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The social and economic reforms that underpin Saudi Vision 2030 are having a positive impact on the adoption of technology and innovation in Saudi Arabia, and will assist in propelling the Kingdom into the post-oil era. As the building blocks of Saudi Vision 2030 fall into place, setting-up business in Saudi Arabia is becoming more efficient than ever before.</p><p class=\"p1\"><i>Al Tamimi &amp; Company’s <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/practice/corporate-structuring/\">Corporate Structuring</a> team regularly advises on setting up businesses – large and small - in Saudi Arabia. For further information, please contact <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/lawyer/hesham-al-homoud/\">Hesham AlHomoud</a> (h.alhomoud@tamimi.com) or <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/lawyer/elye-parata/\">Elye Parata</a> (<a href=\"mailto:e.parata@tamimi.com\">e.parata@tamimi.com</a>).</i></p>|<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img class=\"wp-image-7527 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/shutterstock_794105161-Converted-300x94.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1404\" height=\"440\" /></span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is currently going through major social and economic reforms as part of Saudi Vision 2030 and the associated National Transformation Programme. The Saudi Arabian government is introducing a number of laws and policy changes aimed at simplifying business and increasing foreign investment in the Kingdom. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Technological innovation is a particular area of focus. Recent media reports mention global names such as Google and Snap as being particularly interested in opportunities in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the Kingdom is keen to harness the benefits that technological innovation can bring to areas as diverse as education, de-salination and power distribution. With advanced technological centres (such as the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (‘KACST’)) and plans for NEOM - a five hundred billion US dollar technology-focused mega city - the potential for businesses operating in the areas of technology and innovation will continue to grow.</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">In this article, we look at some key issues associated with setting-up in Saudi Arabia - whether you are a local start-up with a great mobile app idea, or a major global tech company looking to get in on the action.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Local opportunities </b></h2>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The government views technology and innovation as one of the most important areas for investment, and there has been significant growth and success in this area in recent years. The Badir Program, initiated under the auspices of KACST, is a nation-wide program aimed at accelerating the growth of emerging, technology-based businesses in the Kingdom. 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This is a stark contrast to the six to nine months that it would have typically taken in the relatively recent past. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Significantly, the business activities that an overseas investor wishes to undertake must not be activities classified as exclusive to Saudi Arabian (or GCC) companies and nationals. This restriction could arise due to the activities being on the so-called “Negative List” (being business activities that SAGIA has specified as being exclusive to Saudis) or being otherwise identified as being restricted to Saudis in internal SAGIA policies and guidelines.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p class=\"p6\"><b>Types of entities </b></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The most common activities undertaken by technology companies in KSA are generally related to services or trading. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Companies with overseas ownership that desire to undertake services (e.g. installation or maintenance of software and/or hardware products), are usually incorporated as a “Branch Office” or as an LLC, and can typically be completely foreign-owned. Entities incorporated to undertake services are not permitted to conduct any advertising or trading activities.</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Companies with overseas ownership that wish to undertake marketing, promotions and sales activities (e.g. sales of software and/or hardware products) are generally regarded by SAGIA as ‘trading’ entities. A trading entity would typically be an LLC (or, less typically, due to rigorous governance requirements) a Joint Stock Company, but it could not be a Branch. It is possible to incorporate a wholly foreign-owned trading entity, although the significant investment requirements (between two and three hundred million Saudi Riyals over a five year period) mean that this is not very common in practice.</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Besides a Branch Office and an LLC there are some other options available</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">Temporary Commercial Registration: This type of corporate entity is similar to a Branch, but is only relevant to servicing a government contract. As such, this type of entity is not uncommon in the context of technology projects with government ministries. In order to obtain a temporary commercial registration, it is necessary to submit a signed copy of the relevant contract to SAGIA.</span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"p7\">Technical Scientific Office: This type of corporate entity has the ability to provide sales and marketing assistance to a registered agent in Saudi Arabia. However, it is not permitted to market or sell products, or generate any revenue in and of itself; it can only provide support to the registered agent.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Secondary registrations</b></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Once a Foreign Investment Licence has been granted by SAGIA and a Certificate of Commercial Registration has been issued from MOCI, a number of additional registrations must be completed with various governmental authorities to enable the new entity to function. These types of registrations allow an entity to pay taxes and insurance, obtain visas for expatriate workers, and register signatures at the Chamber of Commerce, etc. Each of these secondary registrations must be renewed and kept valid in order for the entity to continue to do business in Saudi Arabia. Substantial delays and inconvenience could arise if any of these licences are not maintained.</p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Following the completion of the secondary registrations process, any additional licensing for CITC will generally be required. The CITC has authority for the regulation of the internet and information technology and is generally responsible for the licensing of information technology companies that are providing services such as cloud computing and telecommunications. With Saudi Vison 2030’s focus on technology and artificial intelligence, the CITC is set to play a more pivotal role in the KSA economy.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Conclusion</b></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">For overseas investors, particularly in the technology sector, the investment climate in Saudi Arabia has never been better. 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This includes details and requirements related to tax registra-tion, ﬁling of tax returns and settlement of taxes, tax audits, appeals and penalties as well as FTA and taxpayers’ rights and obligations.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Implementation Challenges</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The introduction of VAT was a major change for businesses operating in the UAE. In order to prepare for it, busi-nesses had to complete a number of steps before VAT came into force. These included analysing the impact of VAT on their operations and across many diﬀer-ent functions including Legal, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Procurement, Sales, Marketing and Strategy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Businesses had to review and deter-mine the VAT treatment of all their sales and purchase transactions and understand their resulting compli-ance obligations. In addition, they had to assess the capability of their existing IT system or software to produce auto-matic VAT reporting and consider if an upgrade would be suﬃcient or they would need a whole new system. It was also important for organisa-tions to make changes to their business processes, including invoicing and record keeping so they were compliant with the new VAT legislation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From a legal perspective, it was necessary to review existing contracts with customers to check if they needed to renegotiate contracts which had no VAT clause in order to avoid bearing any VAT cost. They also had to check that all new contracts dealt with the application of VAT and set out which party was responsible for bearing the VAT liability.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In order to achieve this objective and manage relationships with customers, communication with customers was required. It was also important to communicate with suppliers to ensure they were going to issue VAT compliant invoices which would facilitate the recovery of VAT. Finally, businesses had to evaluate the cash ﬂow implications and their working capital requirements as a result of now having to pay VAT before they received payments from customers.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">All in all, a signiﬁcant amount of work had to be undertaken by businesses to be ready for VAT. In other jurisdictions such as Malaysia when a similar goods or services tax (known as GST) was implemented, companies there typically needed around six to 18 months to prepare for the change depending on the size and complexity of their operations and transactions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Preparation Time</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although some of the large multinational groups in the UAE began their preparations in 2016 or in the beginning of 2017, many busi-nesses in the UAE took a reactive approach instead and decided to wait until the publication of the complete VAT legislation in November before taking any action. There was also an expectation or possibly a hope in the UAE business community that the imple-mentation of VAT would be delayed by the UAE Government based on previous experience in the UAE. (Although, this was despite an indication from the FTA in early 2017 that VAT would be imple-mented on 1 January 2018 and the fact the VAT Law also conﬁrmed that VAT would be implemented by this date when it was published in August 2017.)</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In hindsight, once the UAE Government had taken a decision to implement VAT on 1 January 2018 and this fact was conﬁrmed by the VAT law, businesses could have done more and been more proactive with their VAT preparations. VAT is not a new tax and it or a similar tax exists in more than 160 other countries around the globe. In addition, the UAE VAT law is is largely based on the EU VAT rules and Malaysian GST system. In addition, the GCC VAT Agreement on which UAE VAT legislation was based was also published in the ﬁrst half of 2017. So as far as the UAE is concerned, although the ﬁnal VAT Executive Regulations were not published until November 2017, most of the information in these regulations had already been made available by the FTA earlier in the year as part of an awareness campaign. So, a signiﬁcant amount of information was already available in the public domain even before the VAT Executive Regulations were published and it was suﬃcient to enable businesses to begin their preparations. In fact, most of the information in the VAT Executive Regulations was already known before these Regulations were issued. It would have been better for businesses to begin preparation before the VAT Executive Regulations were issued based on the known information at that time and then validate any assumptions or conﬁrm positions after the regulations were issued in November 2017. Unfortunately, in the UAE, many businesses took the wrong approach and instead waited for the regulations before even beginning this work which meant they only had one month to get ready. A few businesses were even taken by surprise by the introduction of VAT despite the fact the FTA, tax advisers and the local and business press had conducted an awareness campaign throughout 2017.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8085\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_727827781-Converted-01-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"289\" />The Role of the Federal Tax Authority</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many businesses operating in the UAE appear to have misun-derstood the role of the FTA. The FTA is a new tax authority, the legislation establishing it was published towards the end of 2016 and it only began recruiting staﬀ in the middle of 2017.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As with any tax authority in mature tax jurisdictions, the FTA’s primary role is to administer, collect and enforce Federal taxes and apply procedures which are related to these taxes. Although it will issue technical guidance to the public on tax matters, like any tax authority, it is not responsible for advising businesses on their tax obligations or on the VAT implications of their transac-tions. Unfortunately, a number of businesses have not understood what the responsiblities of the FTA are and are currently trying to contact the FTA helpline or meet FTA representatives to obtain tax advice, although this is not part of their role. Like many tax authorities in other countries, the FTA, particularly as it is a new body, has very limited resources. With over 300,000 businesses now registered for VAT in the UAE, clearly it is not possible for the FTA to engage directly with all of them and provide tax advice particularly as this is not a part of their remit. As is the case in all other tax jurisdictions, businesses should seek tax advice from a reputable professional services ﬁrm rather than tax authorities.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The FTA have conducted a country-wide campaign to increase awareness, through a series of seminars on VAT introduction in 2017. Given their limited resources, the scale of this campaign has been impressive and is unprecedented even by the standards of more mature tax jurisdictions. Although, some businesses may disagree, it was never realistic to expect a new tax authority like the FTA to personally visit every registered business just to tell them VAT was being introduced. The onus was also on these busi-nesses to speak to advisers and read the many articles which have been published in newspapers and business magazines on the subject.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Interpretation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is easy to mistakenly assume that since the VAT legislation has been issued now, its interpretation will be straightforward and the VAT treatment of all transactions will be clear. In many countries where VAT has been in place for some time, guidance tends to be sought from the published practice of the tax authority in the form of public notices and circulars. Case law precedent is also relied on to check how the courts have decided cases with similar facts in the past. In such countries, VAT law continues to evolve and even decades after its implementation uncertainty remains, as such, the tax authorities in these countries continue to be involved in disputes with businesses, new cases on complex VAT issues continue to be heard by the courts and new schemes are introduced to take into account unique circumstances and industry speciﬁc issues. Similar developments can be expected in the UAE as the UAE VAT legisla-tion has only been eﬀective for just over three months and there is currently no case law from which guidance can be obtained. It will also take time for the FTA’s practice to develop as they audit businesses’ VAT returns and encounter diﬀerent situations. In the future, the FTA will no doubt make further guidance available and new schemes may be announced to take account of diﬀerent industries issues. Any disputes with the FTA will be subject to a three-tier appeal system. Businesses who have a dispute with the FTA, will have the right to ask them to reconsider their decision, and the matter will then be referred to another inspector. An objec-tion against the FTA’s reconsideration decision may then be made to an independent tax disputes resolution committee made up of a judge and two tax experts. Appeals may be made against that committee’s decision to a competent court.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What should businesses do now?