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CHAPTER EIGHT : TAX COLLECTION


Article (26)

 

(a) The registered person shall pay the tax due to the Department regularly in accordance with his tax return or the modified tax return at the dates prescribed under the provisions of this Law.

 

(b) Importers of goods shall pay the tax due on them at the clearance stage at the Customs Department in accordance with the procedures applicable for the payment of the Customs duties. Clearance of these goods shall not be finalized until the due tax is paid in full.

 

(c) Importers of services shall pay the tax due to the Department in any of the following cases whichever is earlier:

(1) Within one month of the date when the payment for the imported service or any part thereof is made, limited to whatever amount related to that part.

(2) When the means that includes the service is released from Customs.

(3) During a period of six months of the date when the service or any part thereof was received, limited to the amount related to that part.

 

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b), (c) above, in case where the importer is registered, the Director may, by instructions, defer the payment of the tax payable on goods and services at importation.

(e) In case where the tax is not paid by the prescribed dates in accordance with the provisions of this Law, including the cases provided for under paragraphs (d) and (e) of Article (16) of this Law, a late payment penalty of (0.004) shall become due for every week of delay or part thereof. This penalty shall be collected in conjunction with the tax in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

(f) When the assessment order or the amendment order becomes final in accordance with the provisions of this Law, the assessed tax becomes due, and should it not paid within one week of the due date, the late payment penalty referred to in paragraph (e) of this Article shall be payable as of the due date.

 


Article (27)

 

(a) Should the tax or any of the amounts due to the Department not paid within the periods prescribed by this Law, the Department shall serve the Person a notice demanding payment of the tax and other amounts due within a period of 30 days after the notice was served. If the taxable person fails to pay within this period, it shall be collected in accordance with the State Funds Collection Law. The Director in this case shall exercise all the powers conferred to the local governor and the state funds committee under that Law.

 

(b) The notice served to the taxable person demanding him to pay the tax and all sums due according to paragraph (a) above shall be deemed to be sufficient for the Director to take enforcement and seizure actions according to the State Funds Law with no need to take any of the notice serving actions or publication procedures provided for under articles (6) and (7) of that Law.

 

 
 
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