Seizing and closing a violating facility for trading tobacco products that do not bear digital tax stamps

The Federal Tax Authority carried out a joint inspection campaign in cooperation with the General Department of the Federal Criminal Police at the Ministry of Interior and the General Command of Dubai Police represented by the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation at Dubai Police (Department of Combating Economic Crimes).

During which, a violating commercial facility was seized and closed in the Emirate of Dubai, for trading tobacco products that did not bear the distinctive marks on tobacco and its products "digital tax stamps".

The authority explained in a press statement today that all 5,430,356 boxes of violating products that were seized at the facility were confiscated, while the value of tax dues on these products amounted to 91,833,016.40 dirhams, and appropriate legal measures were taken against the non-compliant facility, as part of efforts to strengthen Market supervision to combat tax evasion, increase tax compliance, and protect consumers.

The authority indicated that this joint campaign came within the framework of the continuous monitoring efforts implemented by the authority in cooperation with the competent authorities, stressing the need for business sectors, including producers, importers and stockpilers of tobacco and all its products to comply with tax legislation in accordance with Federal Law No. (7) of 2017 regarding selective tax In order to avoid being subject to fines and applicable penalties in case of non-compliance with legislation and tax laws.

The Federal Tax Authority stressed that its inspections depend on sophisticated electronic control mechanisms aimed at preventing the sale, circulation or storage of any type of products on which the imposed taxes have not been met, and among these mechanisms is the installation of "digital tax stamps" - registered in a database The authority - on tobacco packages and its products, where each stamp includes electronically registered information that can be read by a special device used by authorized inspectors to ensure that tax is paid on these products. In all emirates of the country.

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