Failing to submit application could lead to the Deregister from VAT in UAE and imposition of administrative penalties

Abu Dhabi: The Federal Tax Authority, FTA, has defined the conditions for Deregister from VAT in UAE, in accordance with Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of 2017.

In a statement issued on Saturday, the Authority clarified the conditions and procedures for deregistration for Value Added Tax (VAT), since its implementation.

The FTA explained that if a registrant stops making taxable supplies or if the value of the taxable supplies made by the registrant over a period of 12 consecutive months is less than the voluntary registration threshold of Dh187,500, and it is not expected that the total value of the registrant’s anticipated taxable supplies or expenses subject to tax in the coming 30-day period will exceed the voluntary registration threshold, then the registrant must submit a deregistration application to the Authority.

It went on to say that the deregistration application must be submitted within 20 business days of the occurrence of the aforementioned cases using the Authority’s e-Services portal, adding, “knowing that failing to submit the deregistration application within the period specified in the tax legislation will lead to the imposition of administrative penalties as stipulated in the Cabinet Resolution No. 40 of 2017 on Administrative Penalties for Violations of Tax Laws in the UAE.”

The Authority confirmed that registrants will not be deregistered unless they have paid all due taxes and administrative penalties and filed all required tax returns for the period in which they were registered as stipulated under the tax legislation.