R&D tax credits.