Zero-rating international transportation services for Passengers and Goods – Article 33 – VAT Executive Regulations

Article 33 – Zero-rating international transportation services for Passengers and Goods

1. The supply of international transportation Services for Passengers and Goods and Transport-related Services shall be subject to the zero rate in the following cases:

1. Transporting passengers or Goods from a place in the State to a place outside the State.
2. Transporting passengers or Goods from a place outside the State to a place in the State.
3. Transporting passengers from a place in the State to another place in the State by sea or air or land as part of a supply of an international transport of those passengers if either or both the first place of departure, or the final place of destination, is outside the State.
4. Transporting Goods from a place in the State to another place in the State if the Services are supplied as part, or for the purpose, of the supply of Services of transporting Goods either from a place in the State to a place outside the State or from a place outside the State to a place in the State.

2. The following Goods and Services shall be zero-rated if they are supplied in respect of the transportation services of passengers or Goods to which either Clause 1 of this Article applies or which are treated as taking place outside the State:

1. The Goods which are supplied for use or consumption or sale by or on an aircraft or a ship.
2. The Services supplied during the supply of transportation services.
3. The Service of insuring, or the arranging of the insurance, or the arranging of the transport of passengers or Goods.

3. A supply of a postage stamp issued by Emirates Post Group shall be zero-rated where the postage stamp may only be redeemed for transportation of Goods to a place outside the State.