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Cash Payments in UAE

12 Nov, 2025

By Vidhu

Cash Payments in UAE

One of the common question that we get from clients is โ€”
"๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐€๐„?"

If yes, what is the limit of Cash Payment?

So the answer is that there is ๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’• ๐’๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’”๐’‰ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’š๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’”๐’‰ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’š๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’”.

๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐:
1๏ธโƒฃ Expense must be ๐’˜๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’š & ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’‘๐’–๐’“๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’†.
2๏ธโƒฃ It must be supported by ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’“ ๐’…๐’๐’„๐’–๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ (invoice, receipt etc.)

Even though cash payments are legally allowed, large or frequent cash transactions may attract scrutiny under ๐‘ผ๐‘จ๐‘ฌโ€™๐’” ๐‘จ๐’๐’•๐’Š-๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’†๐’š ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ (๐‘จ๐‘ด๐‘ณ) regulations, especially if:
๐Ÿ’ธ The amounts are unusually high, or
๐Ÿงพ There is no proper trail or documentation.

๐Ÿฆ Practically, most corporates and free zone entities prefer ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’” for transparency and audit trail.
Further, large cash payments may be questioned during ๐’•๐’‚๐’™ ๐’‚๐’–๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’Œ ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜๐’”.


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