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5. Tax Law4.1 Corporate TaxπŸ‘‰ UAE Double Taxation Agreements

Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreements

as per Ministry of FinanceΒ 

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Country↕
Final Sign↕
Ministerial Decree↕
Federal Decree↕
Date of Decree Issuance↕
Entry into force↕
Albania13/3/2014(6/1/6) 2015(37) 201525/3/201526/3/2015
Algeria24/4/2001(320/9) 2001(84) 200128/11/200125/6/2004
Andorra28/7/2015(61/4/9) 2016(166) 20161/11/20161/8/2017
Angola8/2/2018(16/3) 2019(153) 201919/12/201928/3/2020
Antigua and Barbuda15/1/2017(10/9) 2017(32) 20181/2/201824/2/2022
Argentina3/11/2016(16/5) 2017(58) 201731/5/201720/1/2019
Armenia22/4/2002(549/9) 2003(74) 200429/12/200411/1/2005
Austria23/9/2003(521/13) 2003(26) 200427/4/200423/9/2004
Austria (Protocol Amendment)1/7/2021(9/9) 2021(13) 202231/1/2022-
Azerbaijan20/11/2006(332/3) 2006(42) 200730/4/200712/6/2007
Bangladesh17/1/2011(221/11/20) 2011(17) 20122/2/201213/6/2011
Barbados22/9/2014(174/7/12) 2015(141) 201518/11/201518/2/2016
Belarus27/3/2000(300/9) 2000(2) 20012/1/20011/2/2001
Belarus (Protocol Amendment)29/3/2019(7/9) 2019(145) 201919/12/20191/5/2020
Belgium30/9/1996(527/9) 1996(83) 199726/6/199722/12/2003
Belize1/10/2015(11/6) 2016(230) 201629/11/201624/10/2017
Benin4/3/2013(55/2/22) 2014(71) 201423/7/2014-
Bermuda12/2/2015(62/4/10) 2016(140) 201616/10/20165/7/2019
Bosnia and Herzegovina18/9/2006(331/2) 2006(39) 200730/4/200719/5/2009
Botswana12/10/2018(8/4) 2019(143) 201919/12/201927/3/2020
Brazil10/11/2018(15/3) 2019(151) 201919/12/201915/3/2021
Brunei Darussalam21/5/2013(16/1/16) 2014(49) 20144/5/201421/11/2014
Bulgaria26/6/2007(211/11) 2007(5) 200821/1/200816/11/2008
Burkina Faso28/1/2020(6/14) 2020(195) 202021/12/2020-
Burundi6/2/2017(7/11) 2017(65) 201814/3/2018-
Cameroon13/7/2017(8/10) 2017(49) 201818/2/20188/7/2021
Canada9/6/2002(587/10) 2002(3) 20047/1/200425/5/2004
Chad4/9/2018(11/3) 2019(150) 201919/12/2019-
Chile31/12/2019(10/13) 2020(192) 202021/12/202028/7/2022
China1/7/1993(260/5) 1993(38) 19945/6/199422/7/1994
Colombia12/11/2017(35/7) 2018(198) 201818/12/2018-
Commonwealth of Dominica21/1/2020----
Comoro Islands26/3/2015(10/6) 2016(231) 201629/11/20162/1/2018
Costa Rica3/10/2017(17/3) 2019(152) 201919/12/20199/6/2021
Cote D'ivoire24/11/2021----
Croatia13/7/2017(7/1) 2018(85) 201825/4/20181/1/2019
Cyprus27/2/2011(164/9/29) 2011(24) 201314/2/201317/3/2013
Czech30/9/1996(526/8) 1996(84) 199726/6/19971/1/2005
Czech (new)24/5/2023---in effect from 1.1.2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo12/10/2021(20/2) 2022(49) 202211/4/202224/1/2023
Ecuador9/11/2016(8/9) 2017(31) 20181/2/20181/8/2021
Egypt (New)14/11/2019(11/13) 2020(198) 202021/12/202019/4/2021
Equatorial Guinea19/10/2016(14/5) 2017(59) 201731/5/2017-
Estonia20/4/2011(286/13/22) 2011(30) 201226/2/201229/3/2012
Ethiopia12/4/2015(273/10/9) 2015(40) 20168/3/20166/11/2018
Fiji2/9/2012(80/4/9) 2013(64) 201311/6/201320/12/2013
Finland12/3/1996(244/10) 1996(23) 199724/2/199726/12/1997
France19/7/1989(453/7) 1989(83) 198915/11/19898/11/1994
