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VAT and its application for a broker selling third-party goods in the UAE
Q: Hi, We are a third party portal acting as a broker. We are selling products in the UAE on behalf of retailers. However, we invoice end users including the VAT. Our model is based on commission which means that X% amount of net amount will be retained and the remaining will be transferred to retailers. How to handle this legally between us and the retailers: 1. Do we apply VAT? How do we transfer to retailers as we cannot invoice them? 2. Can we claim back the VAT as the initial retailers have paid VAT on products already? Thank you
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Nov 16, 2017
Payment of a commercial invoice with VAT
Q: We are purchasing some taxable material from the UAE, and our main contractor agrees to pay this material cost on behalf of us. So, in which name should the supplier issue the Invoice, the name of our main contractor or our name? And also please clarify Input Tax Claim method.
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Apr 23, 2018
VAT applicability on private passenger transport
Q: Is private passenger transport by land taxable in the UAE?
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Jul 31, 2018
Paying corporation tax when the company provides only remote services
Q: My company is in Gibraltar. I also have a company in Ajman free zone. My Ajman company will provide remote services such as accountancy, IT support, and sales for the Gibraltar company. There is no transport or handling of goods, and the Ajman company will only provide services. The staff salaries will be about 400,000 AED. My staff will be based in India. My Ajman company will be basically used to pay salaries to staff in India. Will my Ajman company have to pay corporation tax? (because it is running and managing the company in Gibraltar) Do I have to register for VAT? Do I have to keep accounts? What do I need to register as a service?
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Nov 16, 2020
Is it mandatory to register an offshore company from RAKICC for corporate tax?
Q: Dear Sir/Madam, Please advise if it is mandatory to register an offshore company from RAKICC for corporate tax. Meanwhile, RAKICC states that offshore companies technically cannot register because RAKICC is not on the list of the FTA (Tax Authority). RAKICC suggests that offshore companies must wait for the FTA's new decree to update the list.
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Apr 29, 2024
What to do if an agency hired for VAT returns took the payment and disappeared?
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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May 13, 2024
Is income from a silent partnership in the UAE subject to corporate tax?
Q: Dear Sir/Madam, My UAE company has a silent partnership with another UAE company. Does my company have to pay corporate tax on the income from this silent partnership?
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Jan 13, 2025
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Economic Substance Law in the UAE: Ahead with Compliance and Governance
Tax evasion is a serious offence on the local and international levels that had to be controlled and regulated with new laws, in an international effort to combat this violation. As a part of the international community, the UAE had issued a law (Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 31 of 2019) in the same direction requiring all in-scope UAE entities to have demonstrable economic substance.
Jul 24, 2019
Doctrine of Economic Substance in the UAE
The introduction of the Doctrine in the UAE brings the UAE in line with other jurisdictions that have recently issued economic substance legislation and affirms the UAE’s commitment to addressing concerns around the shifting of profits derived from certain mobile business activities to “no or nominal tax jurisdictions” without corresponding local economic activities.
Feb 4, 2020
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Federal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017 on Value Added Tax
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.
Aug 23, 2017
Cabinet Decision No. (52) of 2017 on the Executive Regulations of the Federal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017 on Value Added Tax
The Executive Regulations set the rules and procedures for implementation of the Federal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017 on Value Added Tax in the United Arab Emirates. The Regulations define the registration process, zero-rate and exempt supplies, calculation of due tax, tax returns, recovery of excess tax, etc.
Nov 26, 2017
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How can I vacate my tenant if the rental agreement ends before the eviction notice deadline?
My Dubai tenant's rental agreement is ending by the end of September 2024 and the completion of 12 months of legally served Eviction Notice is the end of December 2024. I have two questions: (a) Can I send a rent increase notice 3 months before as the rent has increased as per the RERA rent calculator? (b) The second question is, do I have to renew the rental agreement for 3 months (until December 2024) or not? Thank you.
May 1, 2024
How can I reach a settlement with the bank for a mortgage of a jointly owned property?
I have a jointly owned property in Abu Dhabi. The mortgage was defaulted on as I had to leave the property with my children following an assault by my ex-husband. He left the country in 2018 and never paid the mortgage. As I was in the country, the bank filed a criminal case against me, and I was sentenced to 3 years. I won the appeal against the bank and then filed another criminal case a few months later in Dubai. Again, I won and paid a fine. In 2019, the bank started a civil case against me and my ex-husband to have the property repossessed. However, at the time of the purchase of the property, there were no Title Deeds, the bank requires this. I cannot give them the Title Deeds to sell the property and pay back the amount owed to them as my ex-husband refuses to provide a POA. The bank has filed another criminal case against me only for our jointly owned property. I wish to resolve this and pay off the bank and receive any money left from the sale. How can I resolve this issue of the Title Deeds?
Oct 4, 2022
The procedures for filing for divorce on mutual consent
Dear sir/madam, I am separated from my wife due to compatibility reasons. We got married in the Indian consulate in Dubai on December, 23rd. We would like to file a divorce on mutual consent as soon as possible. May I get some advice here on the procedures?
Sep 13, 2022
My previous employer failed to pay my gratuity. Can I file a case 6 months after resignation?
My previous employer failed to pay my gratuity six months past now since I resigned, Is it possible to file a case against him after a 6 months period?
May 31, 2022
Can a real estate agency hold a percentage of a property sale until transfer is done?
A real estate agency has signed an MOU stating that a 10% security deposit from the buyer and the seller will be kept in the real estate agency and will be released upon transferring the property. The transfer of the property was blocked due to the court order. According to my colleagues, the real estate agency is not a trustee and they are not allowed to have taken my security check in the first place, is this correct?
Jun 28, 2021
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