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As VAT has been implemented and ﬁling deadlines are approach-ing, the focus for businesses has shifted from VAT implementa-tion to the preparation of their ﬁrst VAT return. Companies are currently trying to identify and conﬁrm the VAT treatment of their transactions so they are able to ﬁle a complete and correct tax return. The completion of the tax return may seem a simple, straightforward task, but the department (and in some cases the individual) within the organisation who ﬁles the return on behalf of the business will be held responsible for the tax positions taken in that return regardless of whether the compliance work was outsourced. The relevant department will usually be the tax department, but it could be the legal or ﬁnance department. Given VAT is a new law, there may be uncertainty on many technical posi-tions which could create risk and this has to be taken seriously as penalties for non-compliance, including incorrect tax returns, could be as high as 300% of the tax amount due. Therefore the person responsible for this area must proactively manage this risk by obtaining professional tax advice from a reputable ﬁrm if there are uncertainties and should also document this advice for internal risk management. Going forward, it will be a challenge for FTA, tax advisers and businesses to interpret and apply the provisions of the new VAT legislation. Although VAT will involve a compliance cost for businesses, given the potential risks and penalties, it is important when ever there is uncertainty, busi-nesses work with a trusted tax adviser and navigate logically through any areas of doubt.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>For further information please contact Shiraz Khan, (s.khan@tamimi.com).</em></p>|<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-8016 \" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/21-379x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"824\" /><em>The introduction of VAT in the UAE at the start of 2018, was a major change for businesses, Shiraz Khan of Al Tamimi &amp; Company looks back on how they should have tackled the implementation phase and what their priorities should be going forward.</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The UAE’s VAT system is broadly based on common principles that have been agreed by all GCC countries in the Uniﬁed GCC VAT Agreement. These include certain areas which all the individual GCC countries are required to follow. For example, the mandatory and voluntary registration thresholds were set by the GCC VAT Agreement. The standard VAT rate of 5% was also ﬁxed by the GCC VAT Agreement across the GCC. However, individual GCC countries do have some freedom to determine the application of VAT on some matters such as the VAT treatment of certain sectors and industries.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>UAE Legislation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">UAE VAT legislation is made up of Federal Decree Law No. 8/2017 on VAT (the VAT Law) and Cabinet Decision No. 52/2017 on the Executive Regulations to the VAT Law (VAT Executive Regula-tions). The Federal Decree-Law No. 8/2017, which was published in August 2017, sets out the UAE VAT rules. The Executive Regula-tions which were issued in November 2017 deal with the detailed application of the VAT Law’s provisions.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In addition, the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), which was formed under Federal Decree-Law No. 13/ 2016 on the Establishment of the FTA is responsible for the administration, management, collection and enforcement of VAT and all other current and future Federal taxes. At present VAT and excise tax are the only taxes at the Federal level. Federal Law No. 7/2017 for Tax Procedures and Cabinet Decision No. 36/2017 on the Executive Regulations on Tax Procedures are also relevant in this context as they provide a procedural framework that is applied across all Federal Taxes. This includes details and requirements related to tax registra-tion, ﬁling of tax returns and settlement of taxes, tax audits, appeals and penalties as well as FTA and taxpayers’ rights and obligations.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Implementation Challenges</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The introduction of VAT was a major change for businesses operating in the UAE. In order to prepare for it, busi-nesses had to complete a number of steps before VAT came into force. These included analysing the impact of VAT on their operations and across many diﬀer-ent functions including Legal, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Procurement, Sales, Marketing and Strategy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Businesses had to review and determine the VAT treatment of all their sales and purchase transactions and understand their resulting compliance obligations. In addition, they had to assess the capability of their existing IT system or software to produce automatic VAT reporting and consider if an upgrade would be suﬃcient or they would need a whole new system. It was also important for organisations to make changes to their business processes, including invoicing and record keeping so they were compliant with the new VAT legislation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From a legal perspective, it was necessary to review existing contracts with customers to check if they needed to renegotiate contracts which had no VAT clause in order to avoid bearing any VAT cost. They also had to check that all new contracts dealt with the application of VAT and set out which party was responsible for bearing the VAT liability.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In order to achieve this objective and manage relationships with customers, communication with customers was required. It was also important to communicate with suppliers to ensure they were going to issue VAT compliant invoices which would facilitate the recovery of VAT. Finally, businesses had to evaluate the cash ﬂow implications and their working capital requirements as a result of now having to pay VAT before they received payments from customers.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">All in all, a signiﬁcant amount of work had to be undertaken by businesses to be ready for VAT. In other jurisdictions such as Malaysia when a similar goods or services tax (known as GST) was implemented, companies there typically needed around six to 18 months to prepare for the change depending on the size and complexity of their operations and transactions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Preparation Time</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although some of the large multinational groups in the UAE began their preparations in 2016 or in the beginning of 2017, many businesses in the UAE took a reactive approach instead and decided to wait until the publication of the complete VAT legislation in November before taking any action. There was also an expectation or possibly a hope in the UAE business community that the implementation of VAT would be delayed by the UAE Government based on previous experience in the UAE. (Although, this was despite an indication from the FTA in early 2017 that VAT would be imple-mented on 1 January 2018 and the fact the VAT Law also conﬁrmed that VAT would be implemented by this date when it was published in August 2017.)</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In hindsight, once the UAE Government had taken a decision to implement VAT on 1 January 2018 and this fact was conﬁrmed by the VAT law, businesses could have done more and been more proactive with their VAT preparations. VAT is not a new tax and it or a similar tax exists in more than 160 other countries around the globe. In addition, the UAE VAT law is is largely based on the EU VAT rules and Malaysian GST system. In addition, the GCC VAT Agreement on which UAE VAT legislation was based was also published in the ﬁrst half of 2017. So as far as the UAE is concerned, although the ﬁnal VAT Executive Regulations were not published until November 2017, most of the information in these regulations had already been made available by the FTA earlier in the year as part of an awareness campaign. So, a signiﬁcant amount of information was already available in the public domain even before the VAT Executive Regulations were published and it was suﬃcient to enable businesses to begin their preparations. In fact, most of the information in the VAT Executive Regulations was already known before these Regulations were issued. It would have been better for businesses to begin preparation before the VAT Executive Regulations were issued based on the known information at that time and then validate any assumptions or conﬁrm positions after the regulations were issued in November 2017. Unfortunately, in the UAE, many businesses took the wrong approach and instead waited for the regulations before even beginning this work which meant they only had one month to get ready. A few businesses were even taken by surprise by the introduction of VAT despite the fact the FTA, tax advisers and the local and business press had conducted an awareness campaign throughout 2017.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8085\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_727827781-Converted-01-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"289\" />The Role of the Federal Tax Authority</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many businesses operating in the UAE appear to have misun-derstood the role of the FTA. The FTA is a new tax authority, the legislation establishing it was published towards the end of 2016 and it only began recruiting staﬀ in the middle of 2017.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As with any tax authority in mature tax jurisdictions, the FTA’s primary role is to administer, collect and enforce Federal taxes and apply procedures which are related to these taxes. Although it will issue technical guidance to the public on tax matters, like any tax authority, it is not responsible for advising businesses on their tax obligations or on the VAT implications of their transac-tions. Unfortunately, a number of businesses have not understood what the responsiblities of the FTA are and are currently trying to contact the FTA helpline or meet FTA representatives to obtain tax advice, although this is not part of their role. Like many tax authorities in other countries, the FTA, particularly as it is a new body, has very limited resources. With over 300,000 businesses now registered for VAT in the UAE, clearly it is not possible for the FTA to engage directly with all of them and provide tax advice particularly as this is not a part of their remit. As is the case in all other tax jurisdictions, businesses should seek tax advice from a reputable professional services ﬁrm rather than tax authorities.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The FTA have conducted a country-wide campaign to increase awareness, through a series of seminars on VAT introduction in 2017. Given their limited resources, the scale of this campaign has been impressive and is unprecedented even by the standards of more mature tax jurisdictions. Although, some businesses may disagree, it was never realistic to expect a new tax authority like the FTA to personally visit every registered business just to tell them VAT was being introduced. The onus was also on these businesses to speak to advisers and read the many articles which have been published in newspapers and business magazines on the subject.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Interpretation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is easy to mistakenly assume that since the VAT legislation has been issued now, its interpretation will be straightforward and the VAT treatment of all transactions will be clear. In many countries where VAT has been in place for some time, guidance tends to be sought from the published practice of the tax authority in the form of public notices and circulars. Case law precedent is also relied on to check how the courts have decided cases with similar facts in the past. In such countries, VAT law continues to evolve and even decades after its implementation uncertainty remains, as such, the tax authorities in these countries continue to be involved in disputes with businesses, new cases on complex VAT issues continue to be heard by the courts and new schemes are introduced to take into account unique circumstances and industry speciﬁc issues. Similar developments can be expected in the UAE as the UAE VAT legislation has only been eﬀective for just over three months and there is currently no case law from which guidance can be obtained. It will also take time for the FTA’s practice to develop as they audit businesses’ VAT returns and encounter diﬀerent situations. In the future, the FTA will no doubt make further guidance available and new schemes may be announced to take account of diﬀerent industries issues. Any disputes with the FTA will be subject to a three-tier appeal system. Businesses who have a dispute with the FTA, will have the right to ask them to reconsider their decision, and the matter will then be referred to another inspector. An objec-tion against the FTA’s reconsideration decision may then be made to an independent tax disputes resolution committee made up of a judge and two tax experts. Appeals may be made against that committee’s decision to a competent court.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What should businesses do now?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As VAT has been implemented and ﬁling deadlines are approach-ing, the focus for businesses has shifted from VAT implementa-tion to the preparation of their ﬁrst VAT return. Companies are currently trying to identify and conﬁrm the VAT treatment of their transactions so they are able to ﬁle a complete and correct tax return. The completion of the tax return may seem a simple, straightforward task, but the department (and in some cases the individual) within the organisation who ﬁles the return on behalf of the business will be held responsible for the tax positions taken in that return regardless of whether the compliance work was outsourced. The relevant department will usually be the tax department, but it could be the legal or ﬁnance department. Given VAT is a new law, there may be uncertainty on many technical posi-tions which could create risk and this has to be taken seriously as penalties for non-compliance, including incorrect tax returns, could be as high as 300% of the tax amount due. Therefore the person responsible for this area must proactively manage this risk by obtaining professional tax advice from a reputable ﬁrm if there are uncertainties and should also document this advice for internal risk management. Going forward, it will be a challenge for FTA, tax advisers and businesses to interpret and apply the provisions of the new VAT legislation. Although VAT will involve a compliance cost for businesses, given the potential risks and penalties, it is important when ever there is uncertainty, busi-nesses work with a trusted tax adviser and navigate logically through any areas of doubt.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"></p>\r\n<em>NB: This article was first published on www.emirateslaw.ae on April 2018</em>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>For further information please contact Shiraz Khan, (s.khan@tamimi.com).</em></p>'),
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In addition, they had to assess the capability of their existing IT system or software to produce automatic VAT reporting and consider if an upgrade would be suﬃcient or they would need a whole new system. It was also important for organisations to make changes to their business processes, including invoicing and record keeping so they were compliant with the new VAT legislation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From a legal perspective, it was necessary to review existing contracts with customers to check if they needed to renegotiate contracts which had no VAT clause in order to avoid bearing any VAT cost. They also had to check that all new contracts dealt with the application of VAT and set out which party was responsible for bearing the VAT liability.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In order to achieve this objective and manage relationships with customers, communication with customers was required. It was also important to communicate with suppliers to ensure they were going to issue VAT compliant invoices which would facilitate the recovery of VAT. Finally, businesses had to evaluate the cash ﬂow implications and their working capital requirements as a result of now having to pay VAT before they received payments from customers.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">All in all, a signiﬁcant amount of work had to be undertaken by businesses to be ready for VAT. In other jurisdictions such as Malaysia when a similar goods or services tax (known as GST) was implemented, companies there typically needed around six to 18 months to prepare for the change depending on the size and complexity of their operations and transactions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Preparation Time</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although some of the large multinational groups in the UAE began their preparations in 2016 or in the beginning of 2017, many businesses in the UAE took a reactive approach instead and decided to wait until the publication of the complete VAT legislation in November before taking any action. There was also an expectation or possibly a hope in the UAE business community that the implementation of VAT would be delayed by the UAE Government based on previous experience in the UAE. (Although, this was despite an indication from the FTA in early 2017 that VAT would be imple-mented on 1 January 2018 and the fact the VAT Law also conﬁrmed that VAT would be implemented by this date when it was published in August 2017.)