FTA urges natural persons to register for Corporate Tax

ABU DHABI: The UAE's Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has reaffirmed the need for all natural persons who are subject to Corporate Tax to submit their Tax Registration applications for Corporate Tax no later than the end March 2025. Failure to do so will mean violating tax regulations and incurring the associated administrative penalties.

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In an announcement issued today, the FTA emphasised that if a natural person was conducting a Business or Business Activity in the UAE, during the calendar year 2024, or subsequent years, and their total Turnover in that calendar year exceeds Dhs I million, they are a Taxable Person. As such, they must register for Corporate Tax no later than 31 March of the calendar year following the year in which their total Turnover exceeded the Dhs I million threshold. This will fulfil their compliance obligations with regard to their Corporate Tax.

The FTA defines a 'natural person' as an individual, living human being of any age, whether resident in the UAE or elsewhere. A natural person is subject to corporate tax to the extent to which he or she is engaged in a business or business activity in the UAE, including sole proprietorships and individual partners in joint ventures that are conducting a business or business activity in the UAE. The Authority indicated that the first possible tax period for a natural person conducting business or business activities is the calendar year 2024.