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FTA Issues Excise Tax Public Clarification EXTP010 on Registration of Warehouse Keeper

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Dubai March 13, 2023:

The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) of UAE has issued the Excise Tax Public Clarification EXTP010 on ‘ Registration of Warehouse Keeper and Registration and Renewal of Registration of Designated Zones’. This new issue replaces EXTP005 effective from 1st April 2023.

Every designated zone in the UAE is required to have an appointed warehouse keeper who is responsible for overseeing the operation of the designated zone and ensuring that the conditions and security requirements imposed over the designated zone continue to be met. A warehouse keeper must apply to the FTA to be authorised to oversee a designated zone.

This Public Clarification provides more details on these conditions and criteria to register as a warehouse keeper and to register or renew the registration of a designated zone, effective from 1 April 2023.