GTL Summary:

This Article establishes exceptional rules for determining the place of supply, overriding the provisions of Article 29. For services rendered to a tax-registered recipient in an implementing state, the place of supply is the recipient's residence. If a non-resident supplier serves a resident business, the supply is located in the state. The location for services related to goods, cultural, artistic, or educational events is where they are performed. Similarly, real estate services are tied to the property's location, while transport services are based on where the journey commences, subject to further clarification in the Executive Regulation.

Document Type: Tax Law Article
Law: VAT (FDL No 8 of 2017, as amended)
Article Number: 30
Country: 🇦🇪 UAE
Location: Title 5 - Rules Pertaining to Supplies › Chapter 2 - Place of Supply
Order: 30
Last updated at: 2025-12-26 14:13:51 UTC

Title 5 - Rules Pertaining to Supplies

Chapter 2 - Place of Supply

Article 30
Place of Supply in Special Cases[15]

As an exception to what is stipulated in Article 29 of this Decree-Law, the place of supply in special cases shall be as follows:

  1. Where the Recipient of Services has a Place of Residence in an Implementing State and is registered for Tax therein, the place of supply shall be the Place of Residence of the Recipient of Services.

  2. Where the Recipient of Services is in Business and has a Place of Residence in the State, and the Supplier does not have a Place of Residence in the State, the place of supply shall be in the State.

  3. For the supply of Services provided on Goods, such as installation of Goods supplied by others, the place shall be where said Services were performed.

  4. For the supply of means of transport to a lessee who is not a Taxable Person in the State and does not have a TRN in an Implementing State, the place shall be where such means of transport were placed at the disposal of the lessee.

  5. For the supply of restaurant, hotel, and food and drink catering Services, the place shall be where such Services are actually performed.

  6. For the supply of any cultural, artistic, sporting, educational or any similar Services, the place shall be where such Services were performed.

  7. For the supply of Services related to real estate as specified in the Executive Regulation of this Decree-Law, the place of supply shall be where the real estate is located.

  8. For the supply of transportation Services [or Transport-related Services] [G26], the place of supply shall be where the transportation starts. The Executive Regulation of this Decree-Law shall specify the place of supply for transportation Services and Transport-related Services if the trip includes more than one stop.

Footnotes

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

GTL Notes

[G26] Inserted by Federal Decree-Law No. 18 of 2022 effective from 1 January 2023

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