Federal Taxation Launches “Your Tax Bill, Your Right and Your Guarantee”

Media In Dubai – 27 January 2019
The Federal Tax Authority announced a new field campaign to connect directly with merchants and consumers in the local markets to raise awareness of the legal standards that must be met in the tax invoice and the importance of issuing them by all businesses registered in the value added tax system in order to protect the rights of consumers.
The campaign, which will include all Emirates and will continue during the first quarter of this year under the slogan “Your tax bill, your right and your guarantee” will be launched from tomorrow (Monday) and continue for three days in Dubai markets, and then the campaign is implemented in the rest UAE, in a sequential manner, three days a week in each emirate. This comes within the framework of the Federal Tax Authority’s plan to raise the level of tax awareness in general and to introduce the importance of the tax invoice in particular. The campaign is carried out in cooperation with the And increasing the level of tax liability in local markets.
Khalid Ali Al Bustani, Director General of the Federal Tax Authority, stressed that the Authority is always at the top of its priorities to ensure that consumers are aware of their tax rights and duties in order to protect them from any attempts to exploit them in the name of tax. Strategies to enable them to self-compliance and deal efficiently and consciously with the tax system.
“One of the main objectives the TRA is seeking to reach during the first quarter of this year is to spread the culture of dealing with tax invoices fully to all sales in local markets,” he said.
He added: “In this context, the launch of the” Tax Invoice “campaign to raise awareness about the data to be included in the tax invoice, and the importance of all consumers to receive tax invoices on all purchases to ensure their rights and also guarantees the rights of the state through the collection of VAT value of 5% The supply of most goods and services, which is one of the lowest ratios in the world and aims to provide additional financial flows that enable the government to maintain the pace of construction and development of infrastructure for a better future.