By the end of the first half of 2024, the FTA said it had approved 30,920 VAT refund applications worth AED 2.54 billion for UAE nationals building new residences since the service began.
What the official release says
The announcement described cumulative approvals up to June 2024 and linked the service’s use to awareness and improvements in the refund process.
Context for readers
The total is a cumulative refund figure for an eligible category, not an annual tax payment or a measure of all housing activity. Eligibility is governed by official rules.
This is a retrospective editorial summary, published on this site on 23 July 2025. The source-release date shown above identifies the date of the underlying official announcement.
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