</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In hindsight, once the UAE Government had taken a decision to implement VAT on 1 January 2018 and this fact was conﬁrmed by the VAT law, businesses could have done more and been more proactive with their VAT preparations. VAT is not a new tax and it or a similar tax exists in more than 160 other countries around the globe. In addition, the UAE VAT law is is largely based on the EU VAT rules and Malaysian GST system. In addition, the GCC VAT Agreement on which UAE VAT legislation was based was also published in the ﬁrst half of 2017. So as far as the UAE is concerned, although the ﬁnal VAT Executive Regulations were not published until November 2017, most of the information in these regulations had already been made available by the FTA earlier in the year as part of an awareness campaign. So, a signiﬁcant amount of information was already available in the public domain even before the VAT Executive Regulations were published and it was suﬃcient to enable businesses to begin their preparations. In fact, most of the information in the VAT Executive Regulations was already known before these Regulations were issued. It would have been better for businesses to begin preparation before the VAT Executive Regulations were issued based on the known information at that time and then validate any assumptions or conﬁrm positions after the regulations were issued in November 2017. Unfortunately, in the UAE, many businesses took the wrong approach and instead waited for the regulations before even beginning this work which meant they only had one month to get ready. A few businesses were even taken by surprise by the introduction of VAT despite the fact the FTA, tax advisers and the local and business press had conducted an awareness campaign throughout 2017.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8085\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_727827781-Converted-01-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"289\" />The Role of the Federal Tax Authority</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many businesses operating in the UAE appear to have misun-derstood the role of the FTA. The FTA is a new tax authority, the legislation establishing it was published towards the end of 2016 and it only began recruiting staﬀ in the middle of 2017.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As with any tax authority in mature tax jurisdictions, the FTA’s primary role is to administer, collect and enforce Federal taxes and apply procedures which are related to these taxes. Although it will issue technical guidance to the public on tax matters, like any tax authority, it is not responsible for advising businesses on their tax obligations or on the VAT implications of their transac-tions. Unfortunately, a number of businesses have not understood what the responsiblities of the FTA are and are currently trying to contact the FTA helpline or meet FTA representatives to obtain tax advice, although this is not part of their role. Like many tax authorities in other countries, the FTA, particularly as it is a new body, has very limited resources. With over 300,000 businesses now registered for VAT in the UAE, clearly it is not possible for the FTA to engage directly with all of them and provide tax advice particularly as this is not a part of their remit. As is the case in all other tax jurisdictions, businesses should seek tax advice from a reputable professional services ﬁrm rather than tax authorities.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The FTA have conducted a country-wide campaign to increase awareness, through a series of seminars on VAT introduction in 2017. Given their limited resources, the scale of this campaign has been impressive and is unprecedented even by the standards of more mature tax jurisdictions. Although, some businesses may disagree, it was never realistic to expect a new tax authority like the FTA to personally visit every registered business just to tell them VAT was being introduced. The onus was also on these businesses to speak to advisers and read the many articles which have been published in newspapers and business magazines on the subject.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Interpretation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is easy to mistakenly assume that since the VAT legislation has been issued now, its interpretation will be straightforward and the VAT treatment of all transactions will be clear. In many countries where VAT has been in place for some time, guidance tends to be sought from the published practice of the tax authority in the form of public notices and circulars. Case law precedent is also relied on to check how the courts have decided cases with similar facts in the past. In such countries, VAT law continues to evolve and even decades after its implementation uncertainty remains, as such, the tax authorities in these countries continue to be involved in disputes with businesses, new cases on complex VAT issues continue to be heard by the courts and new schemes are introduced to take into account unique circumstances and industry speciﬁc issues. Similar developments can be expected in the UAE as the UAE VAT legislation has only been eﬀective for just over three months and there is currently no case law from which guidance can be obtained. It will also take time for the FTA’s practice to develop as they audit businesses’ VAT returns and encounter diﬀerent situations. In the future, the FTA will no doubt make further guidance available and new schemes may be announced to take account of diﬀerent industries issues. Any disputes with the FTA will be subject to a three-tier appeal system. Businesses who have a dispute with the FTA, will have the right to ask them to reconsider their decision, and the matter will then be referred to another inspector. An objec-tion against the FTA’s reconsideration decision may then be made to an independent tax disputes resolution committee made up of a judge and two tax experts. Appeals may be made against that committee’s decision to a competent court.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What should businesses do now?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As VAT has been implemented and ﬁling deadlines are approach-ing, the focus for businesses has shifted from VAT implementa-tion to the preparation of their ﬁrst VAT return. Companies are currently trying to identify and conﬁrm the VAT treatment of their transactions so they are able to ﬁle a complete and correct tax return. The completion of the tax return may seem a simple, straightforward task, but the department (and in some cases the individual) within the organisation who ﬁles the return on behalf of the business will be held responsible for the tax positions taken in that return regardless of whether the compliance work was outsourced. The relevant department will usually be the tax department, but it could be the legal or ﬁnance department. Given VAT is a new law, there may be uncertainty on many technical posi-tions which could create risk and this has to be taken seriously as penalties for non-compliance, including incorrect tax returns, could be as high as 300% of the tax amount due. Therefore the person responsible for this area must proactively manage this risk by obtaining professional tax advice from a reputable ﬁrm if there are uncertainties and should also document this advice for internal risk management. Going forward, it will be a challenge for FTA, tax advisers and businesses to interpret and apply the provisions of the new VAT legislation. Although VAT will involve a compliance cost for businesses, given the potential risks and penalties, it is important when ever there is uncertainty, busi-nesses work with a trusted tax adviser and navigate logically through any areas of doubt.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<em>NB: This article was first published on www.emirateslaw.ae on April 2018</em>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>For further information please contact Shiraz Khan, (s.khan@tamimi.com).</em></p>'),
	(282742,27330,'MetaValueOld','<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-8016 \" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/21-379x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"824\" /><em>The introduction of VAT in the UAE at the start of 2018, was a major change for businesses, Shiraz Khan of Al Tamimi &amp; Company looks back on how they should have tackled the implementation phase and what their priorities should be going forward.</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The UAE’s VAT system is broadly based on common principles that have been agreed by all GCC countries in the Uniﬁed GCC VAT Agreement. These include certain areas which all the individual GCC countries are required to follow. For example, the mandatory and voluntary registration thresholds were set by the GCC VAT Agreement. The standard VAT rate of 5% was also ﬁxed by the GCC VAT Agreement across the GCC. However, individual GCC countries do have some freedom to determine the application of VAT on some matters such as the VAT treatment of certain sectors and industries.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>UAE Legislation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">UAE VAT legislation is made up of Federal Decree Law No. 8/2017 on VAT (the VAT Law) and Cabinet Decision No. 52/2017 on the Executive Regulations to the VAT Law (VAT Executive Regula-tions). The Federal Decree-Law No. 8/2017, which was published in August 2017, sets out the UAE VAT rules. The Executive Regula-tions which were issued in November 2017 deal with the detailed application of the VAT Law’s provisions.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In addition, the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), which was formed under Federal Decree-Law No. 13/ 2016 on the Establishment of the FTA is responsible for the administration, management, collection and enforcement of VAT and all other current and future Federal taxes. At present VAT and excise tax are the only taxes at the Federal level. Federal Law No. 7/2017 for Tax Procedures and Cabinet Decision No. 36/2017 on the Executive Regulations on Tax Procedures are also relevant in this context as they provide a procedural framework that is applied across all Federal Taxes. This includes details and requirements related to tax registra-tion, ﬁling of tax returns and settlement of taxes, tax audits, appeals and penalties as well as FTA and taxpayers’ rights and obligations.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Implementation Challenges</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The introduction of VAT was a major change for businesses operating in the UAE. In order to prepare for it, busi-nesses had to complete a number of steps before VAT came into force. These included analysing the impact of VAT on their operations and across many diﬀer-ent functions including Legal, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Procurement, Sales, Marketing and Strategy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Businesses had to review and determine the VAT treatment of all their sales and purchase transactions and understand their resulting compliance obligations. In addition, they had to assess the capability of their existing IT system or software to produce automatic VAT reporting and consider if an upgrade would be suﬃcient or they would need a whole new system. It was also important for organisations to make changes to their business processes, including invoicing and record keeping so they were compliant with the new VAT legislation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From a legal perspective, it was necessary to review existing contracts with customers to check if they needed to renegotiate contracts which had no VAT clause in order to avoid bearing any VAT cost. They also had to check that all new contracts dealt with the application of VAT and set out which party was responsible for bearing the VAT liability.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In order to achieve this objective and manage relationships with customers, communication with customers was required. It was also important to communicate with suppliers to ensure they were going to issue VAT compliant invoices which would facilitate the recovery of VAT. Finally, businesses had to evaluate the cash ﬂow implications and their working capital requirements as a result of now having to pay VAT before they received payments from customers.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">All in all, a signiﬁcant amount of work had to be undertaken by businesses to be ready for VAT. In other jurisdictions such as Malaysia when a similar goods or services tax (known as GST) was implemented, companies there typically needed around six to 18 months to prepare for the change depending on the size and complexity of their operations and transactions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Preparation Time</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although some of the large multinational groups in the UAE began their preparations in 2016 or in the beginning of 2017, many businesses in the UAE took a reactive approach instead and decided to wait until the publication of the complete VAT legislation in November before taking any action. There was also an expectation or possibly a hope in the UAE business community that the implementation of VAT would be delayed by the UAE Government based on previous experience in the UAE. (Although, this was despite an indication from the FTA in early 2017 that VAT would be imple-mented on 1 January 2018 and the fact the VAT Law also conﬁrmed that VAT would be implemented by this date when it was published in August 2017.)</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In hindsight, once the UAE Government had taken a decision to implement VAT on 1 January 2018 and this fact was conﬁrmed by the VAT law, businesses could have done more and been more proactive with their VAT preparations. VAT is not a new tax and it or a similar tax exists in more than 160 other countries around the globe. In addition, the UAE VAT law is is largely based on the EU VAT rules and Malaysian GST system. In addition, the GCC VAT Agreement on which UAE VAT legislation was based was also published in the ﬁrst half of 2017. So as far as the UAE is concerned, although the ﬁnal VAT Executive Regulations were not published until November 2017, most of the information in these regulations had already been made available by the FTA earlier in the year as part of an awareness campaign. So, a signiﬁcant amount of information was already available in the public domain even before the VAT Executive Regulations were published and it was suﬃcient to enable businesses to begin their preparations. In fact, most of the information in the VAT Executive Regulations was already known before these Regulations were issued. It would have been better for businesses to begin preparation before the VAT Executive Regulations were issued based on the known information at that time and then validate any assumptions or conﬁrm positions after the regulations were issued in November 2017. Unfortunately, in the UAE, many businesses took the wrong approach and instead waited for the regulations before even beginning this work which meant they only had one month to get ready. A few businesses were even taken by surprise by the introduction of VAT despite the fact the FTA, tax advisers and the local and business press had conducted an awareness campaign throughout 2017.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8085\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_727827781-Converted-01-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"289\" />The Role of the Federal Tax Authority</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many businesses operating in the UAE appear to have misun-derstood the role of the FTA. The FTA is a new tax authority, the legislation establishing it was published towards the end of 2016 and it only began recruiting staﬀ in the middle of 2017.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As with any tax authority in mature tax jurisdictions, the FTA’s primary role is to administer, collect and enforce Federal taxes and apply procedures which are related to these taxes. Although it will issue technical guidance to the public on tax matters, like any tax authority, it is not responsible for advising businesses on their tax obligations or on the VAT implications of their transac-tions. Unfortunately, a number of businesses have not understood what the responsiblities of the FTA are and are currently trying to contact the FTA helpline or meet FTA representatives to obtain tax advice, although this is not part of their role. Like many tax authorities in other countries, the FTA, particularly as it is a new body, has very limited resources. With over 300,000 businesses now registered for VAT in the UAE, clearly it is not possible for the FTA to engage directly with all of them and provide tax advice particularly as this is not a part of their remit. As is the case in all other tax jurisdictions, businesses should seek tax advice from a reputable professional services ﬁrm rather than tax authorities.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The FTA have conducted a country-wide campaign to increase awareness, through a series of seminars on VAT introduction in 2017. Given their limited resources, the scale of this campaign has been impressive and is unprecedented even by the standards of more mature tax jurisdictions. Although, some businesses may disagree, it was never realistic to expect a new tax authority like the FTA to personally visit every registered business just to tell them VAT was being introduced. The onus was also on these businesses to speak to advisers and read the many articles which have been published in newspapers and business magazines on the subject.