Audit-ready records, reconciled and filed.
Structured records, schedules and coordination so your filings and your audit rest on the same numbers. We tailor the engagement to your records, filing deadlines, accounting system and agreed scope.
Audit support for UAE businesses
Many UAE companies require audited financial statements, whether because of free-zone authority requirements, licence conditions, bank facilities, shareholder agreements or investor reporting. The audit itself belongs to your external auditor. What determines how smoothly it goes is the quality of what you hand them.
We prepare that side. Our role is to make the audit a review of organised records rather than an excavation.
What is included
- Preparation of the year-end audit file, indexed and cross-referenced
- Supporting schedules for each material balance: bank, receivables, payables, fixed assets, accruals, related parties
- Reconciliation of ledgers to third-party evidence
- Draft financial statements in the required format
- Handling auditor queries and follow-up requests through the fieldwork
- Agreement of audit adjustments and posting them correctly
Making the audit and the tax return agree
This is the part that is most often missed. Audited accounts and filed tax returns are frequently prepared by different people at different times from slightly different data, and the numbers drift apart. That discrepancy is exactly what draws questions later. Where we handle both the Corporate Tax return and the audit file, the two rest on the same reconciled ledgers, and audit adjustments are carried into the tax position rather than forgotten.
Working with your auditor
We are not your auditor and we do not attempt to be. Independence matters and mixing the two roles undermines the value of the opinion. We work alongside whichever firm you appoint, respond to their requests, and keep the process moving so fieldwork does not stall waiting on documents.
How the engagement works
1. Scope
We confirm the reporting framework, the deadline, and which balances will need the most support.
2. Prepare
The audit file is built, ledgers are reconciled and draft statements are produced.
3. Support
We field auditor queries through the engagement and close out adjustments cleanly.
Audit preparation is far cheaper when the underlying bookkeeping has been maintained monthly. Tell us your year end and we will map out the timeline.
What do I need to provide?
Tick these off before we start. If something is missing, say so rather than delaying, and we will work out how to proceed without it.
Not every item applies to every business. We confirm the exact list after reviewing your licence and records.