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Federal Tax Authority

The complete Federal Tax Authority library,
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Browse every Federal Tax Authority rulebook — 11 rulebooks, 471+ articles. Ask a question in plain English and get a cited answer grounded in the actual regulatory text.

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The Federal Tax Authority regulates a defined scope of activity in the UAE. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors, finding the right rule in the right rulebook is a daily requirement. Lexara indexes every Federal Tax Authority rulebook it has seeded and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

Federal Tax Authority rulebooks indexed on Lexara

Lexara has indexed 11 in-force rulebooks from the Federal Tax Authority, ranked here by article count.

UAE Corporate Tax Law — UAE Corporate Tax (132 articles)

UAE Tax Procedures Law — UAE Tax Procedures (107 articles)

UAE VAT Law — UAE Value Added Tax (66 articles)

FTA guide: Business Restructuring Relief (CTGBRR1, guidance) — FTA Corporate Tax Guide CTGBRR1, Business Restructuring Relief (17 April 2024) (36 articles)

UAE Excise Tax Law — Federal Decree-Law No. 7 of 2017 on Excise Tax (as amended to 2025) and related regulations (33 articles)

UAE Electronic Invoicing System — Electronic Invoicing System (21 articles)

UAE VAT core deadlines — VAT core deadlines (21 articles)

VAT Designated Zones (CD 59/2017 as amended) (18 articles)

UAE Corporate Tax decisions (free zones, audited accounts) — Corporate Tax decisions (17 articles)

UAE Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax (Pillar Two) (11 articles)

Federal Tax Authority founding law (FDL 13/2016) — Federal Decree-Law No. (13) of 2016 Establishing the Federal Tax Authority (9 articles)

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Instead of searching manually across every Federal Tax Authority rulebook, Lexara's AI Explorer lets you ask a question in plain English and get a cited answer — with the specific rulebook and article referenced.

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A UAE regulatory authority with federal jurisdiction, whose rulebooks Lexara has indexed for full-text and AI search — 11 rulebooks, 471+ articles.

How many rulebooks does Federal Tax Authority have on Lexara?

11 in-force rulebooks, covering 471+ articles.

Can I search Federal Tax Authority regulations by keyword?

Yes — full-text keyword search across every indexed Federal Tax Authority rulebook, plus AI Explorer for natural-language questions with cited answers.

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Browse Federal Tax Authority rulebooks

UAE Corporate Tax Law

UAE Corporate Tax

132 articles

UAE Tax Procedures Law

UAE Tax Procedures

107 articles

UAE VAT Law

UAE Value Added Tax

66 articles

FTA guide: Business Restructuring Relief (CTGBRR1, guidance)

FTA Corporate Tax Guide CTGBRR1, Business Restructuring Relief (17 April 2024)

36 articles

UAE Excise Tax Law

Federal Decree-Law No. 7 of 2017 on Excise Tax (as amended to 2025) and related regulations

33 articles

UAE Electronic Invoicing System

Electronic Invoicing System

21 articles

UAE VAT core deadlines

VAT core deadlines

21 articles

VAT Designated Zones (CD 59/2017 as amended)

18 articles

UAE Corporate Tax decisions (free zones, audited accounts)

Corporate Tax decisions

17 articles

UAE Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax (Pillar Two)

11 articles

Federal Tax Authority founding law (FDL 13/2016)

Federal Decree-Law No. (13) of 2016 Establishing the Federal Tax Authority

9 articles

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