GTL Summary:

Article 54 BIS, introduced by Federal Decree-Law No. 16 of 2025, mandates the Authority to reject the deduction of Recoverable Input Tax if a Taxable Person was aware that a supply was part of a chain involved in Tax Evasion. Additionally, the Authority may reject deductions if the Taxable Person should have been aware of such evasion based on the circumstances. The Article clarifies that a Taxable Person is deemed to have been required to know of the evasion if they failed to verify the validity and integrity of supplies in accordance with Authority-determined measures.

Document Type: Tax Law Article
Law: VAT (FDL No 8 of 2017)
Article Number: 54-bis
Country: 🇦🇪 UAE
Location: Part 7 - Calculation of the Due Tax › Chapter 1 - Due Tax for a Tax Period
Order: 54.5
Last updated at: 2025-12-11 10:59:19 UTC

Part 7: Calculation of the Due Tax

Chapter 1 - Due Tax for a Tax Period

Article 54 (Bis) [22]

  1. The Authority shall reject the deduction of the Recoverable Input Tax if it is established to the Authority that the supply subject to the deduction was part of a supply or a chain of supplies related to Tax Evasion, and the Taxable Person was aware of this relation upon deducting the Recoverable Input Tax.

  2. The Authority may reject the deduction of the Recoverable Input Tax if it is established to the Authority that the supply subject to the deduction was part of a supply or a chain of supplies related to Tax Evasion, and the Taxable Person should, based on circumstances of the supply, have been aware of this relation.

  3. For the purposes of applying the provisions of Clause 2 of this Article, the Taxable Person shall be considered to have been required to be aware that the supply was part of a supply or a chain of supplies related to Tax Evasion, if he did not verify the validity and integrity of the supplies he receives before deduction of Input Tax, in accordance with the measures, procedures and conditions determined by the Authority in this regard. [G66]

Footnotes

[22]Article added as per Federal Decree-Law No. 16 of 2025.

GTL Notes

[G66]Inserted by Federal Decree-Law No 16 of 2025 with effect from 1 January 2026.

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