GTL Summary:

Cabinet Decision No. 100 of 2024 amends Article 71 of the VAT Executive Regulations, clarifying record-keeping requirements. It mandates that all records must be maintained in accordance with the Tax Procedures Law and its regulations. A key amendment introduces a specific retention period of 15 years for all records related to real estate transactions, calculated from the end of the relevant tax period. The Decision also outlines special provisions for government agencies listed under Article 72(2) of the Decree-Law, allowing them to control the Federal Tax Authority's access to their records and premises.

Document Type: ERS - Executive Regulations
Law: VAT (FDL No 8 of 2017, as amended)
Decision Number: 52-article-71
Year: 2017
Country: 🇦🇪 UAE
Official Name: Article 71 - Recordkeeping Requirements
Last updated at: 2025-12-26 14:13:51 UTC

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'

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