Wherever mentioned in this Resolution, the following words and expressions shall bear the meanings assigned thereto respectively, unless the context requires otherwise:
Authority: The Federal Tax Authority (FTA).
Government Authorities: Federal and local Government Authorities designated under the Cabinet Resolution No. (58) of 2017 Concerning Government Authorities and their Activities that are Conducted in a Sovereign Capacity, as amended, with the exception of the FTA.
Department of Finance: The official body in charge of financial affairs in the local emirate.
Committee: The Tax Disputes Resolution Committee formed pursuant to Cabinet Resolution No. (23) of 2018 referred to above.
Objection: A written or electronic objection filed by the Government Authorities with the Committee in accordance with the provisions of this Resolution.
Competent Department: The Ministry of Justice's Tax Disputes Resolution Department.
 

The provisions of this Resolution shall apply to all procedures for objection and appeal on tax disputes related to the Value Added Tax to which Government Authorities are a party, with respect to any of the activities they carry out in a sovereign capacity.

The Committee shall have the following functions:
1. Deciding on objections submitted against the decisions of the FTA regarding the applications for reconsideration.
2. Deciding on the applications for reconsideration submitted to the FTA on which no decision has been made in accordance with the provisions of Federal Decree Law No. (28) of on Tax Procedures.
 

1. An objection to the FTA's decision issued on an application for reconsideration shall be filed with the Competent Department within (40) forty working days from the date on which the Government Authorities are notified of the FTA's decision.
2. An objection filed with the Committee shall not be admitted in any of the following cases:
    a. If no application for reconsideration has initially been submitted to the FTA.
    b. If the objection has not been filed within the time limit specified in Clause (1) of this article.
3. For the purposes of admission of the objection, the Government Authorities shall not be required to pay the full tax associated with the objection or the administrative penalty upon filing the objection and until it is decided on by the Committee, without prejudice to any administrative penalties that may be imposed pursuant to the provisions of Federal Decree Law No. (28) of 2022 referred to hereinabove.
4. The Competent Department shall send the objection of the Government Authorities to the Committee within two working days from the date of its receipt of the objection.
 

1. The Committee shall review and decide on the objection submitted thereto within (20) twenty working days from the date of receiving the objection.
2. The Committee shall notify the Government Authorities and the FTA of the decision made thereby within (3) three working days from the date of its issuance.
3. The Committee's decision on the objection shall be final if the total amount of tax due and administrative penalties thereunder does not exceed AED (100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams.
4. The lapse of the time limit specified in Clause (1) of this Article with no decision made by the Committee shall be construed as implicit rejection of the objection.
 

1. Final decisions issued by the Committee on disputes whose value does not exceed AED (100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams shall have the legal force of Writs of Enforcement.
2. Decisions issued on disputes whose value exceeds AED (100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams shall have the legal force of Writs of Enforcement if they are not appealed before the competent court within (40) forty working days from the date of notification of the outcome of the objection.
3. Final decisions of the Committee that have the legal force of Writs of Enforcement shall be enforced by the enforcement judge of the competent court.
 

1. The FTA and Government Authorities, as the case may be, may appeal the Committee's decision in whole or in part before the competent court within (40) forty working days from the date on which the FTA or the Government Authorities are notified of the Committee's decision or from the date of the lapse of the time limit for deciding on the objection.
2. In all cases, tax dispute claims shall not be admitted before the competent court in the following cases:
    a. If they are not initially objected to before the Committee.
    b. If the Committee's decisions are not appealed within the time limit specified in Clause (1) of this Article.
    c. If the Government Authorities do not submit a proof of their payment of the full tax to the FTA.
3. The Government Authorities shall pay the value of the administrative penalties in dispute upon the issuance of the final judgment by the competent court.
 

1. The Federal Authorities shall notify the Ministry of Finance of any objection they submit to the Committee, within one week from the date of its submission.
2. The local authority shall notify the Finance Department of the emirate concerned of any objection it submits to the Committee, within one week from the date of its submission.
3. Failure to notify of objection cases in accordance with Clauses (1) and (2) of this article shall not result in inadmissibility of the Government Authorities' objection before the Committee.
 

The provisions of Federal Decree Law No. (28) of 2022 on Tax Procedures and its Executive Regulations shall apply to matters not specifically stipulated in this Resolution.

Any provision that contradicts or is in conflict with the provisions of this Resolution shall be repealed.

This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall enter into force (60) sixty days following the date of its publication.