Article 7 - Mandatory Registration

Mandatory Registration


1. The Mandatory Registration Threshold shall be AED 375,000 (three hundred and seventy-five thousand dirhams).
2. The Person required to register for Tax pursuant to the provisions of the Decree-Law must file a Tax Registration application with the Authority within (30) days of being required to register.
3. Where a Person does not file his Tax Registration application despite being required to, the Authority shall register that Person with effect from the date on which the Person first became liable to be registered for Tax and impose the necessary penalties in accordance with the Federal Law No. (7) of 2017 on Tax Procedures.


4. Where supplies made by a Person exceed, in accordance with the Decree-Law, the Mandatory Registration Threshold during the previous 12-months period, the Authority shall register the Person with effect from the first day of the month following the month in which the Person is required to register, whether or not he applies for Tax registration, or from such earlier date as agreed between the Authority and the Person.

5. Where a Person expects that his supplies, in accordance with the Decree-Law, will exceed the Mandatory Registration Threshold during the next (30) days, the Authority shall register him with effect from the date on which there are reasonable grounds for believing the Person will be required to register as specified in that Clause, whether or not he so notifies them of the liability to register for Tax, or from such earlier date as agreed between the Authority and the Person.

6. Where a Person is not a resident of the State and is required to register in accordance with the provisions of the Decree-Law, the Authority shall register him with effect from the date on which he started making supplies in the State, whether or not he so notifies them of the liability to register for Tax, or from such earlier date as agreed between the Authority and the Person.

7. A Taxable Person who has been late in registering for Tax according to the provisions of this Article is liable to account for and pay to the Authority the Due Tax on all Taxable Supplies and Imports made by him before registering.

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