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Interpretation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is easy to mistakenly assume that since the VAT legislation has been issued now, its interpretation will be straightforward and the VAT treatment of all transactions will be clear. In many countries where VAT has been in place for some time, guidance tends to be sought from the published practice of the tax authority in the form of public notices and circulars. Case law precedent is also relied on to check how the courts have decided cases with similar facts in the past. In such countries, VAT law continues to evolve and even decades after its implementation uncertainty remains, as such, the tax authorities in these countries continue to be involved in disputes with businesses, new cases on complex VAT issues continue to be heard by the courts and new schemes are introduced to take into account unique circumstances and industry speciﬁc issues. Similar developments can be expected in the UAE as the UAE VAT legislation has only been eﬀective for just over three months and there is currently no case law from which guidance can be obtained. It will also take time for the FTA’s practice to develop as they audit businesses’ VAT returns and encounter diﬀerent situations. In the future, the FTA will no doubt make further guidance available and new schemes may be announced to take account of diﬀerent industries issues. Any disputes with the FTA will be subject to a three-tier appeal system. Businesses who have a dispute with the FTA, will have the right to ask them to reconsider their decision, and the matter will then be referred to another inspector. An objec-tion against the FTA’s reconsideration decision may then be made to an independent tax disputes resolution committee made up of a judge and two tax experts. Appeals may be made against that committee’s decision to a competent court.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What should businesses do now?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As VAT has been implemented and ﬁling deadlines are approach-ing, the focus for businesses has shifted from VAT implementa-tion to the preparation of their ﬁrst VAT return. Companies are currently trying to identify and conﬁrm the VAT treatment of their transactions so they are able to ﬁle a complete and correct tax return. The completion of the tax return may seem a simple, straightforward task, but the department (and in some cases the individual) within the organisation who ﬁles the return on behalf of the business will be held responsible for the tax positions taken in that return regardless of whether the compliance work was outsourced. The relevant department will usually be the tax department, but it could be the legal or ﬁnance department. Given VAT is a new law, there may be uncertainty on many technical posi-tions which could create risk and this has to be taken seriously as penalties for non-compliance, including incorrect tax returns, could be as high as 300% of the tax amount due. Therefore the person responsible for this area must proactively manage this risk by obtaining professional tax advice from a reputable ﬁrm if there are uncertainties and should also document this advice for internal risk management. Going forward, it will be a challenge for FTA, tax advisers and businesses to interpret and apply the provisions of the new VAT legislation. Although VAT will involve a compliance cost for businesses, given the potential risks and penalties, it is important when ever there is uncertainty, busi-nesses work with a trusted tax adviser and navigate logically through any areas of doubt.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"></p>\r\n<em>NB: This article was first published on www.emirateslaw.ae on April 2018</em>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>For further information please contact Shiraz Khan, (s.khan@tamimi.com).</em></p>'),
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	(282745,27330,'ReportText','<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-8016 \" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/21-379x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"824\" /><em>The introduction of VAT in the UAE at the start of 2018, was a major change for businesses, Shiraz Khan of Al Tamimi &amp; Company looks back on how they should have tackled the implementation phase and what their priorities should be going forward.</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The UAE’s VAT system is broadly based on common principles that have been agreed by all GCC countries in the Uniﬁed GCC VAT Agreement. These include certain areas which all the individual GCC countries are required to follow. For example, the mandatory and voluntary registration thresholds were set by the GCC VAT Agreement. The standard VAT rate of 5% was also ﬁxed by the GCC VAT Agreement across the GCC. However, individual GCC countries do have some freedom to determine the application of VAT on some matters such as the VAT treatment of certain sectors and industries.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>UAE Legislation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">UAE VAT legislation is made up of Federal Decree Law No. 8/2017 on VAT (the VAT Law) and Cabinet Decision No. 52/2017 on the Executive Regulations to the VAT Law (VAT Executive Regula-tions). The Federal Decree-Law No. 8/2017, which was published in August 2017, sets out the UAE VAT rules. The Executive Regula-tions which were issued in November 2017 deal with the detailed application of the VAT Law’s provisions.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In addition, the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), which was formed under Federal Decree-Law No. 13/ 2016 on the Establishment of the FTA is responsible for the administration, management, collection and enforcement of VAT and all other current and future Federal taxes. At present VAT and excise tax are the only taxes at the Federal level. Federal Law No. 7/2017 for Tax Procedures and Cabinet Decision No. 36/2017 on the Executive Regulations on Tax Procedures are also relevant in this context as they provide a procedural framework that is applied across all Federal Taxes. This includes details and requirements related to tax registra-tion, ﬁling of tax returns and settlement of taxes, tax audits, appeals and penalties as well as FTA and taxpayers’ rights and obligations.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Implementation Challenges</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The introduction of VAT was a major change for businesses operating in the UAE. In order to prepare for it, busi-nesses had to complete a number of steps before VAT came into force. These included analysing the impact of VAT on their operations and across many diﬀer-ent functions including Legal, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Procurement, Sales, Marketing and Strategy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Businesses had to review and determine the VAT treatment of all their sales and purchase transactions and understand their resulting compliance obligations. In addition, they had to assess the capability of their existing IT system or software to produce automatic VAT reporting and consider if an upgrade would be suﬃcient or they would need a whole new system. It was also important for organisations to make changes to their business processes, including invoicing and record keeping so they were compliant with the new VAT legislation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From a legal perspective, it was necessary to review existing contracts with customers to check if they needed to renegotiate contracts which had no VAT clause in order to avoid bearing any VAT cost. They also had to check that all new contracts dealt with the application of VAT and set out which party was responsible for bearing the VAT liability.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In order to achieve this objective and manage relationships with customers, communication with customers was required. It was also important to communicate with suppliers to ensure they were going to issue VAT compliant invoices which would facilitate the recovery of VAT. Finally, businesses had to evaluate the cash ﬂow implications and their working capital requirements as a result of now having to pay VAT before they received payments from customers.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">All in all, a signiﬁcant amount of work had to be undertaken by businesses to be ready for VAT. In other jurisdictions such as Malaysia when a similar goods or services tax (known as GST) was implemented, companies there typically needed around six to 18 months to prepare for the change depending on the size and complexity of their operations and transactions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Preparation Time</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although some of the large multinational groups in the UAE began their preparations in 2016 or in the beginning of 2017, many businesses in the UAE took a reactive approach instead and decided to wait until the publication of the complete VAT legislation in November before taking any action. There was also an expectation or possibly a hope in the UAE business community that the implementation of VAT would be delayed by the UAE Government based on previous experience in the UAE. (Although, this was despite an indication from the FTA in early 2017 that VAT would be imple-mented on 1 January 2018 and the fact the VAT Law also conﬁrmed that VAT would be implemented by this date when it was published in August 2017.)</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In hindsight, once the UAE Government had taken a decision to implement VAT on 1 January 2018 and this fact was conﬁrmed by the VAT law, businesses could have done more and been more proactive with their VAT preparations. VAT is not a new tax and it or a similar tax exists in more than 160 other countries around the globe. In addition, the UAE VAT law is is largely based on the EU VAT rules and Malaysian GST system. In addition, the GCC VAT Agreement on which UAE VAT legislation was based was also published in the ﬁrst half of 2017. So as far as the UAE is concerned, although the ﬁnal VAT Executive Regulations were not published until November 2017, most of the information in these regulations had already been made available by the FTA earlier in the year as part of an awareness campaign. So, a signiﬁcant amount of information was already available in the public domain even before the VAT Executive Regulations were published and it was suﬃcient to enable businesses to begin their preparations. In fact, most of the information in the VAT Executive Regulations was already known before these Regulations were issued. It would have been better for businesses to begin preparation before the VAT Executive Regulations were issued based on the known information at that time and then validate any assumptions or conﬁrm positions after the regulations were issued in November 2017. Unfortunately, in the UAE, many businesses took the wrong approach and instead waited for the regulations before even beginning this work which meant they only had one month to get ready. A few businesses were even taken by surprise by the introduction of VAT despite the fact the FTA, tax advisers and the local and business press had conducted an awareness campaign throughout 2017.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8085\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_727827781-Converted-01-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"289\" />The Role of the Federal Tax Authority</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many businesses operating in the UAE appear to have misun-derstood the role of the FTA. The FTA is a new tax authority, the legislation establishing it was published towards the end of 2016 and it only began recruiting staﬀ in the middle of 2017.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As with any tax authority in mature tax jurisdictions, the FTA’s primary role is to administer, collect and enforce Federal taxes and apply procedures which are related to these taxes. Although it will issue technical guidance to the public on tax matters, like any tax authority, it is not responsible for advising businesses on their tax obligations or on the VAT implications of their transac-tions. Unfortunately, a number of businesses have not understood what the responsiblities of the FTA are and are currently trying to contact the FTA helpline or meet FTA representatives to obtain tax advice, although this is not part of their role. Like many tax authorities in other countries, the FTA, particularly as it is a new body, has very limited resources. With over 300,000 businesses now registered for VAT in the UAE, clearly it is not possible for the FTA to engage directly with all of them and provide tax advice particularly as this is not a part of their remit. As is the case in all other tax jurisdictions, businesses should seek tax advice from a reputable professional services ﬁrm rather than tax authorities.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The FTA have conducted a country-wide campaign to increase awareness, through a series of seminars on VAT introduction in 2017. Given their limited resources, the scale of this campaign has been impressive and is unprecedented even by the standards of more mature tax jurisdictions. Although, some businesses may disagree, it was never realistic to expect a new tax authority like the FTA to personally visit every registered business just to tell them VAT was being introduced. The onus was also on these businesses to speak to advisers and read the many articles which have been published in newspapers and business magazines on the subject.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Interpretation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is easy to mistakenly assume that since the VAT legislation has been issued now, its interpretation will be straightforward and the VAT treatment of all transactions will be clear. In many countries where VAT has been in place for some time, guidance tends to be sought from the published practice of the tax authority in the form of public notices and circulars. Case law precedent is also relied on to check how the courts have decided cases with similar facts in the past. In such countries, VAT law continues to evolve and even decades after its implementation uncertainty remains, as such, the tax authorities in these countries continue to be involved in disputes with businesses, new cases on complex VAT issues continue to be heard by the courts and new schemes are introduced to take into account unique circumstances and industry speciﬁc issues. Similar developments can be expected in the UAE as the UAE VAT legislation has only been eﬀective for just over three months and there is currently no case law from which guidance can be obtained. It will also take time for the FTA’s practice to develop as they audit businesses’ VAT returns and encounter diﬀerent situations. In the future, the FTA will no doubt make further guidance available and new schemes may be announced to take account of diﬀerent industries issues. Any disputes with the FTA will be subject to a three-tier appeal system. Businesses who have a dispute with the FTA, will have the right to ask them to reconsider their decision, and the matter will then be referred to another inspector. An objec-tion against the FTA’s reconsideration decision may then be made to an independent tax disputes resolution committee made up of a judge and two tax experts. Appeals may be made against that committee’s decision to a competent court.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What should businesses do now?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As VAT has been implemented and ﬁling deadlines are approach-ing, the focus for businesses has shifted from VAT implementa-tion to the preparation of their ﬁrst VAT return. Companies are currently trying to identify and conﬁrm the VAT treatment of their transactions so they are able to ﬁle a complete and correct tax return. The completion of the tax return may seem a simple, straightforward task, but the department (and in some cases the individual) within the organisation who ﬁles the return on behalf of the business will be held responsible for the tax positions taken in that return regardless of whether the compliance work was outsourced. The relevant department will usually be the tax department, but it could be the legal or ﬁnance department. Given VAT is a new law, there may be uncertainty on many technical posi-tions which could create risk and this has to be taken seriously as penalties for non-compliance, including incorrect tax returns, could be as high as 300% of the tax amount due. Therefore the person responsible for this area must proactively manage this risk by obtaining professional tax advice from a reputable ﬁrm if there are uncertainties and should also document this advice for internal risk management. Going forward, it will be a challenge for FTA, tax advisers and businesses to interpret and apply the provisions of the new VAT legislation. Although VAT will involve a compliance cost for businesses, given the potential risks and penalties, it is important when ever there is uncertainty, busi-nesses work with a trusted tax adviser and navigate logically through any areas of doubt.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"></p>\r\n<em>NB: This article was first published on www.emirateslaw.ae on April 2018</em>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>For further information please contact Shiraz Khan, (s.khan@tamimi.com).</em></p>|<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-8016 \" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/21-379x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"824\" /><em>The introduction of VAT in the UAE at the start of 2018, was a major change for businesses, Shiraz Khan of Al Tamimi &amp; Company looks back on how they should have tackled the implementation phase and what their priorities should be going forward.</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The UAE’s VAT system is broadly based on common principles that have been agreed by all GCC countries in the Uniﬁed GCC VAT Agreement. These include certain areas which all the individual GCC countries are required to follow. For example, the mandatory and voluntary registration thresholds were set by the GCC VAT Agreement. The standard VAT rate of 5% was also ﬁxed by the GCC VAT Agreement across the GCC. However, individual GCC countries do have some freedom to determine the application of VAT on some matters such as the VAT treatment of certain sectors and industries.