GTL Summary:

Outlines the conditions, monetary thresholds (above or below 10,000 Dirhams), and strict 20-business-day deadlines for taxpayers to submit a Voluntary Disclosure to correct errors in previously submitted Tax Returns, Tax Assessments, or Tax Refund applications.

Document Type: ERS - Executive Regulations
Law: Tax Procedures (FDL No 28 of 2022, as amended)
Decision Number: executive-regulations-74-article-10
Year: 2023
Country: 🇦🇪 UAE
Official Name: Article 10 - Submission of Voluntary Disclosure
Last updated at: 2026-04-10 09:27:54 UTC

Article 10 - Submission of Voluntary Disclosure [2]

  1. If a Taxable Person becomes aware that a Tax Return submitted to the Authority or a Tax Assessment issued to the Taxable Person by the Authority is incorrect, resulting in a calculation of the Payable Tax according to the Tax Law being less than it should have been, the following shall apply:

    1. If the amount is more than (10,000) ten thousand Dirhams, the Taxable Person shall submit a Voluntary Disclosure [*][G1] within (20) twenty Business Days from the date when the Taxable Person became aware of the error.

    2. If the amount is equal to (10,000) ten thousand Dirhams or less, the Taxable Person shall do the following:

      1. If the Taxable Person is obligated to submit a Tax Return to the Authority, correct the error in the Tax Return that has not become due for submission for a previous Tax Period or in the Tax Return for the Tax Period in which the error has been discovered, whichever is earlier.

      2. Submit a Voluntary Disclosure[*][G1] within (20) twenty Business Days from the date of becoming aware of the error, in the event that there is no Tax Return through which the error can be corrected according to subparagraph (1) of this [Clause][*][G2].

  2. If a Taxpayer becomes aware that a Tax Refund application submitted to the Authority is incorrect, resulting in a calculation of a Refund to which it is entitled according to the Tax Law being more than the correct amount, the Taxpayer shall submit a Voluntary Disclosure to the Authority within (20) twenty Business Days from the date when the Taxpayer became aware of the error, unless the error was a result of an incorrect Tax Return or Tax Assessment, [in which case the following shall apply.

    1. If the amount is more than (10,000) ten thousand Dirhams, the Taxpayer shall submit a Voluntary Disclosure within (20) twenty Business Days from the date when the Taxpayer became aware of the error.

    2. If the amount is equal to (10,000) ten thousand Dirhams or less, the Taxable Person shall do the following:

      1. If the Taxable Person is obligated to submit a Tax Return to the Authority, correct the error in the Tax Return that has not become due for submission for a previous Tax Period or in the Tax Return for the Tax Period in which the error has been discovered, whichever is earlier.

      2. Submit a Voluntary Disclosure to the Authority within (20) twenty Business Days from the date of becoming aware of the error, in the event that there is no Tax Return through which the error can be corrected according to subparagraph (1) of this Clause.][G3]

  3. [For the purposes of implementing the provisions of this Article, the Voluntary Disclosure shall be submitted in the form and manner specified by the Authority.] [G4]

Footnotes

[2]Article amended as per Cabinet Decision No. 17 of 2026.

GTL Notes

[G1]The words 'to the Authority' have been deleted by Cabinet Decision No. 17 of 2026 effective from 1 April 2026

[G2]The word 'Paragraph' has been replaced by 'Clause' by Cabinet Decision No. 17 of 2026

[G3]Prior to its amendment, the replaced portion read as follows:

  1. ''..., in which case the provisions of Clause (1) of this Article shall apply.
  2. If a Taxpayer becomes aware of an error or omission in the Tax Return submitted to the Authority without there being a difference in Due Tax, the Taxpayer shall correct the error or submit a Voluntary Disclosure to the Authority as may be specified by the Authority.'

[G4]This paragraph has been renumbered consequential to the earlier amendments.

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