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Excise Tax Audit Services in UAE

By conducting a Excise Tax audit, the government will verify that whether the business is following all the Excise Tax laws and implementing Excise tax as per the regulation of FTA. Through the Excise Tax audit in UAE, FTA will check the Excise Tax returns and Excise tax refunds submitted by the taxpayer. The purpose of the Excise Tax audit is to make sure that the business is collecting and submitting the Excise Tax to the FTA within the assigned time frame.

Excise Tax audit will include reviewing and accessing all the financial records of the company along with the bank statements. FTA will ask for the documents in hard copy and soft copy. FTA will check the sales and purchase invoices and review the books of accounts along with the Excise Tax returns submitted to FTA.

Businesses who are subject to Excise tax audit must cooperate and facilitate FTA auditors in every possible way. A taxpayer or the legal representatives of the taxpayer must provide complete assistance to the tax auditor to conduct the audit in a smooth way. If your business receives a notification of Excise tax audit, you should prepare the following:

  • Office is accessible.
  • Original documents.
  • Tax invoices.
  • Financial records such as books of accounts.
  • The staff of Accounts department and Excise Tax agents.
  • If the audit is conducted outside the business office then the presence of the relevant person from the business is mandatory at the time of the Excise Tax audit.


    If FTA finds out a non-compliance in the tax operations or discovers any violation of the FTA law then heavy Excise tax fines and penalties will be imposed on a business. The severity of violation or non-compliance might lead to the cancellation of the trade licenses or closing of a company.

Penalties Result of tax evasion?

The following penalties will be levied on businesses by the FTA:

  • Penalty of AED 10,000 will implement for not maintaining financial records.
  • Submission of Incorrect Tax return by the Registrant will be AED 3,000 for the first time and then AED 5,000 in case of repetition.
  • Failure of the person conducting business to facilitate the work of the Tax Auditor will be AED 20,000.
  • Failure of the taxable person to submit a VAT registration application within the time frame specified in the tax law will be AED 20,000.
  • Tax Violations in UAE will also lead to shutting down of the business entirely and the cancellation of the Trade license.

How MAS team will help?

MAS tax agency will entirely represent your business in front of the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). Our tax agents experts will ensure that everything is in line with the FTA’s law and regulation.

Let MAS handle all your Excise Tax aspects and save your business from unnecessary fines and penalties.

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