Questions
Before you ask TI anything.
What exactly does TI search?
The Federal Tax Authority’s own published material: the Decree-Laws, Cabinet and Ministerial Decisions, FTA Decisions, Executive Regulations, guides, public clarifications and bulletins — in English and Arabic. Superseded editions are kept for the record but never shown as current.
How is this different from asking ChatGPT or Claude?
A general assistant answers from memory and cannot show you the provision it used. TI answers only from documents it holds, names the article, shows that article’s text, and checks every citation before the answer is shown. If a citation does not resolve, the answer is withheld rather than published.
What happens when the law does not cover the question?
TI says so. “Not addressed by the sources found” is a result, not a failure — and far more useful than a fluent answer with nothing behind it.
Does it give tax advice?
No. TI is research: it finds the governing provision and explains what it says. The judgement, and the filing, stay with your tax professional.
Can it work in Arabic?
Yes. An Arabic question is answered in Arabic from the Arabic texts, with no machine translation — the Arabic is the legally authoritative version, and translating it would quietly change what the law says.
How current is it?
TI checks the FTA website for new and changed documents, keeps every edition, and shows under every answer the date each source was captured from the FTA website.
Is TI free?
TI Public is free and needs no account. TI Pro and TI Expert, which use more capable AI models, are offered to professionals by invitation.