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How do I update my company details with the FTA?

Answered by TI from the Federal Tax Authority’s own law · 15 September 2026. Guidance, not tax advice: rely on the official text.

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Notify the FTA within 20 business days of any change to your registered details, using the form on their portal; changes include your name, address, email, trade licence activities, legal entity type, nature of business and business address.

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The detail

You must notify the FTA of any change to your registered data within 20 business days, in the form and manner the FTA approves, and supply any supporting documents it requires. The obligation covers name, address, email, trade licence activities, legal entity type and partnership/incorporation documents, nature of business, and the address from which business is conducted. Failure to notify does not automatically invalidate your registration, but the FTA may act on the outdated data it holds.1

What the law says

  • A Registrant shall notify the Authority within 20 Business Days of any change to its data kept with the Authority, in the form and manner approved by it. (Art. 6(4), Cabinet Decision 74 of 2023)1
  • The Authority may specify supporting documents to be submitted with the notification. (Art. 6(1), Cabinet Decision 74 of 2023)1

What it depends on

  • The 20 Business Day period runs from the date the change occurs, not from when you become aware of it. (Art. 6(4), Cabinet Decision 74 of 2023)1
  • This obligation applies to a 'Registrant' - a Person registered for tax with the FTA - regardless of whether they hold a Tax Agent's registration. (Art. 6, Cabinet Decision 74 of 2023)1

Check before you rely on it

  • Identify which of your registered data items changed and the date of each change.
  • Log in to the FTA portal and use the amendment function for your tax registration to submit the notification within 20 business days.
  • Prepare any supporting documents the portal requests, such as an updated trade licence or articles of association.
Sources (1) — read the official text
  1. 1Tax Procedures Executive RegulationArticle 6Executive Regulation
    Article 6 – The Procedures of Tax Registration, Deregistration
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    Article 6 – The Procedures of Tax Registration, Deregistration and Amendment of Registration Data 1. A Tax Registration application shall be submitted to the Authority in the form and manner approved by it, and the Authority may specify any supporting documents to be submitted for that purpose. 2. The Authority shall review the Tax Registration application in accordance with the rules adopted by the Authority in this regard. 3. Tax Registration shall be finalised by issuing the Tax Registration Number for the applicant or by reactivating a previous Tax Registration Number if the applicant has a suspended Tax Registration Number. 4. A Registrant shall notify the Authority, in the form and manner approved by it, within (20) twenty Business Days of any change to its data kept with the Authority, including: a. Name, address and email address. b. Trade licence activities. c. Legal entity type, partnership agreement for unincorporated partnerships and articles of association or its equivalent. d. Nature of the Business of the Registrant. e. The address from which any Business is conducted by the Registrant. 5. A Tax deregistration application shall be submitted to the Authority in the form and manner approved by it, and the Authority may specify any supporting documents to be submitted for that purpose. Cabinet Decision No. 74 of 2023 and its amendments – As published by Ministry of Finance 5 6. The Authority shall review the Tax deregistration application, in accordance with the rules approved by it in this regard. 7. In cases where the Registrant does not submit a deregistration application, the Authority may deregister such Registrant in accordance with the controls and procedures stated in the Tax Law. 8. Tax deregistration shall be finalised by suspending the Tax Registration Number. 9. The Authority shall notify the Person of its Tax Registration, deregistration or reactivation based on the mechanism adopted by the Authority in this regard.
    Official PDF, pp. 5–6Captured from the FTA website on 9 Sep 2026
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