Tax Penalty Reconsideration and Waiver in the UAE

A penalty notice is not always the end of the matter. Where there are genuine grounds, the Federal Tax Authority has a formal process for reconsidering a penalty, and it is used far less often than it should be. Most companies pay and move on, because they do not know the route exists or do not know how to make the case.

What This Service Includes

• Reviewing the penalty and the events that led to it
• An honest assessment of whether grounds exist, before you spend anything
• Preparing the reconsideration request with the supporting evidence
• Submitting through the official channel and tracking the outcome
• Correcting the underlying issue so the same penalty does not recur
• Representing your company throughout as your registered tax agent

What You Need to Provide

• The penalty notice itself
• Your registration details and the return or filing it relates to
• Any correspondence you have already had with the authority
• Evidence of the circumstances, where circumstances are part of the case

How It Works

• We read the notice and reconstruct what happened and when.
• We tell you plainly whether we think there are grounds. If there are not, we say so.
• Where there are grounds, we prepare and submit the request with the evidence that supports it.
• We track it and respond to anything the authority asks for.
• We fix the underlying cause so the exposure does not repeat.

Why H2RS

A reconsideration request is judged on the strength of the case and the evidence behind it, not on how strongly it is worded. As a registered tax agent we submit it as your authorised representative and deal with the authority directly. We will also tell you when a case is weak, because a request with no grounds costs you time and changes nothing.