ABC Ltd,a company based in the UAE, has the following figures from the profit and loss a/c

Revenue     AED 20 million

Cost of Goods sold AED 9 million

General & Admin expenses AED 4 million

Entertainment expenses AED 300,000 (not included in G&A exp.)

Net profit AED 6,700,000

Break up of entertainment expenditure:

(1) Related to customers.shareholders and business partner AED 240,000

(2) Related to employees AED   60,000

(provided to enable them to perform their duties)

Taxable Income:

Revenue : AED 20 million

Less:

COGS : AED   9 million

G&A expenses : AED   4 million

Entertainment (1) : AED  120,000 (50%)

Entertainment (2) : AED    60,000 (100%)

Taxable profit  : AED 6,820,000

Threshold : AED      375,000

Taxable @ 9% : AED 6,445,000

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