A VAT Administrative Exception is a mechanism which provides registrants with concessions / exceptions allowed by the Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of 2017 on Value Added Tax (“Law”) or Cabinet Decision No 52 of 2017 on the Executive Regulations of the Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of 2017 on Value Added Tax (“Executive Regulations”) if difficult circumstances prevent them from following certain procedural aspects of the Law or the Executive Regulations.
VAT Administrative
Exceptions are grouped into the following categories and are relevant
to VAT only:
Tax Invoices
Tax Credit Notes
Length of the Tax Period
Stagger
Evidence to prove export of goods
Time for the export of goods
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