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Document Type: BL - Bylaws
Law: VAT (FDL No 8 of 2017)
Decision Number: 52-article-71
Year: 2017
Country: đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡Ē UAE
Official Name: Article 71 - Recordkeeping Requirements

Cabinet Decision No. 52 of 2017

Cabinet Resolution No. (52) of 2017 - bookmarkSection71

Part 17 - Transitional Provisions

Article 71 - Recordkeeping Requirements [41]

  1. Subject to Clause (2) of this Article, any records required to be kept in accordance with the provisions of the Decree-Law shall comply with the time periods, controls and conditions for keeping records provided for in the [Tax Procedures Law] [G91]and its Executive Regulations.

  2. Any records related to a real property required to be kept shall be held for a period of (15) years following the end of the tax period to which such records relate.

  3. If a government agency is listed in the Cabinet resolution under Clause (2) of Article 72 of the Decree-Law, such government agency may:

    1. Reject the Authority's request to take any records or copies thereof from the premises of the government agency;

    2. Establish controls for the access of the Authority's employees to the records and premises of the government agency.

    3. If the Authority holds any records of a government agency listed by the Cabinet under Clause (2) of Article 72 of the Decree-Law, the records shall be kept in such manner that they can be accessed only by the Authority's employees expressly authorized to review the records of such government agency.

Footnotes

[41]Article amended as per Cabinet Decision No. 100 of 2024.

GTL Notes

[G91]Amended by Federal Decree-Law No. 100 of 2024 effective from 15 November 2024. This replaces 'Federal Law No. 7 of 2017 on Tax Procedures'