Find Excise Tax and read the page

Steps

1. 1

   Open Excise Tax from the left menu

   In the left menu, find the group named Tax and select Excise Tax. The page opens on its first section, Products.

   • Select Excise Tax
2. 2

   Read the figures at the top

   Seven figures summarise the year: Products and Active count the goods you have registered, Designated Zones counts your bonded warehouses, Filed and Pending count returns, YTD Excise, short for year to date, is the excise for the year so far, and Amount Due is the excise in returns that are computed and not yet filed. Everything is zero for now.

3. 3

   Find the year selector

   At the top right, the selector reads FY 2026, the current financial year. It decides which year's returns the figures and the Returns section show. Open it to choose another year or All Years.

   • Select Year
4. 4

   Keep FY 2026 and read the Products section

   Choose FY 2026 again. Under the heading In this module, Products is selected. The list says No excise products registered. Above it are four buttons: Template and Import bring products in from a spreadsheet, Export CSV is greyed out until there is something to export, and Register Product adds one by hand.

   • Choose FY 2026
5. 5

   Select Stock Movements

   Select Stock Movements. A stock movement is one event in the life of the goods: an import, a sale, a transfer, a disposal. The list says No stock movements recorded. Template, Import and Record Movement sit above it.

   • Select Stock Movements
6. 6

   Select Returns

   Select Returns. This is where the app adds up a period's movements into an excise return. It says No excise returns computed. Compute Return starts one, and Export CSV downloads the list once it has rows.

   • Select Returns

   

7. 7

   Select Designated Zones

   Select Designated Zones. A designated zone is a warehouse or area approved by the tax authority where excise goods can be held before the tax is due. None is registered yet. Add Zone records one.

   • Select Designated Zones
8. 8

   Select Rates and read the percentage rates

   Select Rates. The note at the top says these are the rates applied by the app, for reference only. The first table, Ad Valorem Rates, gives a percentage for each category: 100 percent for tobacco, energy drinks, electronic smoking devices and their liquids, and 50 percent for carbonated drinks and sweetened drinks. Ad valorem means a percentage of the price.

   • Select Rates
9. 9

   Read the rates per litre and the cap

   The second table, Volumetric Rates, gives an amount per litre for each sugar tier: nothing for the low tier, 0.79 dirhams for the moderate tier and 1.09 dirhams for the high tier. Below it, Max specific rate per unit shows 100 dirhams: the most the app accepts when a product is taxed at a fixed amount per unit.

10. 10

    Open Insights

    Select Insights at the top right of the figures. A panel slides in with the same counts for the year, the product registry, and a one line note that sums them up. Pin keeps the panel open beside the page. Close it with the cross.

    • Select Show insights panel
11. 11

    Close Insights and go back to Products

    Close the panel and select Products. This is where the next lesson starts: registering the first excise product.

    • Select Close
    • Select Products