Oman’s Ahli Bank becomes SunTec’s 50th customer for taxation solution

By Edil Corneille

Relationship-based pricing and billing company, SunTec, who is also a provider of GST and VAT compliance solutions for banks and financial services in GCC and India, is providing its GCC VAT compliance solution to Oman’s Ahli Bank. Ahli Bank becomes SunTec’s 50th customer to select the indirect taxation solution. Presently, SunTec has 24 customers in India and this is its 26th customer in the Middle East to deploy the solution.

VAT is likely to be introduced in Oman in early 2021 and Ahli Bank has taken the step of adopting a VAT compliance solution to ensure operational efficiency, enhance revenue, and augment customer experience.

Amit Dua, President – Client Facing Groups, SunTec said, “We are delighted to partner with Ahli Bank, Oman in what marks a historic win, in their journey to ensure VAT compliance. We understand that the VAT landscape is evolving within the GCC, and therefore, our solution offers agility to respond to these changing regulatory requirements. With the Xelerate platform and GCC VAT compliance solution, Ahli Bank can digitize the entire VAT compliance process and comply with least number of changes to their existing technology infrastructure.”

He added, “VAT is a crucial step that the GCC countries have taken to implement tax regimes. It is imperative for banks and financial institutions to have a robust and scalable solution to accommodate their specific needs. Ahli Bank joins the list of more than 20 banks who have adopted our GCC VAT Compliance solution. I’m proud to say that approximately 3 billion transactions per annum are processed through our GCC VAT/ GST compliance solution across our client base.”

Said Abdullah Al Hatmi, CEO at Ahli Bank mentioned, “It is extremely crucial for us to be ready for VAT compliance. We are very happy to partner with SunTec to deploy GCC VAT compliance solution. With SunTec we will have a single solution in place covering all aspects of VAT compliance and we will be future-proofed given that any future regulatory changes will be handled by the solution with ease.”

The GCC VAT compliance solution based on the Xelerate platform will ensure Ahli Bank’s smooth compliance with GCC VAT regulations. The bank will be able to manage potential regulatory changes with ease. The single end-to-end solution helps automate the entire VAT compliance process including centralized rule-based tax determination, input tax recovery, tax invoice, reconciliation, corrections, adjustments, statements, and regulatory reporting.