Federal Tax Authority holds awareness seminar about the EmaraTax platform on World Future Day

“The new and improved integrated digital tax service platform EmaraTax, set to be launched by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) in a few days, will be a cornerstone of our efforts to shape the future of the UAE tax system,” asserted FTA Director General His Excellency Khalid Ali Al Bustani at an awareness seminar the Authority organised for the platform.
Titled ‘The EmaraTax Platform and Its Role in Enhancing the FTA’s Preparations for an Advanced Future Tax System’, the seminar is one of a series of events the Authority held to mark World Future Day.
“The launch of the EmaraTax digital platform, to be followed by its dedicated smartphone application at a later time, is part of the Federal Tax Authority’s continuous modernisation plans, which aim to prepare for a more developed future and achieve the FTA’s main goal to become a world leader in the tax sector,” H.E. Al Bustani said.
“Over the course of several months, the Authority collaborated with the competent authorities, making intensive efforts to build the digital EmaraTax platform in accordance with the latest technologies used globally in the tax field,” H.E. added. “The platform is a notable leap forward in the plans to upgrade the tax system and achieve the Authority’s strategic goals to drive digitalisation in all of its services, in line with the UAE’s comprehensive digital transformation.”
The FTA Director General went on to note that the team in charge of implementing the EmaraTax digital tax service platform and smart application strived to create an integrated portal to enhance and streamline the experience for FTA clients, allowing them to manage their tax operations efficiently, quickly, seamlessly, and transparently.
“Throughout the development of the EmaraTax platform, the Authority was committed to integrating its services with the ones provided by other relevant government entities, including the Central Bank, and with national programmes such as UAE PASS, in an effort to streamline and optimise the use of shared data, thus facilitating operations and services for users,” H.E. Al Bustani concluded.
Background Information
Federal Tax Authority
By virtue of this Federal Law by Decree a public federal authority shall be established under the name of the Federal Tax Authority. The headquarters of the authority shall be located in the city of Abu Dhabi. The authority shall be in charge of managing and collecting federal taxes and related fines, distributing tax-generated revenues and applying the tax-related procedures in force in the UAE.
The authority shall be managed by a board of directors chaired by the Minister of Finance and a sufficient number of members to be appointed and remunerated by a Cabinet resolution, based on the chairman’s nomination. The authority shall have an independent annual budget that shall be deemed as public funds and exempted from all taxes and fees.