Participants gained a comprehensive understanding of UAE Excise & VAT and their impact on the Retail Sector, focusing on key compliance requirements, sector-specific challenges, and practical implementation for retail businesses. This session was part of our weekly webinar series held every Friday.
📅 19th December 2025 | Friday | 🕔 07:00 PM – 08:00 PM UAE Time | 💻 ZOOM
Topic:
“UAE Excise & VAT: Impact and Compliance Challenges for the Retail Sector”
This detailed session explored how UAE retailers are impacted by Excise Tax and VAT, including valuation, pricing, reporting, and compliance obligations. The discussion highlighted practical approaches to managing tax impacts, avoiding common errors, and ensuring alignment with FTA requirements.
Session Overview:
With evolving Excise and VAT regulations in the UAE, retail businesses must clearly understand how these taxes affect pricing structures, margins, supply chains, and reporting processes. This session provided end-to-end guidance on Excise and VAT applicability, compliance processes, and best practices for retail operations.
Participants gained clarity on managing Excise Tax on excisable goods, VAT treatment of retail transactions, documentation requirements, and audit preparedness, with a strong focus on real-world retail scenarios in the UAE.
This training is ideal for retail business owners, tax professionals, finance managers, accountants, compliance officers, and operational teams involved in pricing, invoicing, and tax reporting.
Key Highlights:
✅ Overview of UAE Excise & VAT Framework
✅ Excise Tax Applicability in the Retail Sector
✅ VAT Treatment of Retail Sales & Promotions
✅ Pricing, Margins & Tax Impact Analysis
✅ Compliance, Reporting & Documentation Requirements
✅ Common Retail Errors & Risk Areas
✅ Audit Readiness & Practical Case Scenarios
✅ Best Practices for Retail Tax Compliance
About the Speaker
CA Sakshi Shukla, 14 years of professional experience in Indirect Tax in India and GCC. Having worked in consulting for 13 years , she is a leading an indirect tax department for a large family group based out of U.A.E. and managing GCC tax matters across Retail, property, entertainment and lifestyle division.
