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Q: We want to start a brokerage company in the field of industrial equipment. We are calling to work with Chinese companies.
Is the fee bill that we will establish from Dubai subject to any taxes? If yes, which ones?
Please, can you also send us the legal texts related to these dispositions?

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The buyer pays seller and buyer agent fees, is this correct?
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Q: Hi,
I recently bought a townhouse in Dubai.
I paid both the seller and buyer agent fees (2% each, 4% total). I was told that it is the way to be done in Dubai.
Is this correct?

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Does a car rental company need to pay VAT when selling a car?


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Q: Hi,
I need to know:
1. In a car rental scenario, do we need to pay VAT when selling the car?
2. In a trading business where a company holds cars, do we need to pay VAT when selling them?
Thanks!



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What to do if an agency hired for VAT returns took the payment and disappeared?

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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
My father had hired an agency to handle his company's VAT returns and paid them on time for all the filings.
However, the person took his money and fled. Now the office is closed, and he is not answering any calls. Please advise on what can be done.


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What is VAT treatment for used mobile phones purchased and sold to individual customers?




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Q: What is VAT treatment for used mobile phones purchased and sold to individual customers?
The company is VAT-registered.





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Can the supplier refuse to pay the VAT on a referral fee invoice and ask me to bear it?



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Q: Last year I set up a Dubai mainland sole proprietorship company dedicated to interior design. One of the material suppliers I have specified (tiles) for a project agreed to pay me a referral fee of 10% of the end client order.
Now I have invoiced them that 10% + VAT, however, they don't want to pay the VAT. They suggest I deduct it from my own 10% if I am keen to produce a tax invoice featuring VAT.
Is this request legal?




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Should we charge VAT for goods sold from Dubai Silicon Oasis to Umm Al Quwain?



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Q: Hello,
Kindly advise: We are selling goods and have a trade license from Dubai Silicon Oasis Free Zone, selling to a company in Umm Al Quwain.
Should we add VAT to the invoice?




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1 available 1 • View allالمنازعات الضريبية من الألف إلى الياء وفق قانون الإجراءات الضريبية الجديد 18
تأتي هذه المقالة ملخصاً موجزاً لإجراءات المنازعات الضريبية في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة على النحو الذي رسمها المرسوم بقانون اتحادي رقم 28 لسنة 2022 بشأن قانون الإجراءات الضريبية الاتحادي.
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2 available 2 • View allFederal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017 on Value Added Tax 3
The Federal Decree Law on Value Added Tax (VAT Decree-Law), outlines the tax scope, rate, responsibility for tax, supply of goods and services in all cases, including supply in special cases, supply of more than one component, supply via agent, supply by government entities and cases of deemed supply.
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Federal Law No. (18) of 1993 Issuing the Commercial Transactions Law 19
This Law applies to merchants, as well as to all acts of commerce carried out in the UAE by any person even though he be not a trader. Commercial matters regarding which specific Federal laws are issued shall be subject to the provisions of such laws, and to the provisions hereof which do not contradict with said laws.
Sep 7, 1993
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