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>UAE Legislation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">UAE VAT legislation is made up of Federal Decree Law No. 8/2017 on VAT (the VAT Law) and Cabinet Decision No. 52/2017 on the Executive Regulations to the VAT Law (VAT Executive Regula-tions). The Federal Decree-Law No. 8/2017, which was published in August 2017, sets out the UAE VAT rules. The Executive Regula-tions which were issued in November 2017 deal with the detailed application of the VAT Law’s provisions.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In addition, the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), which was formed under Federal Decree-Law No. 13/ 2016 on the Establishment of the FTA is responsible for the administration, management, collection and enforcement of VAT and all other current and future Federal taxes. At present VAT and excise tax are the only taxes at the Federal level. Federal Law No. 7/2017 for Tax Procedures and Cabinet Decision No. 36/2017 on the Executive Regulations on Tax Procedures are also relevant in this context as they provide a procedural framework that is applied across all Federal Taxes. This includes details and requirements related to tax registra-tion, ﬁling of tax returns and settlement of taxes, tax audits, appeals and penalties as well as FTA and taxpayers’ rights and obligations.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Implementation Challenges</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The introduction of VAT was a major change for businesses operating in the UAE. In order to prepare for it, busi-nesses had to complete a number of steps before VAT came into force. These included analysing the impact of VAT on their operations and across many diﬀer-ent functions including Legal, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Procurement, Sales, Marketing and Strategy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Businesses had to review and determine the VAT treatment of all their sales and purchase transactions and understand their resulting compliance obligations. In addition, they had to assess the capability of their existing IT system or software to produce automatic VAT reporting and consider if an upgrade would be suﬃcient or they would need a whole new system. It was also important for organisations to make changes to their business processes, including invoicing and record keeping so they were compliant with the new VAT legislation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From a legal perspective, it was necessary to review existing contracts with customers to check if they needed to renegotiate contracts which had no VAT clause in order to avoid bearing any VAT cost. They also had to check that all new contracts dealt with the application of VAT and set out which party was responsible for bearing the VAT liability.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In order to achieve this objective and manage relationships with customers, communication with customers was required. It was also important to communicate with suppliers to ensure they were going to issue VAT compliant invoices which would facilitate the recovery of VAT. Finally, businesses had to evaluate the cash ﬂow implications and their working capital requirements as a result of now having to pay VAT before they received payments from customers.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">All in all, a signiﬁcant amount of work had to be undertaken by businesses to be ready for VAT. In other jurisdictions such as Malaysia when a similar goods or services tax (known as GST) was implemented, companies there typically needed around six to 18 months to prepare for the change depending on the size and complexity of their operations and transactions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Preparation Time</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although some of the large multinational groups in the UAE began their preparations in 2016 or in the beginning of 2017, many businesses in the UAE took a reactive approach instead and decided to wait until the publication of the complete VAT legislation in November before taking any action. There was also an expectation or possibly a hope in the UAE business community that the implementation of VAT would be delayed by the UAE Government based on previous experience in the UAE. (Although, this was despite an indication from the FTA in early 2017 that VAT would be imple-mented on 1 January 2018 and the fact the VAT Law also conﬁrmed that VAT would be implemented by this date when it was published in August 2017.)</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In hindsight, once the UAE Government had taken a decision to implement VAT on 1 January 2018 and this fact was conﬁrmed by the VAT law, businesses could have done more and been more proactive with their VAT preparations. VAT is not a new tax and it or a similar tax exists in more than 160 other countries around the globe. In addition, the UAE VAT law is is largely based on the EU VAT rules and Malaysian GST system. In addition, the GCC VAT Agreement on which UAE VAT legislation was based was also published in the ﬁrst half of 2017. So as far as the UAE is concerned, although the ﬁnal VAT Executive Regulations were not published until November 2017, most of the information in these regulations had already been made available by the FTA earlier in the year as part of an awareness campaign. So, a signiﬁcant amount of information was already available in the public domain even before the VAT Executive Regulations were published and it was suﬃcient to enable businesses to begin their preparations. In fact, most of the information in the VAT Executive Regulations was already known before these Regulations were issued. It would have been better for businesses to begin preparation before the VAT Executive Regulations were issued based on the known information at that time and then validate any assumptions or conﬁrm positions after the regulations were issued in November 2017. Unfortunately, in the UAE, many businesses took the wrong approach and instead waited for the regulations before even beginning this work which meant they only had one month to get ready. A few businesses were even taken by surprise by the introduction of VAT despite the fact the FTA, tax advisers and the local and business press had conducted an awareness campaign throughout 2017.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8085\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_727827781-Converted-01-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"289\" />The Role of the Federal Tax Authority</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many businesses operating in the UAE appear to have misun-derstood the role of the FTA. The FTA is a new tax authority, the legislation establishing it was published towards the end of 2016 and it only began recruiting staﬀ in the middle of 2017.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As with any tax authority in mature tax jurisdictions, the FTA’s primary role is to administer, collect and enforce Federal taxes and apply procedures which are related to these taxes. Although it will issue technical guidance to the public on tax matters, like any tax authority, it is not responsible for advising businesses on their tax obligations or on the VAT implications of their transac-tions. Unfortunately, a number of businesses have not understood what the responsiblities of the FTA are and are currently trying to contact the FTA helpline or meet FTA representatives to obtain tax advice, although this is not part of their role. Like many tax authorities in other countries, the FTA, particularly as it is a new body, has very limited resources. With over 300,000 businesses now registered for VAT in the UAE, clearly it is not possible for the FTA to engage directly with all of them and provide tax advice particularly as this is not a part of their remit. As is the case in all other tax jurisdictions, businesses should seek tax advice from a reputable professional services ﬁrm rather than tax authorities.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The FTA have conducted a country-wide campaign to increase awareness, through a series of seminars on VAT introduction in 2017. Given their limited resources, the scale of this campaign has been impressive and is unprecedented even by the standards of more mature tax jurisdictions. Although, some businesses may disagree, it was never realistic to expect a new tax authority like the FTA to personally visit every registered business just to tell them VAT was being introduced. The onus was also on these businesses to speak to advisers and read the many articles which have been published in newspapers and business magazines on the subject.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Interpretation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is easy to mistakenly assume that since the VAT legislation has been issued now, its interpretation will be straightforward and the VAT treatment of all transactions will be clear. In many countries where VAT has been in place for some time, guidance tends to be sought from the published practice of the tax authority in the form of public notices and circulars. Case law precedent is also relied on to check how the courts have decided cases with similar facts in the past. In such countries, VAT law continues to evolve and even decades after its implementation uncertainty remains, as such, the tax authorities in these countries continue to be involved in disputes with businesses, new cases on complex VAT issues continue to be heard by the courts and new schemes are introduced to take into account unique circumstances and industry speciﬁc issues. Similar developments can be expected in the UAE as the UAE VAT legislation has only been eﬀective for just over three months and there is currently no case law from which guidance can be obtained. It will also take time for the FTA’s practice to develop as they audit businesses’ VAT returns and encounter diﬀerent situations. In the future, the FTA will no doubt make further guidance available and new schemes may be announced to take account of diﬀerent industries issues. Any disputes with the FTA will be subject to a three-tier appeal system. Businesses who have a dispute with the FTA, will have the right to ask them to reconsider their decision, and the matter will then be referred to another inspector. An objec-tion against the FTA’s reconsideration decision may then be made to an independent tax disputes resolution committee made up of a judge and two tax experts. Appeals may be made against that committee’s decision to a competent court.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What should businesses do now?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As VAT has been implemented and ﬁling deadlines are approach-ing, the focus for businesses has shifted from VAT implementa-tion to the preparation of their ﬁrst VAT return. Companies are currently trying to identify and conﬁrm the VAT treatment of their transactions so they are able to ﬁle a complete and correct tax return. The completion of the tax return may seem a simple, straightforward task, but the department (and in some cases the individual) within the organisation who ﬁles the return on behalf of the business will be held responsible for the tax positions taken in that return regardless of whether the compliance work was outsourced. The relevant department will usually be the tax department, but it could be the legal or ﬁnance department. Given VAT is a new law, there may be uncertainty on many technical posi-tions which could create risk and this has to be taken seriously as penalties for non-compliance, including incorrect tax returns, could be as high as 300% of the tax amount due. Therefore the person responsible for this area must proactively manage this risk by obtaining professional tax advice from a reputable ﬁrm if there are uncertainties and should also document this advice for internal risk management. Going forward, it will be a challenge for FTA, tax advisers and businesses to interpret and apply the provisions of the new VAT legislation. Although VAT will involve a compliance cost for businesses, given the potential risks and penalties, it is important when ever there is uncertainty, busi-nesses work with a trusted tax adviser and navigate logically through any areas of doubt.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<em>NB: This article was first published on www.emirateslaw.ae on April 2018</em>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>For further information please contact Shiraz Khan, (s.khan@tamimi.com).</em></p>'),
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In other jurisdictions such as Malaysia when a similar goods or services tax (known as GST) was implemented, companies there typically needed around six to 18 months to prepare for the change depending on the size and complexity of their operations and transactions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Preparation Time</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although some of the large multinational groups in the UAE began their preparations in 2016 or in the beginning of 2017, many businesses in the UAE took a reactive approach instead and decided to wait until the publication of the complete VAT legislation in November before taking any action. There was also an expectation or possibly a hope in the UAE business community that the implementation of VAT would be delayed by the UAE Government based on previous experience in the UAE. 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Unfortunately, in the UAE, many businesses took the wrong approach and instead waited for the regulations before even beginning this work which meant they only had one month to get ready. A few businesses were even taken by surprise by the introduction of VAT despite the fact the FTA, tax advisers and the local and business press had conducted an awareness campaign throughout 2017.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8085\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_727827781-Converted-01-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"289\" />The Role of the Federal Tax Authority</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many businesses operating in the UAE appear to have misun-derstood the role of the FTA. The FTA is a new tax authority, the legislation establishing it was published towards the end of 2016 and it only began recruiting staﬀ in the middle of 2017.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As with any tax authority in mature tax jurisdictions, the FTA’s primary role is to administer, collect and enforce Federal taxes and apply procedures which are related to these taxes. Although it will issue technical guidance to the public on tax matters, like any tax authority, it is not responsible for advising businesses on their tax obligations or on the VAT implications of their transac-tions. Unfortunately, a number of businesses have not understood what the responsiblities of the FTA are and are currently trying to contact the FTA helpline or meet FTA representatives to obtain tax advice, although this is not part of their role. Like many tax authorities in other countries, the FTA, particularly as it is a new body, has very limited resources. 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In such countries, VAT law continues to evolve and even decades after its implementation uncertainty remains, as such, the tax authorities in these countries continue to be involved in disputes with businesses, new cases on complex VAT issues continue to be heard by the courts and new schemes are introduced to take into account unique circumstances and industry speciﬁc issues. Similar developments can be expected in the UAE as the UAE VAT legislation has only been eﬀective for just over three months and there is currently no case law from which guidance can be obtained. It will also take time for the FTA’s practice to develop as they audit businesses’ VAT returns and encounter diﬀerent situations. In the future, the FTA will no doubt make further guidance available and new schemes may be announced to take account of diﬀerent industries issues. Any disputes with the FTA will be subject to a three-tier appeal system. 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The completion of the tax return may seem a simple, straightforward task, but the department (and in some cases the individual) within the organisation who ﬁles the return on behalf of the business will be held responsible for the tax positions taken in that return regardless of whether the compliance work was outsourced. The relevant department will usually be the tax department, but it could be the legal or ﬁnance department. Given VAT is a new law, there may be uncertainty on many technical posi-tions which could create risk and this has to be taken seriously as penalties for non-compliance, including incorrect tax returns, could be as high as 300% of the tax amount due. Therefore the person responsible for this area must proactively manage this risk by obtaining professional tax advice from a reputable ﬁrm if there are uncertainties and should also document this advice for internal risk management. Going forward, it will be a challenge for FTA, tax advisers and businesses to interpret and apply the provisions of the new VAT legislation. Although VAT will involve a compliance cost for businesses, given the potential risks and penalties, it is important when ever there is uncertainty, busi-nesses work with a trusted tax adviser and navigate logically through any areas of doubt.</p>\r\n\r\n<em>NB: This article was first published on www.emirateslaw.ae on April 2018</em>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>For further information please contact Shiraz Khan, (s.khan@tamimi.com).</em></p>'),
