UAE ESR Update - Who is the “National Assessing Authority”?

​The assessment and determination on whether a Licensee has economic substance in the UAE is made by the Federal Tax Authority, in its capacity as the “National Assessing Authority” under the Regulations.

Ministerial Decision No. 100 issued in the Year 2020 on the issuance of directives for the Implementation of the Provision of the Cabinet Decision No. 57 of 2020 concerning Economic Substance Requirement in United Arab Emirates has introduced, among other update the designation of the National Assessing Authority. 

​The ESR Regulations have been introduces in UAE pursuant to the global standard set by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) Forum on Harmful Tax Practices, which requires entities undertaking geographically mobile business activities to have substantial activities in the respective jurisdiction.  

The National Assessing Authority is undertakes, inter alia, the following functions:

• undertake assessments to determine whether a Licensee has met the Economic Substance Test
• Impose administrative penalties, applicable
• Hear and decide on appeals
• Exchange information to the Competent Authority pursuant to Article 10 of the ESR Regulations and
• Carry out any other functions for the purposes of implementing the provisions of the ESR Regulations

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