Tax agents demanded the Federal Tax Authority to tighten control or establish a mechanism for unlicensed and unauthorized offices, especially typing offices that provide tax services, pointing out that these offices cause problems for employers due to lack of specialization.
The General Coordinator of the Forum of Tax Agents and Tax Agent, Mohamed Helmy, told Emirates Today, that some employers resort to small print offices to help them in making tax returns and submit them to the Authority and then make mistakes that force them to use an authorized tax agent to address the matter.
Helmy said that the forum held its fourth session the day before yesterday in order to communicate between tax agents and exchange views and solutions to tax problems from the reality of practice to maximize the benefits in the work of the tax agent and keen to link the agents professionally and behaviorally and organized and work among the agents spirit of the team despite the competitiveness and the development of skills and professional competencies of the agent Tax after the focus of the Federal Tax Authority in the recent meeting with agents on the need for permanent professional development of the tax agent.
He added that the forum also aims to study thorny cases and monitor tax views among agents, in addition to working to provide consultations in a simplified, easy and unified way through the exchange of experiences and effective participation and focus on flexible tax treatments in line with the laws, regulations and tax regulations in the UAE, as well as assess The work of the agent and performance in general during previous periods and the preparation of recommendations for the future period.
Helmi pointed out that the forum came up with a number of recommendations and suggestions from the agents of the Federal Tax Authority, the most important of which is the need to have a tax agent in rotation with each tax clinic allocated by the Authority in each emirate in case of their presence, in addition to be a quick response in responding to reconsiderations, inquiries and thorny cases, In addition to the Commission's participation with the agents, the decisions of the tax dispute settlement committees to benefit from them in the work of the tax agent as a new profession in the country and a major step in the professional development of the tax agent.
Helmi pointed out that it is also recommended to hold workshops between tax agents and auditors, and to establish a mechanism for unlicensed offices approved by the Federal Tax Authority, especially typing offices that provide tax services, as well as the idea of establishing an association of tax agents.