UAE Amends Some Provisions of Value Added Tax Decree-Law

The UAE Ministry of Finance announced amendments to some provisions of the Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of 2017 on Value Added Tax (VAT) effective from 1st January, 2023.

Some of the major amendments introduced by the Federal Decree-Law No. 18 of 2022 on the Amendment of Some Provisions of the Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of 2017 on VAT include the following:

- Registered persons who make taxable supplies are allowed to apply for an exception from VAT registration if all of their supplies are zero-rated or if they no longer make any supplies other than zero-rated supplies.
- Setting a 14-day period to issue a tax credit note to settle output tax, in line with the time frame set for issuing tax invoices.
- The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) may forcibly deregister registered persons in specific cases if deemed necessary.

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The Decree-Law includes amendments to certain provisions to clarify and confirm the intended meaning of the text; to rephrase; or to improve the legislative sequence of legal provisions.