UAE Tax News Monitor: FTA VAT, Corporate Tax & e-Invoicing Updates

Track the latest UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA) news and press releases from tax.gov.ae as clean JSON, CSV or Excel: Corporate Tax, VAT, Excise, e-invoicing, deadlines, penalty waivers and new guides. Each item comes with its headline, publication date, category and official link.

• No login, no browser. Plain HTTP on public pages. A run takes about 5 seconds.
• Empty input works. {} returns the newest items.
• Pay per result. $0.01 per item, and you never pay more than your run's budget.
• AI-agent and MCP ready. Agents can ask "what changed at the UAE FTA?" through the Apify MCP server and cite the official link.

What you get

Field	Example	Notes
title	Reviewing the development of the VAT refund service for UAE nationals...	Headline as published
publishedAt	2026-10-30	ISO date
category	Press Releases	FTA news category
type	news	news, or guide_hub for the optional guide index pages
url	https://tax.gov.ae/en/media.centre/news/...	Official link

Quick start

1. Click Try for free (or Start) on this page.
2. Leave the input empty, or set keywordFilter to a topic such as Corporate Tax.
3. Press Start, then download the results, or schedule a daily run for compliance alerts.

Example input

{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "keywordFilter": "Corporate Tax",
  "includeGuides": false
}

Example output (one row from a real run, 2 Nov 2026)

{
  "source": "uae-fta",
  "type": "news",
  "title": "Reviewing the development of the VAT refund service for UAE nationals building new residences as a model for the Zero Bureaucracy Programme",
  "url": "https://tax.gov.ae/en/media.centre/news/reviewing.the.development.of.the.vat.refund.service.for.uae.nationals.building.new.residences.as.a.model.for.the.zero.bureaucracy.programme.aspx",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-30",
  "category": "Press Releases",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-02T13:28:19.451Z"
}

The run's key-value store also holds an OUTPUT record with { count, sample }.

Input

All fields are optional.

Field	Default	What it does
maxItems	20	Max items to return, newest first (1 to 200). Each one is a billable result.
keywordFilter	none	Keep items whose headline contains this text, e.g. Corporate Tax, VAT, e-Invoicing, deadline, penalties
includeGuides	false	Also return the 4 FTA guide index pages (VAT, Excise, Corporate Tax, ESR). They count toward maxItems and are billed like other results.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. You pay only for what you get:

Event	Price
News item returned (one dataset row)	$0.01
Run start (per GB of memory, default run uses 256 MB = one event)	$0.005

The FTA news page lists about a dozen recent items (12 on 2 Nov 2026), so a full run costs about $0.13. A daily run filtered to one topic usually costs a few cents. Platform compute is included. Set Max total charge on the run and the Actor stops before it goes over.

Use with AI agents and the Apify MCP server

Pay-per-event pricing and an empty-input default mean AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, n8n, LangChain) can call it on demand through the Apify MCP server. A run finishes well inside the MCP call-actor wait.

Add only this Actor as a tool:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uae-tax-news": { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=punkjazz-labs/uae-fta-regulatory-monitor" }
  }
}

Or run the server locally: npx -y @apify/actors-mcp-server --tools punkjazz-labs/uae-fta-regulatory-monitor.

Example prompts:

• "Summarise UAE FTA announcements from the last 30 days."
• "Has the FTA published anything new on e-invoicing or Corporate Tax deadlines?"

Tip for agents: pass maxItems and set maxTotalChargeUsd to cap cost. Every row has an official url to cite.

API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/punkjazz-labs~uae-fta-regulatory-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"maxItems": 10, "keywordFilter": "Corporate Tax"}'

Schedule it daily and send new items to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Sheets, email or a webhook with Apify integrations.

Use cases

• Daily UAE tax-change alerts for accounting firms, tax advisers and finance teams
• Regulatory-change digests and newsletters
• Feeding a compliance tool or knowledge base with official FTA updates
• Giving an AI assistant a live, citable source for UAE tax news

FAQ

Does it return the full article text? No. It returns the headline, date, category and official link. Use the link (or a page-content Actor) if you need the body.

How fresh is the data? Live. Each run reads tax.gov.ae at that moment. Schedule it daily to catch new announcements.

How do I get only new items? Schedule a daily run and keep the items whose publishedAt is newer than your last run, or compare url values.

Is Arabic supported? The Actor reads the English news page. Headlines are in English.

Is this tax advice? No. It collects official announcements so you see them quickly. Read the FTA source and ask a qualified adviser before acting.

Is it legal? It reads public government pages, collects no personal data and keeps request volumes low.

Related Actors

• UAE Federal Tenders Scraper (MoF): UAE federal RFQs from the Ministry of Finance.
• Dubai eSupply Tenders Scraper: Dubai Government RFQs and RFPs.

Notes

• Not affiliated with or endorsed by the UAE Federal Tax Authority. The official source prevails.
• Questions or feature requests: open an issue in the Issues tab on this page.