Businesses rush to prepare for UAE VAT

Anjana Haines

October 13, 2016

The United Arab Emirates is on target to implement its VAT regime on January 1 2018, but with the final VAT Law yet to be published businesses face a tight deadline to make sure they have the tools to comply with the new system.

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