I missed the VAT registration deadline — is the penalty calculated from the actual registration date?
التساؤل
If I register for VAT late, is the tax due calculated from the actual registration date, or from the original due date?
الإجابة
From the original due date. So if you should have registered six months ago and only registered now, the authority can assess tax due on all supplies from the original due date — not just from the actual registration date — on top of the late-registration penalty itself.
This makes delayed registration costly on a cumulative basis, not just a single fixed fine. At RASEEKH, the first step with any client is confirming their current and historical registration status, before anything else.