Gabon1/3/2019(7/6) 2019(139) 201919/12/201916/2/2023
Gambia27/7/2015(11/4) 2017(57) 201731/5/2017-
Georgia24/11/2010(29/2/9) 2011(32) 201128/3/201128/4/2011
Ghana18/11/2019(7/14) 2020(201) 202021/12/2020-
Guinea13/11/2011(71/3/12) 2012(50) 201221/5/20129/7/2014
Guinea-Bissau7/8/2019(10/4) 2020(174) 202010/11/2020-
Hellenic18/1/2010(42/3/15) 2010(60) 201027/6/201016/12/2014
Hellenic (Protocol Amendment)27/6/2013(148/5/19) 2014(130) 201420/11/201416/12/2014
Hong Kong11/12/2014(121/5/8) 2015(104) 20153/11/201510/12/2015
Hungary30/4/2013(96/3/24) 2014(73) 201423/7/20144/10/2014
India29/4/1992(245/8) 1992(39) 199321/8/199315/9/1993
India (Protocol)27/3/2007(105/7) 2007(80) 20073/10/20073/10/2007
India (Protocol)16/4/2012(232/11/9) 2012(17) 201311/2/201312/3/2013
Indonesia (New)24/7/2019(12/4) 2020(173) 202010/11/202019/8/2021
Iraq3/10/2017(8/12) 2017(62) 201814/3/2018-
Ireland1/7/2010(95/6/11) 2011(66) 20116/7/201119/7/2011
Israel31/5/2021(26/5) 2021(153) 20218/12/202129/12/2021
Italy22/1/1995(83/5) 1995(62) 199520/11/19955/10/1997
Jamaica20/10/2022----
Japan2/5/2013(56/2/23) 2014(70) 201423/7/201424/12/2014
Jersey20/4/2016(11/9) 201620179/1/201725/9/2017
Jordan5/4/2016(15/7) 2016(224) 201629/11/201610/1/2017
Kazakhstan22/12/2008(255/15) 2009(47) 200930/6/200927/11/2013
Kenya21/11/2011(70/3/11) 2012(51) 201221/5/201222/2/2017
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia23/5/2018(39/7) 2018(193) 201818/12/20181/1/2020
Korea22/9/2003(520/12) 2003(30) 20044/5/20049/3/2005
Korea27/2/2019(8/7) 2019(142) 201919/12/201929/2/2020
Kosovo20/5/2016(3/1) 2017(33) 201716/4/20173/7/2017
Kyrgyzstan7/12/2014(198/8/6) 2015(142) 201518/11/201516/12/2015
Latvia11/3/2012(11/1/11) 2013(54) 201326/5/201311/6/2013
Lebanon17/5/1998(308/16) 1998(106) 199825/10/199823/3/1999
Liberia30/4/2019(11/4) 2020(172) 202010/11/2020-
Libya1/4/2013(15/1/15) 2014(50) 20144/5/2014-
Liechtenstein1/10/2015(8/10) 201620179/1/201724/2/2017
Lithuania30/6/2013(172/6/16) 2014(127) 201420/11/201419/12/2014
Luxembourg20/11/2005(658/7) 2005(31) 20067/5/200619/6/2009
Luxembourg (Protocol Amendment)26/10/2014(122/5/9) 2015(102) 20153/11/20151/1/2016
Macedonia26/10/2015(9/6) 2016(232) 201629/11/20167/2/2017
Mongolia21/2/2001(493/6) 2001(70) 200229/11/200224/2/2004
Malaysia28/11/1995(14/14) 1996(35) 199617/6/199624/9/1996
Maldives17/10/2017(7/12) 2017(68) 201814/3/20189/8/2018
Mali6/3/2018----
Malta13/3/2006(99/5) 2006(53) 200613/8/200613/9/2006
Mauritania21/10/2015(64/4/12) 2016(169) 20161/11/201618/7/2019
Mauritius18/9/2006(319/9) 2006(51) 200720/6/200725/9/2007
Moldova10/7/2017(6/1) 2018(86) 201825/4/201826/7/2018
Monaco13/11/2021(13/10) 2022(11) 202310/1/2023-
Montenegro26/3/2012(212/10/10) 2012(16) 201311/2/201311/2/2013
Morocco9/2/1999(119/10) 1999(90) 199926/9/19991/7/2000
Mozambique24/9/2003(489/6) 2003(28) 20044/5/20044/6/2004
Netherlands8/5/2007(138/6) 2007(102) 200729/11/20072/6/2010
New Zealand24/9/2003(519/11) 2003(29) 20044/5/200429/7/2004
Niger9/12/2018(9/7) 2019(140) 201919/12/201918/8/2021
Nigeria18/1/2016(6/1) 2017(34) 201716/4/2017-
Pakistan7/2/1993(58/12) 1993(3) 199429/1/199420/11/2000