	(282781,27333,'MetaValueOld','<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-8016 \" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/21-379x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"824\" /><em>The introduction of VAT in the UAE at the start of 2018, was a major change for businesses, Shiraz Khan of Al Tamimi &amp; Company looks back on how they should have tackled the implementation phase and what their priorities should be going forward.</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The UAE’s VAT system is broadly based on common principles that have been agreed by all GCC countries in the Uniﬁed GCC VAT Agreement. These include certain areas which all the individual GCC countries are required to follow. For example, the mandatory and voluntary registration thresholds were set by the GCC VAT Agreement. The standard VAT rate of 5% was also ﬁxed by the GCC VAT Agreement across the GCC. However, individual GCC countries do have some freedom to determine the application of VAT on some matters such as the VAT treatment of certain sectors and industries.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>UAE Legislation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">UAE VAT legislation is made up of Federal Decree Law No. 8/2017 on VAT (the VAT Law) and Cabinet Decision No. 52/2017 on the Executive Regulations to the VAT Law (VAT Executive Regula-tions). The Federal Decree-Law No. 8/2017, which was published in August 2017, sets out the UAE VAT rules. The Executive Regula-tions which were issued in November 2017 deal with the detailed application of the VAT Law’s provisions.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In addition, the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), which was formed under Federal Decree-Law No. 13/ 2016 on the Establishment of the FTA is responsible for the administration, management, collection and enforcement of VAT and all other current and future Federal taxes. At present VAT and excise tax are the only taxes at the Federal level. Federal Law No. 7/2017 for Tax Procedures and Cabinet Decision No. 36/2017 on the Executive Regulations on Tax Procedures are also relevant in this context as they provide a procedural framework that is applied across all Federal Taxes. This includes details and requirements related to tax registra-tion, ﬁling of tax returns and settlement of taxes, tax audits, appeals and penalties as well as FTA and taxpayers’ rights and obligations.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Implementation Challenges</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The introduction of VAT was a major change for businesses operating in the UAE. In order to prepare for it, busi-nesses had to complete a number of steps before VAT came into force. These included analysing the impact of VAT on their operations and across many diﬀer-ent functions including Legal, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Procurement, Sales, Marketing and Strategy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Businesses had to review and determine the VAT treatment of all their sales and purchase transactions and understand their resulting compliance obligations. In addition, they had to assess the capability of their existing IT system or software to produce automatic VAT reporting and consider if an upgrade would be suﬃcient or they would need a whole new system. It was also important for organisations to make changes to their business processes, including invoicing and record keeping so they were compliant with the new VAT legislation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From a legal perspective, it was necessary to review existing contracts with customers to check if they needed to renegotiate contracts which had no VAT clause in order to avoid bearing any VAT cost. They also had to check that all new contracts dealt with the application of VAT and set out which party was responsible for bearing the VAT liability.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In order to achieve this objective and manage relationships with customers, communication with customers was required. It was also important to communicate with suppliers to ensure they were going to issue VAT compliant invoices which would facilitate the recovery of VAT. Finally, businesses had to evaluate the cash ﬂow implications and their working capital requirements as a result of now having to pay VAT before they received payments from customers.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">All in all, a signiﬁcant amount of work had to be undertaken by businesses to be ready for VAT. In other jurisdictions such as Malaysia when a similar goods or services tax (known as GST) was implemented, companies there typically needed around six to 18 months to prepare for the change depending on the size and complexity of their operations and transactions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Preparation Time</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although some of the large multinational groups in the UAE began their preparations in 2016 or in the beginning of 2017, many businesses in the UAE took a reactive approach instead and decided to wait until the publication of the complete VAT legislation in November before taking any action. There was also an expectation or possibly a hope in the UAE business community that the implementation of VAT would be delayed by the UAE Government based on previous experience in the UAE. (Although, this was despite an indication from the FTA in early 2017 that VAT would be imple-mented on 1 January 2018 and the fact the VAT Law also conﬁrmed that VAT would be implemented by this date when it was published in August 2017.)</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In hindsight, once the UAE Government had taken a decision to implement VAT on 1 January 2018 and this fact was conﬁrmed by the VAT law, businesses could have done more and been more proactive with their VAT preparations. VAT is not a new tax and it or a similar tax exists in more than 160 other countries around the globe. In addition, the UAE VAT law is is largely based on the EU VAT rules and Malaysian GST system. In addition, the GCC VAT Agreement on which UAE VAT legislation was based was also published in the ﬁrst half of 2017. So as far as the UAE is concerned, although the ﬁnal VAT Executive Regulations were not published until November 2017, most of the information in these regulations had already been made available by the FTA earlier in the year as part of an awareness campaign. So, a signiﬁcant amount of information was already available in the public domain even before the VAT Executive Regulations were published and it was suﬃcient to enable businesses to begin their preparations. In fact, most of the information in the VAT Executive Regulations was already known before these Regulations were issued. It would have been better for businesses to begin preparation before the VAT Executive Regulations were issued based on the known information at that time and then validate any assumptions or conﬁrm positions after the regulations were issued in November 2017. Unfortunately, in the UAE, many businesses took the wrong approach and instead waited for the regulations before even beginning this work which meant they only had one month to get ready. A few businesses were even taken by surprise by the introduction of VAT despite the fact the FTA, tax advisers and the local and business press had conducted an awareness campaign throughout 2017.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8085\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_727827781-Converted-01-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"289\" />The Role of the Federal Tax Authority</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many businesses operating in the UAE appear to have misun-derstood the role of the FTA. The FTA is a new tax authority, the legislation establishing it was published towards the end of 2016 and it only began recruiting staﬀ in the middle of 2017.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As with any tax authority in mature tax jurisdictions, the FTA’s primary role is to administer, collect and enforce Federal taxes and apply procedures which are related to these taxes. Although it will issue technical guidance to the public on tax matters, like any tax authority, it is not responsible for advising businesses on their tax obligations or on the VAT implications of their transac-tions. Unfortunately, a number of businesses have not understood what the responsiblities of the FTA are and are currently trying to contact the FTA helpline or meet FTA representatives to obtain tax advice, although this is not part of their role. Like many tax authorities in other countries, the FTA, particularly as it is a new body, has very limited resources. With over 300,000 businesses now registered for VAT in the UAE, clearly it is not possible for the FTA to engage directly with all of them and provide tax advice particularly as this is not a part of their remit. As is the case in all other tax jurisdictions, businesses should seek tax advice from a reputable professional services ﬁrm rather than tax authorities.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The FTA have conducted a country-wide campaign to increase awareness, through a series of seminars on VAT introduction in 2017. Given their limited resources, the scale of this campaign has been impressive and is unprecedented even by the standards of more mature tax jurisdictions. Although, some businesses may disagree, it was never realistic to expect a new tax authority like the FTA to personally visit every registered business just to tell them VAT was being introduced. The onus was also on these businesses to speak to advisers and read the many articles which have been published in newspapers and business magazines on the subject.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Interpretation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is easy to mistakenly assume that since the VAT legislation has been issued now, its interpretation will be straightforward and the VAT treatment of all transactions will be clear. In many countries where VAT has been in place for some time, guidance tends to be sought from the published practice of the tax authority in the form of public notices and circulars. Case law precedent is also relied on to check how the courts have decided cases with similar facts in the past. In such countries, VAT law continues to evolve and even decades after its implementation uncertainty remains, as such, the tax authorities in these countries continue to be involved in disputes with businesses, new cases on complex VAT issues continue to be heard by the courts and new schemes are introduced to take into account unique circumstances and industry speciﬁc issues. Similar developments can be expected in the UAE as the UAE VAT legislation has only been eﬀective for just over three months and there is currently no case law from which guidance can be obtained. It will also take time for the FTA’s practice to develop as they audit businesses’ VAT returns and encounter diﬀerent situations. In the future, the FTA will no doubt make further guidance available and new schemes may be announced to take account of diﬀerent industries issues. Any disputes with the FTA will be subject to a three-tier appeal system. Businesses who have a dispute with the FTA, will have the right to ask them to reconsider their decision, and the matter will then be referred to another inspector. An objec-tion against the FTA’s reconsideration decision may then be made to an independent tax disputes resolution committee made up of a judge and two tax experts. Appeals may be made against that committee’s decision to a competent court.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What should businesses do now?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As VAT has been implemented and ﬁling deadlines are approach-ing, the focus for businesses has shifted from VAT implementa-tion to the preparation of their ﬁrst VAT return. Companies are currently trying to identify and conﬁrm the VAT treatment of their transactions so they are able to ﬁle a complete and correct tax return. The completion of the tax return may seem a simple, straightforward task, but the department (and in some cases the individual) within the organisation who ﬁles the return on behalf of the business will be held responsible for the tax positions taken in that return regardless of whether the compliance work was outsourced. The relevant department will usually be the tax department, but it could be the legal or ﬁnance department. Given VAT is a new law, there may be uncertainty on many technical posi-tions which could create risk and this has to be taken seriously as penalties for non-compliance, including incorrect tax returns, could be as high as 300% of the tax amount due. Therefore the person responsible for this area must proactively manage this risk by obtaining professional tax advice from a reputable ﬁrm if there are uncertainties and should also document this advice for internal risk management. Going forward, it will be a challenge for FTA, tax advisers and businesses to interpret and apply the provisions of the new VAT legislation. Although VAT will involve a compliance cost for businesses, given the potential risks and penalties, it is important when ever there is uncertainty, busi-nesses work with a trusted tax adviser and navigate logically through any areas of doubt.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<em>NB: This article was first published on www.emirateslaw.ae on April 2018</em>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>For further information please contact Shiraz Khan, (s.khan@tamimi.com).</em></p>'),
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	(282784,27333,'ReportText','<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-8016 \" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/21-379x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"824\" /><em>The introduction of VAT in the UAE at the start of 2018, was a major change for businesses, Shiraz Khan of Al Tamimi &amp; Company looks back on how they should have tackled the implementation phase and what their priorities should be going forward.</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The UAE’s VAT system is broadly based on common principles that have been agreed by all GCC countries in the Uniﬁed GCC VAT Agreement. These include certain areas which all the individual GCC countries are required to follow. For example, the mandatory and voluntary registration thresholds were set by the GCC VAT Agreement. The standard VAT rate of 5% was also ﬁxed by the GCC VAT Agreement across the GCC. However, individual GCC countries do have some freedom to determine the application of VAT on some matters such as the VAT treatment of certain sectors and industries.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>UAE Legislation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">UAE VAT legislation is made up of Federal Decree Law No. 8/2017 on VAT (the VAT Law) and Cabinet Decision No. 52/2017 on the Executive Regulations to the VAT Law (VAT Executive Regula-tions). The Federal Decree-Law No. 8/2017, which was published in August 2017, sets out the UAE VAT rules. The Executive Regula-tions which were issued in November 2017 deal with the detailed application of the VAT Law’s provisions.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In addition, the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), which was formed under Federal Decree-Law No. 13/ 2016 on the Establishment of the FTA is responsible for the administration, management, collection and enforcement of VAT and all other current and future Federal taxes. At present VAT and excise tax are the only taxes at the Federal level. Federal Law No. 7/2017 for Tax Procedures and Cabinet Decision No. 36/2017 on the Executive Regulations on Tax Procedures are also relevant in this context as they provide a procedural framework that is applied across all Federal Taxes. This includes details and requirements related to tax registra-tion, ﬁling of tax returns and settlement of taxes, tax audits, appeals and penalties as well as FTA and taxpayers’ rights and obligations.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Implementation Challenges</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The introduction of VAT was a major change for businesses operating in the UAE. In order to prepare for it, busi-nesses had to complete a number of steps before VAT came into force. These included analysing the impact of VAT on their operations and across many diﬀer-ent functions including Legal, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Procurement, Sales, Marketing and Strategy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Businesses had to review and determine the VAT treatment of all their sales and purchase transactions and understand their resulting compliance obligations. In addition, they had to assess the capability of their existing IT system or software to produce automatic VAT reporting and consider if an upgrade would be suﬃcient or they would need a whole new system. It was also important for organisations to make changes to their business processes, including invoicing and record keeping so they were compliant with the new VAT legislation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From a legal perspective, it was necessary to review existing contracts with customers to check if they needed to renegotiate contracts which had no VAT clause in order to avoid bearing any VAT cost. They also had to check that all new contracts dealt with the application of VAT and set out which party was responsible for bearing the VAT liability.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In order to achieve this objective and manage relationships with customers, communication with customers was required. It was also important to communicate with suppliers to ensure they were going to issue VAT compliant invoices which would facilitate the recovery of VAT. Finally, businesses had to evaluate the cash ﬂow implications and their working capital requirements as a result of now having to pay VAT before they received payments from customers.