GTL Summary:

Article 55 establishes transfer pricing (TP) documentation obligations. The Authority may require a Taxable Person to file a disclosure with their Tax Return detailing transactions with Related Parties and Connected Persons. If these transactions meet conditions prescribed by the Minister, the Taxable Person must maintain both a master file and a local file. This documentation must be submitted to the Authority within 30 days of a request. Furthermore, the Authority can request any supporting information it deems necessary to verify the arm's length nature of these critical intercompany transactions.

Document Type: Tax Law Article
Law: CIT (FDL No 47 of 2022, as amended)
Article Number: 55
Country: 🇦🇪 UAE
Location: Chapter 17 - Tax Returns and Clarifications
Order: 55
Last updated at: 2025-11-04 11:19:40 UTC

Chapter 17 - Tax Returns and Clarifications

Article 55 - Transfer Pricing Documentation

[GTL Notes]

  1. The Authority may, by notice or through a decision issued by the Authority, require a Taxable Person to file together with their Tax Return a disclosure containing information regarding the Taxable Person’s transactions and arrangements with its Related Parties and Connected Persons in the form prescribed by the Authority.

  2. If a Taxable Person’s transactions with its Related Parties and Connected Persons for a Tax Period meet the conditions prescribed by the Minister, the Taxable Person must maintain both a master file and a local file in the form prescribed by the Authority.

  3. The documentation under Clause 2 of this Article must be submitted to the Authority within (30) thirty days following a request by the Authority, or by any such other later date as directed by the Authority.

  4. Upon request by the Authority, a Taxable Person shall provide the Authority with any information to support the arm’s length nature of the Taxable Person’s transactions or arrangements with its Related Parties and Connected Persons, within (30) thirty days following the request by the Authority, or by any such other later date as directed by the Authority.

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