Palestine24/9/2012(81/4/10) 2013(63) 201311/6/2013-
Panama13/10/2012(12/1/12) 2013(53) 201326/5/201323/10/2013
Paraguay16/1/2017(12/9) 2017(6) 20188/1/201820/1/2019
Philippine23/9/2003(548/8) 2003(73) 200429/12/20042/10/2008
Poland31/1/1993(103/5) 1993(7) 199429/1/20043/2/1994
Poland (Protocol Amendment)11/12/2013(266/9/26) 2014(10) 201515/1/20151/5/2015
Portugal17/1/2011(94/6/10) 2011(67) 20116/7/201122/5/2012
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)13/3/2023----
Romania (New)4/5/2015(60/4/8) 2016(137) 201616/10/201611/12/2016
Russia7/12/2011(172/8/15) 2012(94) 201210/10/201223/6/2013
Russia - new DTT01/01/2026
Rwanda1/11/2017(36/7) 2018(197) 201818/12/20184/12/2019
Saint Kitts and Nevis24/11/2016(9/10) 2017(51) 201818/2/2018-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines25/11/2018(13/3) 2019(154) 201919/12/2019-
San Marino11/7/2018(12/3) 2019(149) 201919/12/2019-
Senegal22/10/2015(66/4/14) 2016(138) 201616/10/20162/7/2017
Serbia13/1/2013(82/4/11) 2013(65) 201311/6/20132/7/2013
Seychelles19/9/2006(297/6) 2006(8) 20076/2/200714/4/2007
Sierra Leone22/12/2019(5/15) 2020(194) 202021/12/2020-
Singapore1/12/1995(13/13) 1996(34) 199617/6/199618/7/1996
Singapore Protocol Second Amendment31/10/2014(173/7/11) 2015(140) 201518/11/201516/3/2016
Slovak21/12/2015(9/10) 201620179/1/20171/4/2017
Slovenia12/10/2013(121/4/14) 2014(72) 201423/7/201429/9/2014
South Africa23/11/2015(110/5/9) 2016(168) 20161/11/201623/11/2016
South Sudan23/4/2019(8/9) 2019(148) 201919/12/2019-
Spain5/3/2006(100/6) 2006(54) 200613/8/20062/4/2007
Sri Lanka24/9/2003(488/5) 2003(27) 20044/5/20044/7/2004
Sudan15/3/2001(346/9) 2001(83) 200128/11/20016/6/2004
Suriname4/11/2018(14/3) 2019(136) 201919/12/2019-
Switzerland6/10/2011(22/1/22) 2012(35) 20128/4/201221/10/2012
Switzerland (Protocol)5/11/2022----
Syria26/1/2000(104/7) 2000(72) 200011/6/200012/1/2002
Tajikistan17/12/1995(434/8) 1999(16) 200029/1/200027/3/2000
Tanzania26/9/2022----
Thailand1/3/2000(206/11) 2000(105) 200012/11/20004/1/2001
The Co-operative Republic of Guyana24/3/2022----
Tunisia10/4/1996(260/13) 1996(25) 199724/2/199727/5/1997
Turkey29/1/1993(84/8) 1993(5) 199429/1/199429/1/1995
Turkmenistan9/6/1998(406/13) 1999(108) 199924/11/199930/12/2011
Turkmenistan (Protocol Amendment)15/3/2018(37/7) 2018(192) 201818/12/20185/2/2019
Uganda8/6/2015----
Ukraine22/1/2003(119/10) 2003(11) 200428/2/20049/3/2004
Ukraine (Protocol Amendment)14/2/2021(4/11) 2021(17) 202231/1/2022-
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland12/4/2016(12/9) 2016(243) 201625/12/201625/12/2016
United Mexican States20/11/2012(109/5/11) 2013(79) 201320/6/20139/7/2014
Uruguay10/10/2014(43/2/6) 2015(64) 20151/6/201514/6/2016
Uzbekistan26/10/2007(64/8) 2008(70) 200828/9/200825/2/2011
Venezuela11/12/2010(30/2/10) 2011(33) 201128/3/201120/6/2011
Vietnam16/2/2009(319/10) 2009(77) 200911/10/200912/4/2010
Yemen13/2/2001(159/6) 2001(73) 2001
Yemen13/2/2001(159/6) 2001(73) 200125/8/20011/1/2004
Zambia7/2/2020(12/13) 2020(196) 202021/12/202013/1/2023
Zimbabwe17/6/2018(10/10) 2019(12) 202014/1/20207/2/2021
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