Oman Sultani Decree No. 103/2020 Amending Some Provisions of the Royal Decrees Establishing the Tax Authority, Promulgating Its System, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure 

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State, 

Oman Sultani Decree No. 39/1996 Determining the Competences of the Ministry of Finance and Adopting Its Organisational Structure, 

Oman Sultani Decree No. 66/2019 Establishing the Tax Authority, 

the System of the Tax Authority and Adopting Its Organisational Structure promulgated by Oman Sultani Decree No. 42/2020

and the System of the Administrative Apparatus of the State promulgated by Oman Sultani Decree No. 75/2020,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article 1

The  phrase  “shall  be  subordinate  to  the  Council  of  Ministers”  stated  in  article  I  of  the  aforementioned Oman Sultani Decree No. 66/2019 is hereby replaced with the phrase “shall be subordinate to the Minister of Finance.”

Article 2

The text of article 6 of the aforementioned System of the Tax Authority is hereby replaced with the following text:

"The Tax Authority shall have a Chairman with the special grade appointed by royal decree."

Article 3