Corporate Tax (UAE) — FTA Representation
When the FTA opens an audit, questions a filing, or a voluntary disclosure needs to be made, who represents you matters — a registered Tax Agent can act on your behalf directly with the Authority, rather than you navigating it alone. FMCA's registered FTA tax agents handle audits, disputes, reconsideration requests and clarifications, so the response is built by people who do this professionally, not assembled under pressure.
Reviewed by FMCA's Senior Tax Advisory Team — registered FTA tax agents serving clients across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Four areas of representation, covering the situations where dealing with the FTA directly matters most.
Direct representation throughout an FTA audit, from the initial request through to the final position, rather than facing it without an intermediary.
Errors in a prior filing corrected proactively through a properly prepared voluntary disclosure, before the FTA finds them first.
Formal reconsideration requests prepared and filed within the deadline when an FTA decision is genuinely worth contesting.
A formal clarification request filed with the FTA when a position genuinely isn't clear, rather than guessing and hoping it holds up.
Facing the FTA directly, without someone who does this professionally, tends to go worse than it needed to.
Responding to an FTA audit request without experience of what the Authority is actually looking for can turn a routine query into a larger assessment.
Reconsideration requests have a fixed filing window — missing it can mean losing the right to contest a decision that was genuinely worth challenging.
A voluntary disclosure filed incorrectly can create a second, avoidable problem on top of the original error it was meant to fix.
This connects directly to ongoing Corporate Tax and VAT filing, since disputes usually trace back to one of those two.
The difference matters most exactly when the situation is already going wrong.
Our Approach
FMCA's tax team are registered FTA tax agents, not consultants advising from the sidelines — the same team that files your returns can represent you directly if the FTA ever questions one.
How We Work
Illustrative scenarios based on the kind of work we do — not descriptions of specific named clients.
An FTA audit request was managed directly by a registered agent, with the query resolved without escalating into a broader assessment.
A VAT return error identified internally was corrected through a properly prepared voluntary disclosure before the FTA identified it independently.
A disputed penalty assessment was formally contested through a reconsideration request filed within the required window, overturning the original decision.
Related Insights
FAQ
A registered Tax Agent has formal legal standing to communicate and act on a business's behalf directly with the FTA — a status a general advisor doesn't hold.
Audits can be triggered by inconsistencies in filed returns, industry-wide reviews, or randomly as part of routine compliance monitoring — there isn't always a specific red flag.
Reconsideration requests have a fixed filing window from the date of the FTA's decision — missing it generally forfeits the right to contest that specific decision.
No — it's a formal correction mechanism, and proactively filing one is generally treated more favourably than the FTA discovering the same error independently.
Yes — we can take over representation at any stage, though earlier engagement generally gives more room to manage the process well.
Tell us where things stand and a senior consultant will get back to you directly — not a call centre.
