Methods available for payments to Federal Tax Authority (FTA) in United Arab Emirates –
• Payment via e-dirham card or credit card – After logging into the FTA portal, in order to make payments, you
have to go to ‘my payments’ in the navigation tab and the amount to be paid should be entered there. This
will direct you to the page where there will be payment information and you should click on ‘pay now’ option.
This will direct you to the payment gateway to make payment using an edirham card or a credit card. You will
be directed to the FTA page after the payment is processed. A charge of AED 3 will incur if the payments are
done through e-dirham card and the charge will be 2% to 3% of the total payment if the payments are done
through credit card.
• Payments through a local bank transfer – To make payment through local bank transfer, add FTA as
beneficiary in net banking service of your bank using the GIBAN and FTA details. After adding as the
beneficiary, payments can be made by fund transfer option through net banking. It might take up to 24 hours
for the payment to be reflected in the FTA portal, so we advise the payment should be done at least 3 days in
advance, avoiding any delays or unnecessary fines.
• Payment through international bank transfer – The bank should be a member of SWIFT to make payments
to FTA from the bank located outside UAE. You have to visit the bank and request for the payment by providing
GIBAN as beneficiary IBAN. It might take up to 4 days for the payment to get processed and reflect in the FTA
portal. Hence, if we are availing this option we advise the payment to be done 7 days in advance and see the
portal reflect the receipt of payment, ensuring no discrepancies or eleventh hour hassles are faced by you