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">All in all, a signiﬁcant amount of work had to be undertaken by businesses to be ready for VAT. In other jurisdictions such as Malaysia when a similar goods or services tax (known as GST) was implemented, companies there typically needed around six to 18 months to prepare for the change depending on the size and complexity of their operations and transactions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Preparation Time</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although some of the large multinational groups in the UAE began their preparations in 2016 or in the beginning of 2017, many businesses in the UAE took a reactive approach instead and decided to wait until the publication of the complete VAT legislation in November before taking any action. There was also an expectation or possibly a hope in the UAE business community that the implementation of VAT would be delayed by the UAE Government based on previous experience in the UAE. (Although, this was despite an indication from the FTA in early 2017 that VAT would be imple-mented on 1 January 2018 and the fact the VAT Law also conﬁrmed that VAT would be implemented by this date when it was published in August 2017.)</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In hindsight, once the UAE Government had taken a decision to implement VAT on 1 January 2018 and this fact was conﬁrmed by the VAT law, businesses could have done more and been more proactive with their VAT preparations. VAT is not a new tax and it or a similar tax exists in more than 160 other countries around the globe. In addition, the UAE VAT law is is largely based on the EU VAT rules and Malaysian GST system. In addition, the GCC VAT Agreement on which UAE VAT legislation was based was also published in the ﬁrst half of 2017. So as far as the UAE is concerned, although the ﬁnal VAT Executive Regulations were not published until November 2017, most of the information in these regulations had already been made available by the FTA earlier in the year as part of an awareness campaign. So, a signiﬁcant amount of information was already available in the public domain even before the VAT Executive Regulations were published and it was suﬃcient to enable businesses to begin their preparations. In fact, most of the information in the VAT Executive Regulations was already known before these Regulations were issued. It would have been better for businesses to begin preparation before the VAT Executive Regulations were issued based on the known information at that time and then validate any assumptions or conﬁrm positions after the regulations were issued in November 2017. Unfortunately, in the UAE, many businesses took the wrong approach and instead waited for the regulations before even beginning this work which meant they only had one month to get ready. A few businesses were even taken by surprise by the introduction of VAT despite the fact the FTA, tax advisers and the local and business press had conducted an awareness campaign throughout 2017.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8085\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_727827781-Converted-01-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"289\" />The Role of the Federal Tax Authority</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many businesses operating in the UAE appear to have misun-derstood the role of the FTA. The FTA is a new tax authority, the legislation establishing it was published towards the end of 2016 and it only began recruiting staﬀ in the middle of 2017.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As with any tax authority in mature tax jurisdictions, the FTA’s primary role is to administer, collect and enforce Federal taxes and apply procedures which are related to these taxes. Although it will issue technical guidance to the public on tax matters, like any tax authority, it is not responsible for advising businesses on their tax obligations or on the VAT implications of their transac-tions. Unfortunately, a number of businesses have not understood what the responsiblities of the FTA are and are currently trying to contact the FTA helpline or meet FTA representatives to obtain tax advice, although this is not part of their role. Like many tax authorities in other countries, the FTA, particularly as it is a new body, has very limited resources. With over 300,000 businesses now registered for VAT in the UAE, clearly it is not possible for the FTA to engage directly with all of them and provide tax advice particularly as this is not a part of their remit. As is the case in all other tax jurisdictions, businesses should seek tax advice from a reputable professional services ﬁrm rather than tax authorities.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The FTA have conducted a country-wide campaign to increase awareness, through a series of seminars on VAT introduction in 2017. Given their limited resources, the scale of this campaign has been impressive and is unprecedented even by the standards of more mature tax jurisdictions. Although, some businesses may disagree, it was never realistic to expect a new tax authority like the FTA to personally visit every registered business just to tell them VAT was being introduced. The onus was also on these businesses to speak to advisers and read the many articles which have been published in newspapers and business magazines on the subject.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Interpretation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is easy to mistakenly assume that since the VAT legislation has been issued now, its interpretation will be straightforward and the VAT treatment of all transactions will be clear. In many countries where VAT has been in place for some time, guidance tends to be sought from the published practice of the tax authority in the form of public notices and circulars. Case law precedent is also relied on to check how the courts have decided cases with similar facts in the past. In such countries, VAT law continues to evolve and even decades after its implementation uncertainty remains, as such, the tax authorities in these countries continue to be involved in disputes with businesses, new cases on complex VAT issues continue to be heard by the courts and new schemes are introduced to take into account unique circumstances and industry speciﬁc issues. Similar developments can be expected in the UAE as the UAE VAT legislation has only been eﬀective for just over three months and there is currently no case law from which guidance can be obtained. It will also take time for the FTA’s practice to develop as they audit businesses’ VAT returns and encounter diﬀerent situations. In the future, the FTA will no doubt make further guidance available and new schemes may be announced to take account of diﬀerent industries issues. Any disputes with the FTA will be subject to a three-tier appeal system. Businesses who have a dispute with the FTA, will have the right to ask them to reconsider their decision, and the matter will then be referred to another inspector. An objec-tion against the FTA’s reconsideration decision may then be made to an independent tax disputes resolution committee made up of a judge and two tax experts. Appeals may be made against that committee’s decision to a competent court.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What should businesses do now?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As VAT has been implemented and ﬁling deadlines are approach-ing, the focus for businesses has shifted from VAT implementa-tion to the preparation of their ﬁrst VAT return. Companies are currently trying to identify and conﬁrm the VAT treatment of their transactions so they are able to ﬁle a complete and correct tax return. The completion of the tax return may seem a simple, straightforward task, but the department (and in some cases the individual) within the organisation who ﬁles the return on behalf of the business will be held responsible for the tax positions taken in that return regardless of whether the compliance work was outsourced. The relevant department will usually be the tax department, but it could be the legal or ﬁnance department. Given VAT is a new law, there may be uncertainty on many technical posi-tions which could create risk and this has to be taken seriously as penalties for non-compliance, including incorrect tax returns, could be as high as 300% of the tax amount due. Therefore the person responsible for this area must proactively manage this risk by obtaining professional tax advice from a reputable ﬁrm if there are uncertainties and should also document this advice for internal risk management. Going forward, it will be a challenge for FTA, tax advisers and businesses to interpret and apply the provisions of the new VAT legislation. Although VAT will involve a compliance cost for businesses, given the potential risks and penalties, it is important when ever there is uncertainty, busi-nesses work with a trusted tax adviser and navigate logically through any areas of doubt.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<em>NB: This article was first published on www.emirateslaw.ae on April 2018</em>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>For further information please contact Shiraz Khan, (s.khan@tamimi.com).</em></p>|<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-8016 \" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/21-379x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"824\" /><em>The introduction of VAT in the UAE at the start of 2018, was a major change for businesses, Shiraz Khan of Al Tamimi &amp; Company looks back on how they should have tackled the implementation phase and what their priorities should be going forward.</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The UAE’s VAT system is broadly based on common principles that have been agreed by all GCC countries in the Uniﬁed GCC VAT Agreement. These include certain areas which all the individual GCC countries are required to follow. For example, the mandatory and voluntary registration thresholds were set by the GCC VAT Agreement. The standard VAT rate of 5% was also ﬁxed by the GCC VAT Agreement across the GCC. However, individual GCC countries do have some freedom to determine the application of VAT on some matters such as the VAT treatment of certain sectors and industries.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>UAE Legislation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">UAE VAT legislation is made up of Federal Decree Law No. 8/2017 on VAT (the VAT Law) and Cabinet Decision No. 52/2017 on the Executive Regulations to the VAT Law (VAT Executive Regula-tions). The Federal Decree-Law No. 8/2017, which was published in August 2017, sets out the UAE VAT rules. The Executive Regula-tions which were issued in November 2017 deal with the detailed application of the VAT Law’s provisions.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In addition, the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), which was formed under Federal Decree-Law No. 13/ 2016 on the Establishment of the FTA is responsible for the administration, management, collection and enforcement of VAT and all other current and future Federal taxes. At present VAT and excise tax are the only taxes at the Federal level. Federal Law No. 7/2017 for Tax Procedures and Cabinet Decision No. 36/2017 on the Executive Regulations on Tax Procedures are also relevant in this context as they provide a procedural framework that is applied across all Federal Taxes. This includes details and requirements related to tax registra-tion, ﬁling of tax returns and settlement of taxes, tax audits, appeals and penalties as well as FTA and taxpayers’ rights and obligations.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Implementation Challenges</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The introduction of VAT was a major change for businesses operating in the UAE. In order to prepare for it, busi-nesses had to complete a number of steps before VAT came into force. These included analysing the impact of VAT on their operations and across many diﬀer-ent functions including Legal, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Procurement, Sales, Marketing and Strategy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Businesses had to review and determine the VAT treatment of all their sales and purchase transactions and understand their resulting compliance obligations. In addition, they had to assess the capability of their existing IT system or software to produce automatic VAT reporting and consider if an upgrade would be suﬃcient or they would need a whole new system. It was also important for organisations to make changes to their business processes, including invoicing and record keeping so they were compliant with the new VAT legislation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From a legal perspective, it was necessary to review existing contracts with customers to check if they needed to renegotiate contracts which had no VAT clause in order to avoid bearing any VAT cost. They also had to check that all new contracts dealt with the application of VAT and set out which party was responsible for bearing the VAT liability.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In order to achieve this objective and manage relationships with customers, communication with customers was required. It was also important to communicate with suppliers to ensure they were going to issue VAT compliant invoices which would facilitate the recovery of VAT. Finally, businesses had to evaluate the cash ﬂow implications and their working capital requirements as a result of now having to pay VAT before they received payments from customers.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">All in all, a signiﬁcant amount of work had to be undertaken by businesses to be ready for VAT. In other jurisdictions such as Malaysia when a similar goods or services tax (known as GST) was implemented, companies there typically needed around six to 18 months to prepare for the change depending on the size and complexity of their operations and transactions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Preparation Time</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although some of the large multinational groups in the UAE began their preparations in 2016 or in the beginning of 2017, many businesses in the UAE took a reactive approach instead and decided to wait until the publication of the complete VAT legislation in November before taking any action. There was also an expectation or possibly a hope in the UAE business community that the implementation of VAT would be delayed by the UAE Government based on previous experience in the UAE. (Although, this was despite an indication from the FTA in early 2017 that VAT would be imple-mented on 1 January 2018 and the fact the VAT Law also conﬁrmed that VAT would be implemented by this date when it was published in August 2017.)</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In hindsight, once the UAE Government had taken a decision to implement VAT on 1 January 2018 and this fact was conﬁrmed by the VAT law, businesses could have done more and been more proactive with their VAT preparations. VAT is not a new tax and it or a similar tax exists in more than 160 other countries around the globe. In addition, the UAE VAT law is is largely based on the EU VAT rules and Malaysian GST system. In addition, the GCC VAT Agreement on which UAE VAT legislation was based was also published in the ﬁrst half of 2017. So as far as the UAE is concerned, although the ﬁnal VAT Executive Regulations were not published until November 2017, most of the information in these regulations had already been made available by the FTA earlier in the year as part of an awareness campaign. So, a signiﬁcant amount of information was already available in the public domain even before the VAT Executive Regulations were published and it was suﬃcient to enable businesses to begin their preparations. In fact, most of the information in the VAT Executive Regulations was already known before these Regulations were issued. It would have been better for businesses to begin preparation before the VAT Executive Regulations were issued based on the known information at that time and then validate any assumptions or conﬁrm positions after the regulations were issued in November 2017. Unfortunately, in the UAE, many businesses took the wrong approach and instead waited for the regulations before even beginning this work which meant they only had one month to get ready. A few businesses were even taken by surprise by the introduction of VAT despite the fact the FTA, tax advisers and the local and business press had conducted an awareness campaign throughout 2017.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8085\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_727827781-Converted-01-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"289\" />The Role of the Federal Tax Authority</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many businesses operating in the UAE appear to have misun-derstood the role of the FTA. The FTA is a new tax authority, the legislation establishing it was published towards the end of 2016 and it only began recruiting staﬀ in the middle of 2017.