GTL Summary:

Document Type: Tax Law Article
Law: Common VAT Agreement
Article Number: 2
Country: 🏳️ GCC
Location: Chapter 1 - Definitions and General Provisions
Order: 2
Last updated at: 2025-11-04 11:19:40 UTC

Chapter 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

Article 2 - Scope of Tax

The Agreement shall come into effect in the GCC and Tax shall be imposed on the following transactions:

  1. Taxable Supplies by a Taxable Person in the Member State Territory.

  2. Receipt by a Taxable Customer of Goods or Services supplied to him by a Non-Resident and non-Taxable Person in the Member State in instances where Reverse Tax Mechanism applies.

  3. Importation of Goods by any Person.

Fast-loading version for search engines - Click here for the interactive version