{"id":204266,"date":"2018-11-12T18:17:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T21:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=204266"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:59:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:59:29","slug":"brazil-uae-deal-reach-agreement-to-end-double-taxation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-uae-deal-reach-agreement-to-end-double-taxation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil-UAE reach agreement to end double taxation"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil\u2019s Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes and the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Bras\u00edlia, Hafsa Al Ulama (pictured above<\/em>), signed on to an agreement this Monday (12) to end double income taxation as well as prevent tax evasion and tax avoidance. The agreement provides that returns on corporate investment between the UAE and Brazil will be taxed in one, rather than both countries.<\/p>\n

According to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this type of agreement paves the way for \u201ca stable legal environment and the prevention of tax evasion, facilitating trade and investment flows.\u201d \u201cThe signing of the agreement should fuel investment in Brazil by sovereign funds based in the United Arab Emirates,\u201d a Ministry statement read.<\/p>\n

Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0president Rubens Hannun hailed the agreement. \u201cThis is an important step in facilitating investments, which should increase greatly from now on,\u201d he argued. Arab countries in the Gulf have been calling for such a deal for a long time now, especially the UAE, and the Arab Chamber had been pleading with Brazilian diplomats to the same end. \u201c[The lack of an agreement] was a big obstacle,\u201d noted Hannun.<\/p>\n

According to him, the agreement means that the potential for reciprocal investment will now be put to the test. \u201cThis potential will come to fruition, and very quickly so,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The executive expects the initiative to be replicated. \u201cAfter this deal, we expect this to spread into the other Arab countries. This signature today is a gateway for this to happen,\u201d said Hannun.<\/p>\n

Triangulation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Brazilian Foreign Ministry believes the deal will minimize cash triangulations via other countries when it comes to Brazil-UAE or UAE-investments. The Ministry also said UAE investments in Brazil amount to USD 70 million at this time, while Brazilian investments in the UAE come out to USD 52 million.<\/p>\n

As a case in point, projected investment in the Embraport terminal, in Santos, Brazil, as of the project\u2019s announcement in 2009, was BRL 1.1 billion (USD 294 million at current exchange rates, but much more at that point). The project came from a joint venture involving Brazil\u2019s trading company Coimex and real estate company Odebrecht, and the Dubai-based port operator DP World. Currently, however, the latter retains 100% ownership of the facilities, which have been rechristened as DP World Santos.<\/p>\n

Along similar lines, the Abu Dhabi manufacturing plant built by Brasil Foods (BRF) was worth BRL 155 million as of its opening in 2014.<\/p>\n

Operations like those indicate that Brazil-UAE investments and vice versa far exceed official numbers, since the funds often originate from investors\u2019 branches in third-party countries.<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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