The UAE's VAT and 9% Corporate Tax regimes caught many businesses off guard. We keep IFRS books with free-zone and mainland activity separated, support FTA registration, and prepare VAT and corporate-tax returns for your registered tax agent. The UAE sits outside our published rate card, so the price comes back in writing within 24 hours.
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The FTA maintains a list of accredited tax accounting software, and free-zone entities still need corporate tax records even where a 0% rate applies to qualifying income.
| Obligation | Frequency | Due | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAT return and paymentVAT-registered businesses | Quarterly | 28 days after the end of the tax period | FTA |
| Corporate tax return and paymentTaxable persons under the corporate tax regime | Annual | 9 months after the end of the relevant tax period | FTA |
| Accounting records retention | Annual | Maintained for at least 7 years and available to the FTA on request | FTA |
Last reviewed against the source . These are the standard dates. Extensions through a registered agent, a non-calendar year end, and volume-based filing frequencies all shift them — confirm your own dates with FTA. This is general information, not tax advice.
Thirteen services across three teams, each described for the United Arab Emirates specifically rather than in general. Compliance is deliberately a separate team from bookkeeping, so liability and pricing stay clean.
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UAE bookkeeping changed character when corporate tax arrived. Records kept only to support a 5% VAT return now have to carry a 9% corporate tax computation and survive the seven-year retention the FTA expects. We keep Zoho Books to IFRS with free-zone and mainland activity separated, so qualifying-income questions are answered from the ledger instead of argued afterwards.
Bookkeeping in United Arab EmiratesQuoted in 24 hours · AED
UAE catch-up is mostly a corporate tax problem now. A business that kept just enough to file a VAT return 28 days after each tax period now needs a ledger that supports a corporate tax return nine months after the period and survives seven-year FTA retention. We rebuild in Zoho Books to IFRS with free-zone and mainland activity separated from the first entry.
Catch-Up Bookkeeping in United Arab EmiratesQuoted in 24 hours · AED
UAE cleanups have a new purpose. Books built only to support a 5% VAT return frequently cannot support a corporate tax computation: related-party transactions, free-zone versus mainland revenue and disallowable expenses are undifferentiated. We restate to IFRS, split the revenue streams properly, and leave records that meet the FTA's seven-year retention requirement.
Accounting Cleanup in United Arab EmiratesQuoted in 24 hours · AED
We turn bill-paying from a scramble into a controlled, scheduled process.
Accounts Payable in United Arab EmiratesQuoted in 24 hours · AED
We shorten your cash-collection cycle and keep DSO under control.
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UAE payroll has no income tax withholding, which is precisely why it gets under-managed. What it does have is salary payment through the Wage Protection System for mainland employers, end-of-service gratuity accruing from day one, and a corporate tax regime that now cares whether staff costs are properly recorded. We keep gratuity accrued in Zoho Books rather than recognised as a shock on departure.
Payroll in United Arab EmiratesQuoted in 24 hours · AED
Corporate tax turned the UAE controller role from optional into necessary. Someone has to own the IFRS close, keep free-zone and mainland activity separated, track related-party transactions, and maintain records for the seven years the FTA expects. We run the close, reconcile VAT to the returns already filed, and produce accounts the corporate tax computation can start from.
Controller in United Arab EmiratesQuoted in 24 hours · AED
The 9% corporate tax regime made UAE financial planning real. The return and the payment both fall nine months after the tax period, so cash has to be reserved through the year rather than found at the end of it. A virtual CFO models the taxable position across free-zone and mainland entities, tests the qualifying-income assumptions, and keeps VAT in the same forecast.
Virtual CFO in United Arab EmiratesQuoted in 24 hours · AED
The UAE corporate tax return and the payment are both due nine months after the end of the relevant tax period — there is no separate, later filing date to fall back on. We prepare the IFRS financial statements and the tax computation, test free-zone qualifying income where it applies, and document related-party transactions so the position holds if the FTA asks.
Tax Preparation in United Arab EmiratesQuoted in 24 hours · AED
UAE VAT is 5%, mandatory above AED 375,000 of taxable supplies and voluntary above AED 187,500, with returns due 28 days after the end of the tax period. Free-zone status does not exempt you from VAT, which is the single most common misunderstanding we are asked to correct. We document input tax to the standard the FTA expects on review.
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Figures in AED. Free-zone status does not remove the corporate tax filing obligation, only the rate on qualifying income.
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United Arab Emirates sits outside the published rate card, so the price comes from the file rather than a tier — a written quote in AED within 24 hours of us seeing it. The full card is published for the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
Built for the UAE pain points we hear most: New corporate-tax regime · FTA registration & deadlines · Free-zone vs mainland rules.
We prepare to IFRS, as required for UAE corporate tax reporting. These are the bodies that set that framework and the authorities you file with — linked so you can verify the standard rather than take our word for it.
Listed for reference. Salt Accounting Group is not stating membership, registration or affiliation with any of these organisations. Where a filing must be lodged by a registered local agent, it is — your agent keeps the lodgement and the professional sign-off.
Tell us where you trade and what shape the books are in. You get scope, price and a start date in writing within one business day — no obligation.
