Seven steps, and you are involved in two of them.
Review, prepare, file. A clear process built around UAE filing deadlines. Most of your time is spent at the start; after that the work sits with us until there is something to approve.
- 01
Tell us about your business
You send us your licence type, financial year end and what is outstanding. Five minutes on WhatsApp or the form is enough to start.
What we need: trade licence, financial year end, and whether anything is already overdue.
- 02
Send your documents
Bank statements, invoices and records for the relevant periods. If your books are already in QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho, Sage or Odoo, access to the file is usually enough.
You will get a specific list, not a generic one. See the checklist on any service page.
- 03
We review your records
We confirm your registration status, establish which returns actually apply, and identify gaps in the records before they become a problem at filing.
You get a written summary of what must be filed, the deadlines, and a fixed scope.
- 04
We prepare the work
Books are reconciled, adjustments identified, and the schedules that sit behind each figure are built. This is where most of the time goes and where you hear least from us.
If something in the records raises a question, we ask once, clearly, rather than in a drip.
- 05
You review and approve
Nothing is submitted without you seeing it. We walk through the figures, explain any adjustment that moved the result, and answer questions before approval.
You are approving a position you understand, which matters if it is ever queried later.
- 06
The filing is completed
The return is submitted on the relevant portal within the deadline. Where a matter requires regulated Tax Agent representation, that element is carried out by or through appropriately registered professionals.
You receive confirmation and the submitted return for your records.
- 07
You get your next deadlines
We hand back a calendar of what is due next and when, and the supporting records are filed so the position can be evidenced if the FTA asks.
From here it becomes a routine rather than an annual scramble.
What we need from you, and when
The process below is the same whether you are filing a first Corporate Tax return, catching up on VAT, or handing over monthly bookkeeping. What changes is the volume of records, not the sequence.
Most of your involvement is concentrated at the start, in step one and step two. After that the work sits with us until there is something for you to approve.
How long it takes
A clean set of books with everything supplied moves from first contact to a filed return in days rather than weeks. A backlog is the variable. If records are months behind, the catch-up work is scoped and priced separately before anything else starts, so you are never surprised by an invoice.
What it costs
Scope is agreed in writing before work begins. We do not start on an open-ended basis and then bill for what it turned out to involve. If the records reveal more work than the original scope assumed, we come back to you with a revised scope before continuing rather than after.
If a deadline has already passed
Say so at step one. Late registration and late filing both carry administrative penalties that grow with time, and the order in which things are dealt with changes when something is already overdue. It does not make the engagement harder. It makes the sequencing different.
Ready to start? Tell us about your business, or check what applies to you with the tax status tool.