Question of the week

Do the survey and estimation committees influence the rental value (the tax base)?

The role of the committees is extremely limited in influencing the rental value for two reasons:
- First: the committees are formed with RETA delegate as the head, a delegate of the governorate in which the building is located and one of the taxpayers within the jurisdiction of the committee, chosen by the governor.
- Second: the evaluation is determined after setting data of the taxpayer's tax declaration written by the taxpayer as well as the survey data collected with the knowledge of the committee according to the estimation criteria stipulated in the executive regulation of the law. This data is filled in the mathematical forms previously prepared for the purpose of the estimation on computers which will output results highly similar to reality.