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UAE regulatory reporting
Which new UAE reporting regimes apply to us, and from when? The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework and electronic invoicing: who is in scope, the dates, and what financial institutions in particular have to decide.
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- 12 Sept 2026 CARF in the UAE: what crypto-asset service providers have to build before 2027 The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework goes live for UAE providers on 1 January 2027. The obligation is not a policy document. It is a data capability most exchanges were never built to have, and the lead time on the hardest parts is measured in quarters.
- 12 Sept 2026 Electronic invoicing in the UAE: what the regulation requires and who it applies to From 1 January 2027 an invoice in the UAE stops being a document a business sends and becomes a data message the tax authority sees as it happens. This is what the rules say, who they cover, and what they leave alone.
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