UAE Reiterates It Currently Doesn’t Plan to Raise VAT

UAE Reiterates It Currently Doesn’t Plan to Raise VAT

The United Arab Emirates reiterated that it doesn’t have any plans at the moment to raise the value-added tax after neighboring Saudi Arabia tripled the levy and Oman said it plans to start imposing it from April.

The second-biggest Arab economy is continuing to modernize its tax policies for economic growth, the state-run WAM news agency reported, citing Saeed Rashid Al Yateem, assistant undersecretary of resources and budget sector at the Ministry of Finance. The UAE implemented 5% VAT at the start of 2018.

VAT revenue in the first eight months of the year was 11.6 billion dirhams ($3.2 bilion) and excise tax collection at 1.9 billion dirhams, according to WAM.

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