The FTA said approved homebuilding VAT refunds for UAE nationals reached AED 3.2 billion by June 2025 and more than 18,000 retailers were linked to the tourist refund system.
What the official release says
The authority reported about 38,000 approved homebuilding applications cumulatively and said the connected retail network expanded during the year.
Context for readers
The two figures refer to different programmes and should not be combined. They are service statistics published by the FTA, not economy-wide tax totals.
This is a retrospective editorial summary, published on this site on 23 December 2025. The source-release date shown above identifies the date of the underlying official announcement.
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