Creates three stages—NBR review, committee objection and court appeal—with core 60-day deadlines, deemed rejection rules and no automatic suspension of collection.
What should you do now?Record notice immediately, calculate each 60-day period, verify the fee and retain filing and express or deemed-rejection evidence.
What does the official Article provide?
The official source is Arabic. This English commentary is explanatory and is not presented as an official translation.
Creates three stages—NBR review, committee objection and court appeal—with core 60-day deadlines, deemed rejection rules and no automatic suspension of collection.
This is a verified summary, not a substitute quotation. The complete official Arabic text is linked below and must be read with the Regulations and later decisions for a final decision.
What does the Article mean in plain language?
The decision, notice date and selected stage must be distinguished. A later route may remain after missing a stage, but deadlines are not optional and collection continues unless the court orders otherwise.
Entities receiving an information request, assessment, penalty or NBR decision and their advisers.
Record notice immediately, calculate each 60-day period, verify the fee and retain filing and express or deemed-rejection evidence.
How can the rule appear in practice?
If notice is received on 1 March, the review period runs from notice under the procedural rules; informal correspondence does not automatically extend it.
This is an illustration only, not an NBR case or a binding outcome for a specific fact pattern.Confusing review with objection or letting informal discussions consume the statutory deadline.
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Official sources
Complete official Arabic text — 44 Articles.
Computational and procedural detail supporting the Article.
Official guidance connected to this Article's topic.
Establishment of the Tax Objections Committee.