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Federal Decree-Law No. 16 of 2025 Amending certain Provisions of Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of 2017 On Value Added Tax

Status

In force

Issuing Authority

President of the UAE

Effective date

XX.XX.XXXX

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We, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates 

- Having reviewed the Constitution;

- Federal Law No. 1 of 1972 On the Competencies of the Ministries and Powers of the Ministers, and its amendments;

- Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of 2017 On Value Added Tax, as amended;

- Federal Decree-Law No. 28 of 2022 On Tax Procedures, as amended;

- and based on the proposal of the Minister of Finance and the approval of the Cabinet

have issued the following Decree-Law:

 

Article 1

The text of Clause (1) of Article 48 and Clause (3) of Article 74 of Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of 2017 referred to above shall be replaced by the following text:

 

Article 48 - Clause (1):

1. If a taxable person imports the goods or services concerned for the purposes of his business, he shall be deemed to have made a taxable supply to himself and shall be liable to account for the tax due on that supply and to comply with all other tax obligations arising therefrom, except for issuing a tax invoice to himself.

 

Article 74 - Clause (3)

3. If no application for a refund of the surpl...