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KPMG's Tax News examines and discusses the recent tax developments in the UAE and the wider GCC region

KPMG's Tax News examines and discusses the recent tax developments in the UAE and the wide

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2025

7 May - Updates on QIFs, REITs, QLPs and non-resident nexus rules

15 April - Updated Ministerial Decision on Audited Financial Statements

21 March - Public Clarification No. 40 on amendments to the VAT Executive Regulation

19 March - Accreditation process for UAE e-invoicing

4 March - The UAE MoF publishes Pillar 2 FAQs

25 February - Free Zone Consumption Customs Declarations

7 February - Public consultation on the e-invoicing data dictionary

6 February - Oman signs Double Tax Treaty with Cyprus, Tanzania and Bahrain

4 February - New Ministerial Decision on the Participation Exemption and Foreign Permanent Establishment Exemption

20 January - Ministry of Labour updates to the Wage Protection System in Oman

16 January - Public clarification on Cryptocurrency mining

15 January - New Ministerial Decision on Tax Groups

13 January - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries implement the GCC Integrated Customs

8 January - Oman introduces Top-Up Tax for Multinational Groups

2 January - Oman ratifies Double Tax Treaty with Luxembourg and Estonia

24 December - Oman ratifies Double Tax Treaty with Ireland

19 November - Tax guide on Corporate Tax Returns: further insights

11 November - Tax guide on Corporate Tax returns

5 November - Corporate Tax Guide on Tax Resident and Tax Residency Certificate

4 November - Oman signs Double Tax Treaty with Luxembourg and Estonia

31 October -  Updated UAE VAT Law No. 16 of 2024

30 October - The UAE's Tax Resident and Tax Residency Certificate guide

16 October - Oman’s Ministry of Labour increases restrictions on professions for expatriates

4 October - Updates to UAE VAT Executive Regulation No 100 of 2024

27 August - Corporate Tax Guide on the Determination of Taxable Income

25 August - Oman announces Capital Market Incentive Program

13 August - First tax period of a juridical person

6 August - Federal Tax Decision No 4 of 2024 amending the FTA’s policy on issuing clarifications and directives

16 July - Shura Council advances the Personal Income Tax (PIT) bill to State Council

6 June - Public Clarification No. 38 (Manpower vs Visa facilitation services)

22 May - Corporate Tax Guide on Free Zone Persons released by the Federal Tax Authority

5 May - FTA Guide on Qualifying Group Relief

14 March - New law for taxation of foreign banks operating in Dubai

28 February - Timelines for Corporate Tax registration specified

18 January - FTA Guide on tax groups

16 January - FTA guide on the Taxation of Foreign Source Income

10 January - Oman - Russia Double Tax Treaty

6 December - Amendments to the Excise Tax Executive Regulations

29 November - Taxation of Natural Persons under the UAE Corporate Tax Law

20 November - Oman grants Minister of Finance powers to allow tax exemptions

17 November - FTA guide on the Taxation of Foreign Source Income

8 November - Issuance of a guide on the Interaction of Accounting Standards with corporate tax

6 November - Free zones: updated corporate tax legislation

1 November - Oman Tax Authority amends the Oman VAT Executive Regulations

31 October - UAE FTA releases transfer pricing guide

19 September - New VAT Reverse Charge Mechanism on local supplies of electronic devices

17 August - New Corporate Tax cabinet decision by MoF

11 August - Business visitors refund scheme

4 August - New tax procedures executive regulation

12 May - Guidance on Transfer Pricing (‘TP’) documentation requirements under the UAE Corporate tax (‘CT’) regime

10 April - Ministerial Decision No. 73 of 2023 on Small Business Relief

24 January - Korea enacts Pillar 2 on 31 December 2022 – but debate on the ‘enactment’ part

2 March - Value Added Tax (“VAT”) treatment of loyalty programs in Oman

2 March - Amendment to the UAE VAT Executive Regulations

24 March - The Value Added Tax (“VAT”) guide on Input Tax Apportionment

  • 29 December - Impact of the Corporate Tax introduction on VAT in the UAE
  • 20 December - The UAE introduces Transfer Pricing regulations
  • 20 December - Taxation of corporations and businesses - extractive business and non-extractive natural resource business (as per Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022)
  • 14 December - Oman - Qatar Double Tax Treaty comes into force
  • 9 December - UAE Corporate Tax Law released
  • 18 November - Are you in control of your corporate tax position?
  • 28 October - Federal Decree-Law No. (18) of 2022 (“the Amendment of VAT Law”)
  • 19 October - Oman Tax Authority amends the VAT Executive Regulations
  • 22 September - Oman announces rules for availing income tax exemption in respect of new businesses involved in economic diversification
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