GTL Summary:

Document Type: Tax Law Article
Law: VAT (FDL No 8 of 2017)
Article Number: 77
Country: 🇦🇪 UAE
Location: Part 9 - Violations and Penalties
Order: 77
Last updated at: 2025-11-27 14:38:43 UTC

Part 9: Violations and Penalties

Article 77 - Tax Evasion [34]

[Without prejudice to the Tax Evasion cases set forth in the Tax Procedures Law][G1], if it is proved that a Person who is not a Registrant acquires Goods in accordance with Clause (3) of Article 48 of this Decree-Law, and claims that he is a Registrant, he shall be deemed to have committed a Tax evasion and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Tax Procedures [G2] Law.

Footnotes

[34]Article amended as per Federal Decree-Law No. 18 of 2022

GTL Notes

[G1]Inserted by Federal Decree-Law No. 18 of 2022 effective from 1 January 2023

[G2]Amended by Federal Decree-Law No. 18 of 2022 effective from 1 January 2023. This replaces 'Federal Law No. (7) of 2017 on Tax Procedures'

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