The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) and Abu Dhabi Customs (ADC) have strengthened their strategic partnership to supply better facilitation for industrial operations in Abu Dhabi. The 2 entities will intensify their cooperation to develop procedures by digital linking channels, contributing to reaching compliance with the relevant tax laws within the UAE concerning the submission of tax returns and the fee of tax and customs dues.
FTA and ADC introduced their cooperation on the sidelines of GITEX World 2025 – the 45th version of the occasion – on the Dubai World Commerce Centre.
H.E. Khalid Ali Al Bustani, Director Basic of the Federal Tax Authority, mentioned: “The cooperation settlement was reached because of the sustained efforts to boost integration between the FTA and Abu Dhabi Customs. It consolidates the excellent imaginative and prescient of our strategic ambitions and aligns with the directives of our clever management to enhance individuals’s high quality of life, streamline authorities transactions and procedures, foster a dynamic enterprise setting that pulls expertise, and contribute to enhancing the nationwide economic system by offering proactive digital providers and growing buyer satisfaction.”
His Excellency added: “This settlement establishes a transparent and sturdy framework for collaboration and coordination, contributing to our ongoing plans to supply complete digital providers by modern fashions reflecting the Authorities’s dedication to management and excellence in its operational programs. It will improve the shopper expertise by saving effort and time, whereas guaranteeing that procedures are simplified in accordance with essentially the most rigorous governance and transparency requirements. We look ahead to additional cooperation with authorities and personal sector entities to keep up a top quality of life in a sustainable ecosystem, growing proactive authorities providers that repeatedly enhance social well-being.”
H.E. Rashed Lahej Al Mansoori, Director Basic of Abu Dhabi Customs, acknowledged that this partnership embodies the built-in authorities work strategy adopted by Abu Dhabi to realize strategic goals in supporting a aggressive and enticing enterprise setting that strengthens the emirate’s place as a number one vacation spot for enterprise. He famous that it represents an essential step towards growing procedures, facilitating operations, and enhancing tax and customs compliance – thereby growing operational effectivity and offering proactive providers consistent with the “Zero Authorities Paperwork” targets.
He added that Abu Dhabi Customs is dedicated to persevering with its collaboration with strategic companions to advertise sustainable financial progress within the UAE, consistent with the management’s aspirations. He affirmed the entity’s full readiness to supply all its experience and superior applied sciences to assist areas of joint cooperation by the change of finest practices and the implementation of modern digital options. These will assist improve operational effectivity, facilitate commerce flows, positively impression authorities efficiency, and serve the nation’s bold targets.
This cooperation goals to strengthen coordination between the Federal Tax Authority and Abu Dhabi Customs in a number of areas, together with facilitating investigation, assessment, and inspection procedures in accordance with UAE laws and laws, in addition to exchanging the mandatory data to find out the quantities due for taxes and customs duties, together with knowledge associated to worldwide commerce.
The cooperation additionally entails coordinating efforts and sharing data to accentuate joint consciousness campaigns to teach traders about tax and customs procedures, growing joint options to handle challenges confronted by traders and corporations in these areas, and dealing collectively to develop and design providers and launch proactive providers consistent with “Zero Authorities Paperwork” targets to realize operational effectivity and improve the shopper expertise.