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VAT in the UAE: New October regulation will change how you manage compliance

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Federal Tax Authority Decision No. 13 of 2026, effective from October 1, 2026, is about to comprehensively change how your business manages compliance for VAT . This will affect how supplier invoicing is managed and has specific financial implications if you fail to correctly implement, control on an ongoing basis and respond when requested. Let’s start with what will now be required to verify your supplier, of which there are two types. Firstly, natural persons who are VAT registered. You may ask how that can happen. Imagine if the landlord of your office floor, where you pay rent of Dh500,000 ($136,120) a year, is an individual. Because that person earns over the VAT registration threshold, they must register for the tax and levy it. Before claiming the VAT charged, you now must meet that individual, in person or virtually, and have a copy of their identity proof, such as a passport or Emirates ID. Although it’s not mentioned, I’d imagine that they should be current at the time of th

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