"Federal Taxes" It seizes 3.5 million boxes of unpaid selective products

Dubai, July 14 / WAM / The Federal Tax Authority seized a number of violating selective goods that were intended for smuggling by one of the establishments in the Emirate of Dubai, where the facility that was seized and packaging selective goods and hiding them in a fraudulent manner for the purpose of smuggling and circulating them in the local market in the country, during a campaign by a team of the authority’s inspectors.
In a press release today, the authority revealed the success of the team’s inspective team in controlling the facility, which hidden the selective goods that are in violation of clothing and shoes to direct them, including smuggled goods to the local market.
She explained that all selective goods were reserved, a tax evaluation and assessment of the fines related to them indicated that the total number of violating selective products that was seized amounted to more than 3.5 million cans, and included 1.56 million cigarette boxes, 1.77 million boxes of electronic smoking devices and smoking tools, 111.36 thousand boxes of crude tobacco, and 4 thousand boxes Shisha hookah, 121 cans of nicotine bags, and 4.6 thousand selective drinks, while tax dues on these products amounted to 133.2 million dirhams, and legal measures were taken against the unparalleled facility.
The commission stated that this campaign came within the framework of the continuous supervisory efforts implemented in cooperation with the competent authorities, stressing the need to comply with the business sectors of the producers, importers and warehouse of selective commodities of tax legislation in line with Federal Law No. 7 of 2017 regarding the selective tax and its amendments, in order to avoid the fines and penalties applied in the event of non -compliance with tax laws.
The Federal Tax Authority indicated that it applies advanced electronic regulatory mechanisms in accordance with the best practices, and among these mechanisms is to install the distinctive brand on tobacco boxes and its products, as each character includes electronic registrar information that the authority inspectors verify to ensure that the tax is paid on these products, and the authority also emphasized its keenness to enhance cooperation and coordination with all federal and local government agencies The concerned, to ensure the achievement of tax compliance in all emirates of the state.

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