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Background
and Purpose
On 30 April
2019, the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) Ministry of Finance (“ MoF ”) issued
‘Cabinet Resolution No. 32 of 2019 concerning Regulation of the Submission of
Reports by Multinational Companies’, setting out CbCR compliance obligations
for multinational entity groups (“MNE groups”) based in the UAE.
Almost
simultaneously with the introduction of economic substance regulations, the UAE
further implements international tax standards and joins around 80 other
countries which have implemented the CbC reporting. The impact of this
reporting on international corporations in the UAE cannot be understated.
In the
Framework of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“BEPS”) project of the OECD
and the G20, countries agreed, amongst others, to implement BEPS action 13 in
order to tackle the shortcomings of the international tax system.
This action
prescribes that countries implement legislation requiring multinational
enterprises (MNEs) to report annually and for each tax jurisdiction in which
they do business certain relevant tax related information and exchange this
information with other countries.
Applicability
Deadlines
Filing
considerations
MNE groups with
UAE-based UPEs must submit notifications and file the CbCreport in the UAE.
The UAE
presently has 491exchange relationships with other tax jurisdictions, which
should mitigate the need for secondary filings in other jurisdictions (but this
should be monitored).
Currently, UAE
has active exchange relationships with 49 jurisdictions, all of which are
non-GCC jurisdictions. Additionally, UAE does not have an active exchange
relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”) or Qatar.
MNE groups with
ultimate parent entities (“UPE”) outside the UAE must submit a notification to
the UAE MoF.
Penalties
for non compliance
Failure to
comply with the CbCR obligations set out in the resolution may result in
penalties being levied on the Reporting Entity as follows:
Conclusion
The UAE’s
legislation very much mirrors the standards imposed by the OECD which have been
adopted in countries which have already implemented CbC reporting. The UAE is
the third GCC country to implement CbCr reporting after Qatar and KSA had done
so previously. The context of the UAE is slightly different, given the current
absence of Federal Corporate Income Tax. Both Qatar and KSA have a form of
corporate income tax
The Federal Tax
Authority may be interested in the file for VAT purposes and ask tax payers to
reconcile the amounts in the CbC report, as it can do today already with
audited financial statements.
The importance
of the introduction of CbC reporting cannot be understated. The UAE’s important
neighbour, Saudi Arabia, will be very keen to examine the information in the
CbC reports filed by UAE companies to verify whether it is receiving the right
end of the tax portion.
How MSATC can help
– Assistance in CbCR notification and reporting
-Assessment of parameteres to CbCR
-Advisory on bridging the Gaps and;
– Compliance Services
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