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As part of the UAE’s commitment as a member of the OECD Inclusive Framework and in response to an assessment of the UAE’s tax framework by the European Union (“EU”) Code of Conduct Group of Business Taxation, the UAE introduced a Resolution on the Economic
Substance (Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No.31 of 2019, the “Regulations”) on 30 April 2019. The Regulations require JAFZA Authority entities that carry out any of the ‘Relevant Activities’ to maintain an adequate ‘Economic Presence’ in the UAE relative to the activities they undertake and applies to financial years commencing on or from 1st January 2019.
There are also regulatory filing requirements that need to be met in order to comply with the ESR.
There are potentially two broad filing requirements under the Regulations: (i) Notification form and (ii) Annual substance return. Under the ESR, all filing requirements fall under the remit of the relevant Regulatory Authority, and as such it is the Regulatory Authorities that set the requirements, deadlines and format for notification filing as they believe is appropriate and which may vary. Below, we have summarised the most up to date filing requirements as released by some of the Regulatory Authorities
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