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  1. mcminder

    UAE unveils tax residency criteria

    I'm going to work as an employee from March to end of the year in Dubai but have 100% remote work. So, the idea is to spend 90 days in Dubai to get the TRC, and then live in Europe closer to Spain (France and/or Portugal?) I'll probably visit family during Summer and Christmas. Always staying...
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    UAE unveils tax residency criteria

    Spain, have shivers down my spine when reading some case resolutions... I'm starting to be a bit paranoid even if doing it right and want to make sure I don't have any loose threads, they did very good propaganda to make you fear them to absurd levels. UAE was about to go into the "tax haven"...
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    UAE unveils tax residency criteria

    You're right! But at least in my country, if you don't have the TRC, well, good luck even if providing hundreds of other documents, even passport stamped for periods longer than 183 days If you can't prove you paid taxes on the other country, they will haunt you. So in the UAE, as you don't have...
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    UAE unveils tax residency criteria

    In my case it exist, although I won't be able to use to avoid "double taxation", as my country has the "UAE national" thing in the DTA. But, there's a country called "General", which seems you can use to request it, so it may be useful in some cases where you just care about the TRC and not...
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    UAE unveils tax residency criteria

    But the DTA would only be really useful if you are getting any type of income, dividends... from your home country (for example) and you want to use the TRC to use the DTA to exempt that income from your home country and be taxed by your new country rules. In my case I just want the TRC as a...
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    UAE unveils tax residency criteria

    Hi @MiddleEuroAsia , thanks for answering! Would you mind giving a bit more details? Did you had any similar experience? How much more expensive and lengthy? Do they request additional documentation? As before it looked like a requirement, but with the new changes seems more optional. Is it...
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    UAE unveils tax residency criteria

    Hi everyone! Have a question regarding the new tax residency requirements, based on the new requirements they posted in November: A natural person will be considered a UAE Tax Resident if the individual: ● has their usual or primary place of residence and their centre of financial and...