On 20 August 2019, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal Tax Authority (FTA) issued value added tax (VAT) public clarification VATP015 on the transfer of a business as a going concern (TOGC). The public clarification sets out the conditions that must be met for a transfer to qualify as a TOGC under Article 7(2) of Federal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017 on VAT (UAE VAT Law).
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