On 27 November 2019, the Belarus House of Representatives approved the law for the ratification of the pending protocol to the 2000 tax treaty with the United Arab Emirates, which was signed on 29 March 2019 and includes amendments regarding taxes covered, competent authorities, residence, dividends, taxation of gains from shares deriving value from immovable property, and exchange of information. The protocol is the first to amend the treaty and will enter into force on the first day of the …