An audit notice has been issued
The FTA has identified periods, premises, goods or records for examination and a response plan is needed.
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UAE Excise Tax / FTA Audit Assistance
Control the deadline, evidence and responseafter an FTA request arrives.
We turn the notice into a controlled workplan, identify the goods, periods and records requested, reconcile the underlying tax position and prepare an indexed response. Management sees open items, unsupported points and decisions before anything is submitted.
Notice-ledScope follows the questions and deadline received
Evidence-indexedEach response point links to supporting records
Management-controlledApprovals and submitted versions are retained
When this service fits
Choose it for a defined business need.
Contact us as soon as the complete notice is available. Early triage preserves response time and prevents different teams from sending inconsistent records.
An information request has a deadline
Management needs to allocate owners, gather records, identify gaps and approve a coherent submission.
Declarations and inventory differ
The requested periods expose variances between tax filings, customs, production, warehouse and finance data.
Product compliance is questioned
Classification, registration, conformity evidence or Digital Tax Stamp records need to be assembled and explained.
How the engagement moves
Four stages. A defined output at every stage.
The first priority is the notice and deadline. Technical analysis and evidence gathering then proceed against a single request tracker.
01Stage 01
Triage the notice
Record the legal entity, issue date, deadline, periods, goods, premises, questions, requested formats and authorised contact points.
Stage outputNotice and deadline plan
02Stage 02
Preserve and organise records
Issue a focused data request, assign owners, retain source versions and build an index matching each FTA item.
Stage outputRequest-matched evidence index
03Stage 03
Reconcile and analyse
Tie declarations, inventory, product records, returns and payments; investigate differences and quantify positions where records allow.
Stage outputTax and inventory findings
04Stage 04
Prepare and control the response
Draft explanations, reference evidence, identify limitations, obtain management approval and archive the submitted version and follow-ups.
Stage outputApproved response pack
Defined deliverables
What management receives.
The response pack is designed around the notice actually received. We do not overwhelm the submission with unrelated material that obscures the answer.
Notice and deadline tracker
Every request item, due date, responsible owner, status, dependency and management decision in one register.
Evidence index
A numbered map of declarations, returns, inventory, product, customs, payment and control records supplied.
Tax and inventory reconciliations
Transaction or goods-level bridges explaining the filed position and material differences for the requested periods.
Draft response and management brief
Clear responses, referenced annexures, open risks, assumptions and the approved submission archive.
Response discipline
Answer the specific request with records that agree across the supply chain.
Excise Tax evidence often sits with customs, production, warehouse, product and finance teams. A controlled response must connect those records rather than submit separate exports that leave the FTA to resolve inconsistencies.
Federal Tax Authority — Excise Tax Topics and Compliance ResourcesUse the exact scope and deadline
Periods, goods, locations and formats are taken from the complete FTA communication.
Validate product records
Classification, product registration, sugar-tier evidence and DTS records are reviewed where relevant.
Reconcile declarations and inventory
Import, production, zone movement, release, loss, deduction and closing stock should form an explainable chain.
Retain what was submitted
Approved responses, annexures, portal receipts and later correspondence are preserved as one audit file.
Records to begin
Start with the evidence that creates the position.
Send the notice before curating the evidence. The request determines which records are relevant and which internal owners need to be involved.
- Complete FTA notice and response deadline
- Relevant Excise Tax returns and declarations
- Goods-registration and classification records
- Product composition and conformity evidence
- Customs, production and release records
- Inventory and designated-zone movement reports
- Payment, deduction and refund records
- Prior FTA submissions and correspondence
Questions before you engage
Clear answers about this scope.
These answers explain the service boundary. The final treatment and engagement plan depend on the entity, period, records and current UAE requirements.
What should we send first?
The complete FTA notice, its issue date, response deadline and every attachment or linked request. That allows immediate scope and deadline triage.
Should we send records to the FTA immediately?
First confirm the request, completeness and consistency of the records, and the authorised submission process. Urgent deadlines are addressed in the workplan.
Can you attend an FTA meeting?
Where permitted and included in the engagement, we can prepare the management team and support meetings or follow-up responses.
What if we discover an error during the audit?
We quantify and document it where reliable evidence allows, then advise on the response and any separate correction or dispute work required.
Does assistance include a reconsideration?
No. If the FTA issues a decision, the next procedural stage, deadline and grounds must be reviewed under a separate engagement.
Related services
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Contact Us
Request Urgent Audit Support Send the notice first. Preserve the response window.
The link below records that the enquiry concerns Excise Audit Assistance. Include the notice date, deadline and requested periods so the first review starts with the urgent facts.