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United Arab Emirates DAO for German founders

Setting up a dao in United Arab Emirates as a German founder is a three-variable problem: the United Arab Emirates entity, the dao regulatory profile, and the home-country exposure of the UBO.

United Arab Emirates entity

Free zone QFZP requires adequate substance

DAO considerations

Governance organisation needing legal wrapper for contracts and liability.

German UBO exposure

AStG add-back taxation, exit tax on >1% holdings, substance critical.

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