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As with any tax authority in mature tax jurisdictions, the FTA’s primary role is to administer, collect and enforce Federal taxes and apply procedures which are related to these taxes. Although it will issue technical guidance to the public on tax matters, like any tax authority, it is not responsible for advising businesses on their tax obligations or on the VAT implications of their transac-tions. Unfortunately, a number of businesses have not understood what the responsiblities of the FTA are and are currently trying to contact the FTA helpline or meet FTA representatives to obtain tax advice, although this is not part of their role. Like many tax authorities in other countries, the FTA, particularly as it is a new body, has very limited resources. With over 300,000 businesses now registered for VAT in the UAE, clearly it is not possible for the FTA to engage directly with all of them and provide tax advice particularly as this is not a part of their remit. As is the case in all other tax jurisdictions, businesses should seek tax advice from a reputable professional services ﬁrm rather than tax authorities.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The FTA have conducted a country-wide campaign to increase awareness, through a series of seminars on VAT introduction in 2017. Given their limited resources, the scale of this campaign has been impressive and is unprecedented even by the standards of more mature tax jurisdictions. Although, some businesses may disagree, it was never realistic to expect a new tax authority like the FTA to personally visit every registered business just to tell them VAT was being introduced. The onus was also on these businesses to speak to advisers and read the many articles which have been published in newspapers and business magazines on the subject.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Interpretation</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is easy to mistakenly assume that since the VAT legislation has been issued now, its interpretation will be straightforward and the VAT treatment of all transactions will be clear. In many countries where VAT has been in place for some time, guidance tends to be sought from the published practice of the tax authority in the form of public notices and circulars. Case law precedent is also relied on to check how the courts have decided cases with similar facts in the past. In such countries, VAT law continues to evolve and even decades after its implementation uncertainty remains, as such, the tax authorities in these countries continue to be involved in disputes with businesses, new cases on complex VAT issues continue to be heard by the courts and new schemes are introduced to take into account unique circumstances and industry speciﬁc issues. Similar developments can be expected in the UAE as the UAE VAT legislation has only been eﬀective for just over three months and there is currently no case law from which guidance can be obtained. It will also take time for the FTA’s practice to develop as they audit businesses’ VAT returns and encounter diﬀerent situations. In the future, the FTA will no doubt make further guidance available and new schemes may be announced to take account of diﬀerent industries issues. Any disputes with the FTA will be subject to a three-tier appeal system. Businesses who have a dispute with the FTA, will have the right to ask them to reconsider their decision, and the matter will then be referred to another inspector. An objec-tion against the FTA’s reconsideration decision may then be made to an independent tax disputes resolution committee made up of a judge and two tax experts. Appeals may be made against that committee’s decision to a competent court.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What should businesses do now?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As VAT has been implemented and ﬁling deadlines are approach-ing, the focus for businesses has shifted from VAT implementa-tion to the preparation of their ﬁrst VAT return. Companies are currently trying to identify and conﬁrm the VAT treatment of their transactions so they are able to ﬁle a complete and correct tax return. The completion of the tax return may seem a simple, straightforward task, but the department (and in some cases the individual) within the organisation who ﬁles the return on behalf of the business will be held responsible for the tax positions taken in that return regardless of whether the compliance work was outsourced. The relevant department will usually be the tax department, but it could be the legal or ﬁnance department. Given VAT is a new law, there may be uncertainty on many technical posi-tions which could create risk and this has to be taken seriously as penalties for non-compliance, including incorrect tax returns, could be as high as 300% of the tax amount due. Therefore the person responsible for this area must proactively manage this risk by obtaining professional tax advice from a reputable ﬁrm if there are uncertainties and should also document this advice for internal risk management. Going forward, it will be a challenge for FTA, tax advisers and businesses to interpret and apply the provisions of the new VAT legislation. Although VAT will involve a compliance cost for businesses, given the potential risks and penalties, it is important when ever there is uncertainty, busi-nesses work with a trusted tax adviser and navigate logically through any areas of doubt.</p>\r\n\r\n<em>NB: This article was first published on www.emirateslaw.ae on April 2018</em>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>For further information please contact Shiraz Khan, (s.khan@tamimi.com).</em></p>'),
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The UAE is also the only GCC country whose ranking in terms of the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) calculated by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has clearly improved over the last five years. In 2012-13, the UAE was ranked at 24/144. In 2017-18, the country’s position had advanced to 17/137</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Addressing the main problem, and ensuring a legacy beyond Expo 2020</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A clue as to why the UAE’s governments are taking these steps now comes from that part of the WEF’s research, which deals with the most problematic factors for doing business, in the opinion of the various companies that were surveyed. In most of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the key challenges are restrictive labour regulations and lack of access to finance. Lack of finance was the most serious problem in the UAE. 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While this largely remains to be seen, what really matters is that the governments are now acting decisively to address the biggest problem for most establishments in the UAE.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">This is at a time that the high costs of doing business in Dubai and Abu Dhabi have been boosted by the introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) from the beginning of 2018.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignright wp-image-8000\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/tamimi/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"449\" /></strong></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Hype and Hard Numbers: the UAE was already a competitive country</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">These announcements are remarkable for two reasons. One is that so many of them have been made in a short period of time by the governments of the UAE, namely in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. 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The UAE is also the only GCC country whose ranking in terms of the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) calculated by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has clearly improved over the last five years. In 2012-13, the UAE was ranked at 24/144. In 2017-18, the country’s position had advanced to 17/137</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Addressing the main problem, and ensuring a legacy beyond Expo 2020</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A clue as to why the UAE’s governments are taking these steps now comes from that part of the WEF’s research, which deals with the most problematic factors for doing business, in the opinion of the various companies that were surveyed. In most of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the key challenges are restrictive labour regulations and lack of access to finance. Lack of finance was the most serious problem in the UAE. However, inflation – a minor challenge in the other GCC countries - came in as a close second.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The impact of inflation depends on two factors. One is the rate of change of prices in the basket of goods and services that is being considered. The other is the base from which prices are rising. In the case of the UAE, that base is already high by global standards. In the Cost of Living survey compiled by consultancy Mercer in mid 2017, Dubai and Abu Dhabi were, respectively, the 19th and 22nd most expensive cities for expatriates. The survey covered 209 cities. 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With the array of incentives such as long term visas and reductions in set-up fees, it is hard to see why people would not jump at the chance of doing business in the region.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">For now, observers in the rest of the world will focus on the UAE like never before when Expo 2020 comes to Dubai. The latest announcements should have a positive impact on perceptions and the realities of the UAE’s economy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Over the long-term, the governments will do whatever it takes to maintain the competitiveness of Dubai and Abu Dhabi in a regional, and indeed global, context. The UAE’s economy should continue to flourish and diversify long after Expo 2020.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>Al Tamimi &amp; Company’s Corporate Structuring team regularly advises on new changes taking place. 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The new visa regime will also include five-year residency visas for students who are studying in the UAE and up to 10 years for ‘exceptional students’.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>2. 100% Foreign Business Ownership</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In a strategic move to boost the economy and attract global investments, it was announced that the UAE will allow foreign investors in specific sectors to wholly own their businesses by the end of 2018.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Currently, the only way that foreigners could own up to 100% of a business was through one of the various Free Zones in the UAE; otherwise, the ceiling for foreign ownership in mainland UAE was 49%.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Whilst it has not yet been decided as to which sectors will benefit from the announcement, we believe that the decision will be linked to factors such as job creation and significant investments relating to advanced technology and artificial intelligence.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From these breakthrough decisions, it is clear to see that the UAE governments are working hard to maintain their title of global leader and the \"business hub\" for foreign investment. 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HE Mohammed Munif Al Mansoori, the Chief Executive of Abu Dhabi Business Centre, emphasised that the exemptions apply to all establishments regardless of their size or type. The exemptions are valid in all three of the main regions of the Emirate - Abu Dhabi, Al Dhafra and Al Ain.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Going the Extra Mile</strong></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>3 Year AED 50bn Stimulus Package</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Executive Committee of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council discussed a three-year AED50 billion (US$13,624 million) economic stimulus initiative.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed announced the plans for the project, which aims to support Abu Dhabi’s economic development by introducing ten key initiatives; some of which are detailed below:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Abu Dhabi Office Space Exemption: All new business enterprises that register in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi will be exempt from the requirement of having an office or workspace in the Emirate for two years.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Boosting Growth and Competitiveness: There will be a variety of new public-private partnerships in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi: ‘The initiatives marked for 3Q18 also include encouraging and organising local production and supporting SMEs to boost their competitiveness locally and regionally, in addition to the issuance of dual licenses for companies in Abu Dhabi Free Zones to enable them to work outside the free zones and to participate in government tenders’.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Instant Licences: ‘During the last quarter of 2018, the Executive Committee will roll out its plan for the implementation of instant licensing systems in most commercial license types and all services provided by the Government, in addition to the review of building regulations for the infrastructure, residential properties, commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the developmental requirements and community facilities of other residential areas in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra’.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As expected, these initiatives have created a huge media buzz in the country, with all sorts of opinions and questions being asked about what it all means for the future. 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The other is that conventional wisdom already sees the UAE as having a (very) competitive business environment in both a regional and a global context. A lot of positive publicity has, for instance, been generated by Expo 2020, which will take place in Dubai.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The hype is supported by hard numbers. In May 2018, the Lausanne-based Institute for International Management Development (IMD - a leading business school) published its 2018 World Competitiveness Ranking. The UAE is currently in seventh place overall (between Denmark and Norway), having been in 10th place in 2017. The UAE is ranked second of the 63 countries assessed in terms of business efficiency (after Hong Kong), third in terms of economic performance (after the United States and mainland China), and fourth for government efficiency (after Hong Kong, Switzerland and Singapore). The UAE is also the only GCC country whose ranking in terms of the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) calculated by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has clearly improved over the last five years. In 2012-13, the UAE was ranked at 24/144. In 2017-18, the country’s position had advanced to 17/137</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Addressing the main problem, and ensuring a legacy beyond Expo 2020</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A clue as to why the UAE’s governments are taking these steps now comes from that part of the WEF’s research, which deals with the most problematic factors for doing business, in the opinion of the various companies that were surveyed. In most of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the key challenges are restrictive labour regulations and lack of access to finance. Lack of finance was the most serious problem in the UAE. However, inflation – a minor challenge in the other GCC countries - came in as a close second.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The impact of inflation depends on two factors. One is the rate of change of prices in the basket of goods and services that is being considered. The other is the base from which prices are rising. In the case of the UAE, that base is already high by global standards. In the Cost of Living survey compiled by consultancy Mercer in mid 2017, Dubai and Abu Dhabi were, respectively, the 19th and 22nd most expensive cities for expatriates. The survey covered 209 cities. The UAE’s two main cities are, for expatriates, about as costly as San Francisco (21st) and more expensive than London (29th).</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>To watch</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">While it is fair to say that the particulars of the announcements are not yet known; what we can rely on is the fact that the UAE has an excellent track record of following through in delivering their promises, meaning that investors and talented individuals alike should expect positive news in the near future.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">We believe that the key measure of success of the initiatives will be linked to the number of new enterprises that are incorporated in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the future. With the array of incentives such as long term visas and reductions in set-up fees, it is hard to see why people would not jump at the chance of doing business in the region.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">For now, observers in the rest of the world will focus on the UAE like never before when Expo 2020 comes to Dubai. The latest announcements should have a positive impact on perceptions and the realities of the UAE’s economy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Over the long-term, the governments will do whatever it takes to maintain the competitiveness of Dubai and Abu Dhabi in a regional, and indeed global, context. The UAE’s economy should continue to flourish and diversify long after Expo 2020.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>Al Tamimi &amp; Company’s Corporate Structuring team regularly advises on new changes taking place. For further information please contact Samer Qudah, s.qudah@tamimi.com.</em></p>'),
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