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It is also chargeable on the value of all imported
goods. It is charged on registered VAT taxpayers.
VAT has replaced a number of other taxes and its
introduction should not result in either increased
prices to final consumers or reduced profitability of
businesses.
All legal and natural persons who provide goods,
works or services and have an annual sales turnover
exceeding a certain amount set by the bylaws. All
importers are required to register regardless of their
annual turnover.
If you supply only exempt goods and services, you
must still notify the local VAT office if your turnover
exceeds the threshold limits. Totally exempt
businesses will not however be registered as
taxpayers but may still be subject to later visits by
VAT officials to confirm their exempt status.
Customs Duties
Import duties are levied on the cost, insurance,
and freight (CIF) value of the imported goods and
range from 0 to 200 percent in accordance with the
tariff schedule. All imports must be inspected by an
accredited inspection & Quality Assurance firm.
Import duties are levied on anyone who does not
enjoy a Custom Duty exemption in accordance with
the Investment Act.
To enquire about custom duties on a specific product,
Custom Police should be contacted.
MAIN COMPANIES
HOUSE OF LEGAL CONSULTANCIES
AND SERVICES
Mekki Osman
Partner
Tower 4, Sudanese Kuwaiti Centre. Nile Avenue
PO Box 12613, Khartoum 11111
Tel: +249 183 777751, 8377 7734, 8379 0379
Fax: +249 1 8379 7193
info@hlcs-law.com
www.hlcs-law.com
Activity: Law Firm
Date of Creation: 2003
No. Employees: 3 partners and 9 associates
House of Legal Consultancies & Services Ltd is a
major Khartoum based law firm founded in 2003 as
a result of a merger between Dr. Abdulwahab M.
Elhassan Attiat-Allah Law Office, Omer Abusham
Law Office and Mekki Osman & Partners Law Firm.
They provide a full range of corporate and
commercial legal services required by companies,
financial institutions and non-profit and statutory
organizations as well as individuals. Their particular
core competencies are in the fields of corporate law,
energy law (especially oil & gas), infrastructure, and
international litigation and arbitration.
Despite the wide range of the legal services provided,
the majority of practice pertains to infrastructure and
oil and gas matters. They represent operators as well
as non-operator partners, and sometimes investors,
suppliers and service companies. HLCS has been
involved in substantial sales and acquisitions of both
producing and prospective concessions.
The firm looks at assets as its clients do, cutting
across traditional disciplines such as acquisition,
acquisition finance, project finance, Islamic finance,
securitisation, real estate, tax, environmental and
construction, to provide a one-stop shop for all
aspects of legal advice needed in connection with
any investment in the corporate & commercial,
finance, energy and infrastructure sectors.
Moreover, Intellectual property (IP) is well
established practice within the firm. Their practice is
broad-ranging, from all aspects of patent, trademark,
and copyright law and litigation, to advice on
entertainment law, domain names, security interests
in intellectual property, licensing, franchising and
related aspects of commercial law and other legal
areas dealing with technology.
With its distinctive and unique approach, the
Intellectual Property team applies cutting edge skills
and commercially-minded solutions to a wide range
of IP and related issues.
Acting for multinationals, large local companies and
individuals, the team crosses borders regionally and
internationally, through the Lex Africa & Lex Arab
networks, to register and protect clients’ trademarks,
patents, designs and copyright.
Also, HLCS is a leading firm in arbitration and other
forms of dispute resolution as well as litigation. It
has also acted for major corporations with regard
to tax matters, including appearing before the
Commissioners for Taxation.