Tax Authority Of The Sultanate Of Oman To Begin Imposing Applicable Penalties For Late Filing Or Non-filing The Returns Or Paying Taxes

• Published date: 18 November 2021
• Subject Matter: Tax, Sales Taxes: VAT, GST, Tax Authorities
• Law Firm: Nexdigm Private Limited
• Author: Nexdigm Private Limited

Tax Authority of Sultanate of Oman has issued a statement on Sunday which states that "Tax Authority would like to remind taxpayers that they must submit the VAT returns for the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2021 by the stipulated deadlines. The Tax Authority has started summoning non-compliant taxpayers and imposing any applicable penalties."

This comes as a reminder to the earlier statement that was released on 20 September 2021 by them that requested the taxpayers to file the return in time. The statement said, "Tax Authority would like to draw the attention of the taxpayers who have not submitted the VAT return for the tax period ending on 30 June 2021, to kindly submit the required return before 23 September 2021, to avoid any legal penalties that reach up to OMR 5000, via the E-portal of Tax Authority."

Tax Authorities seem to have issued the above statements basis their observation that many taxpayers have not filed their returns within the prescribed timelines or defaulted in filing the returns. Unlike the...