The UAE has signed the OECD’s Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement under the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, joining 51 countries in standardising automatic tax information exchange for crypto transactions.
The UAE signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Information under the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF MCAA) on 21 July 2025.
According to the OECD update on 26 August 2025, a total of 51 jurisdictions have signed the CARF MCAA.
The CARF MCAA provides a framework for the automatic sharing of tax-related information on crypto-assets, following the reporting and due diligence rules established in the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF).
