Supplier evidence lifecycle

Supplier onboarding and 12-month reverification

Decision 13 requires supplier verification at first dealing and again for recurrent dealings when the supplier was not verified during the previous 12 months. A useful record therefore connects identity and incorporation evidence, place of business, risk indicators, review dates and the responsible people without treating missing historical evidence as a completed check.

FTA Decision No. 13 of 2026 · issued 22 July 2026 · effective 1 October 2026 · English text is an unofficial translation

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Verification cycle

From first dealing to recurrent review

The process is supplier-level, while each taxable supply still needs its own supply-level verification.

  1. 01

    First dealing

    Verify supplier identity, legal status, authorised representative and actual place of business using the appropriate evidence described by the Decision.

  2. 02

    Assess risk indicators

    Review address or key-employee changes and transactions disproportionate to the supplier's business; retain a clear explanation where an indicator applies.

  3. 03

    Record the review

    Keep the date, supporting records, outcome, open questions and responsible implementer, reviewer and supervisor.

  4. 12M

    Recurrent dealing

    Reverify when the supplier has not been verified over the previous 12 months; do not infer a date that is absent from the records.

Supplier evidence

Keep evidence categories distinct

A single generic “verified” flag cannot explain what was checked, when it was checked or what remains unresolved.

01

Identity and incorporation

Retain the appropriate official-database result or incorporation evidence and representation evidence for the legal form involved.

02

Place of business

Record how the actual place of business was assessed and whether it is compatible with the supplier's activity.

03

Risk indicators

Separate a detected indicator from the explanation and supporting information used by the reviewer.

Historical limitations

Unknown history must remain unknown

A readiness workflow should expose missing history rather than silently converting it into a pass or inventing a verification date.

Record stateSafe treatment
Verified date and evidence suppliedCalculate the next review point from the recorded date.
Date supplied, evidence absentShow evidence as incomplete and require human review.
Evidence supplied, date absentDo not claim the 12-month test is satisfied.
No prior record suppliedTreat prior verification as unknown and prepare a new review.

Product boundary

A workflow, not an identity service

Einvoi can organize dates, fields and missing-evidence signals. It does not collect identity documents by default, bypass official verification channels, or conclude that a supplier is legitimate from a structurally complete row.

Decision 13

Official FTA sources

The Arabic Decision is authoritative. The FTA-hosted English text is explicitly an unofficial translation.

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Prioritise suppliers from structured dates and totals

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