XYRA AI Debuts #JustAskXYRA Accounting Assistant as UAE Corporate Tax Registrations Top 743,000

XYRA launched an agentic AI accounting assistant for small and medium-sized enterprises in the UAE, giving business owners instant answers on bookkeeping, tax and compliance. The company announced the #JustAskXYRA campaign on November 12, 2026, according to EIN Presswire.

How the #JustAskXYRA Assistant Works

The assistant brings bookkeeping automation to everyday finance work. Business owners and finance teams can ask questions about their books and get answers without waiting for an advisor to respond. XYRA is DIFC-certified and backed by Microsoft, with access provided through the IGNYTE community, and the company is set to showcase at GITEX 2026 from December 8 to 11.

The launch comes as UAE businesses continue to adjust to corporate tax, which was introduced in 2023. In April 2026, the Federal Tax Authority reported more than 743,000 corporate tax registrants. For many SMEs, this is their first experience of filing corporate tax returns, and every business has to register and file an annual return, including those that pay no tax under Small Business Relief, which is available to businesses with revenue of up to AED 3 million.

In August 2026, the Ministry of Finance extended this relief to tax periods ending on or before December 31, 2029, so smaller firms will keep filing returns for years to come and will need clean, up-to-date books to do it. XYRA's AI accounting assistant is built for these businesses, many of which run without an in-house finance team.

"Since corporate tax came in, small business owners have far more questions about their accounts than they used to, and most of them don't have a finance team to ask," said Mr. Selvam, Founder and CEO of XYRA. "We want those owners to get a clear answer when the question comes up, not days later."

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GITEX 2026 Showcase Dates

XYRA is set to showcase at GITEX 2026 from December 8 to 11.