At the year end
The year end reconstruction
Nobody reconciled anything for eight months, so the whole year gets rebuilt in three weeks under deadline pressure. That is when errors get made, and it is also when it costs the most to fix.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Your books, closed on time.Your visas, filed right the first time.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Your books, closed on time.Your visas, filed right the first time.
Precisebooks sets companies up in Dubai, keeps their books and files their tax. One firm across all of it, so your licence details, your entity structure and your timing stay consistent instead of being re-explained to a second provider.
- Accounting and BookkeepingBooks that are current and reconciled every month, statements you can hand to a bank, an auditor or a shareholder, and a read on what the numbers mean while you can still act on them.
- Corporate TaxRegistered correctly, a return filed inside the nine month window, and a written position on every judgement in it that you can defend if you are asked to.
- Business Set UpA licence in the jurisdiction that matches what you actually intend to do, with the establishment card, the visa quota and the tax obligations understood before you pay for any of it.
- Visa ServicesApplications submitted complete the first time, with every dependency checked before anything is filed, and renewal dates tracked so nothing lapses by surprise.
Most of what goes wrong here is procedural, and all of it is preventable.
At the counter
The rejected file
An attestation missing, a medical that expired mid process, a name transliterated two different ways. Another fortnight, another set of fees, and someone who still cannot start work.
In between
Two providers who never speak
The accountant does not know a new shareholder was added. The PRO does not know the licence activity changed. You end up being the integration layer between two firms you are paying.
Procedural problems. Preventable outcomes.
The work most clients start with.
Accounting and Bookkeeping
The record and the reading of it, from one firm. Transactions captured and reconciled, backlog cleared first, management reports on a fixed date, and a year end pack in the form auditors and banks ask for.
The monthly fee depends on transaction volume, how many bank accounts you run, whether you are VAT registered, and how many entities are involved. Whether you need consolidation, and how many revenue lines you report separately, moves the accounting half of it. Backlog is quoted once, separately, so clearing history never inflates your ongoing fee.
Corporate Tax Consultancy
Registration, taxable income computed from accounts that can support it, and the return filed on EmaraTax. Free zone status, exemptions and reliefs assessed against your actual facts rather than a general answer.
The fee depends on the number of entities, whether a group is involved, whether free zone qualifying status has to be assessed, how many related party transactions need documenting, and the state of the financial statements the computation sits on. Clean accounts make this materially cheaper, which is the honest reason we ask about your bookkeeping first.
Business Set Up
Jurisdiction and activity chosen against your real plans, name reservation and licensing, establishment card and visa quota, and the tax and accounting position set up correctly on day one instead of repaired in month eight.
Government and authority fees are set by the authority, differ by jurisdiction and activity, and are passed through at cost with the schedule shown before you commit. Our fee depends on the jurisdiction, the number of shareholders, whether any shareholder is a company, and how many activities the licence carries. You always see the two numbers separately.
Visa Services
Eligibility checked before an application is started, documents assembled against a written checklist, submission tracked to completion, and renewal dates diarised.
Government and authority fees are set by the authority and passed through at cost, with the schedule shown to you. Our fee depends on the route, whether a status change inside the country is needed, and how many applicants are processed together. Both numbers are quoted before anything is submitted.
What a handover looks like
From a box of paperwork to a set of books that closes itself.
Where most handovers start
Eight months of statements, invoices in three places, and a folder nobody has opened since the last accountant left. This is normal. It is also completely recoverable.
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Where most handovers start
Eight months of statements, invoices in three places, and a folder nobody has opened since the last accountant left. This is normal. It is also completely recoverable.
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Reconciled, line by line
Every transaction recorded against the bank, categorised, and checked. Historic periods are closed first, so the current month starts from a position that is actually correct.
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One clean set of records
Books that close on a fixed date, in the format a VAT return, a corporate tax return or an auditor will ask for. Nothing to reconstruct, nothing to explain.
The dates that decide whether this year is expensive.
Penalties in the UAE are almost never about the tax. They are about the date. These are the ones currently in front of you, each one linked to its source and stamped with the day we last checked it.
Annual revenue of more than AED 50 million
Appoint a service provider
You cannot connect to the Federal Tax Authority directly. Every e-invoice routes through an Accredited Service Provider, and one has to be appointed before this date. The Ministry extended it from 31 July, so a plan built on the older date has three months more than it thinks.
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- Nine months after your period ends
Appoint a service provider
Annual revenue of more than AED 50 million
You cannot connect to the Federal Tax Authority directly. Every e-invoice routes through an Accredited Service Provider, and one has to be appointed before this date. The Ministry extended it from 31 July, so a plan built on the older date has three months more than it thinks.
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E-invoicing goes live
Annual revenue of more than AED 50 million
Full implementation. Invoices are exchanged over the OpenPeppol network through accredited providers on a five corner model, with the FTA as the fifth corner. B2B and B2G only.
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Nine months after your period ends
Corporate tax return
Every taxable person
The return and the payment share one deadline. A 31 December year end means the following 30 September, and the filing is only as quick as the books underneath it.
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The numbers behind the dates
Corporate Tax rate
Every taxable person pays the same two rates. The bracket is what changes.
Up to AED 375,0000%
Above AED 375,0009%
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VAT registration thresholds
Standard rate 5%. Where your taxable turnover sits on this scale decides whether registering is optional or required.
Voluntary
AED 187,500
Mandatory
AED 375,000
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You will know what happens next before you commit to anything.
No engagement begins without a written scope and a fee. If we look at your records and conclude someone else is a better fit, we will tell you that instead.
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First conversation
You tell us what is actually going on. Behind on filings, mid handover, opening a company, or unsure whether something applies to you. We tell you whether we can help, and say so plainly when we cannot.
20 minutes, no charge
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We look at what exists
Trade licence, bank statements, whatever records you have, and any pending deadlines. This is where problems get found, which is better than finding them after you have signed something.
2 to 3 working days
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Written scope and fee
What we will do, what you provide, when it is delivered, and what it costs. Backlog and government fees are itemised separately so nothing is bundled into a number you cannot check.
Before any work starts
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Handover and first cycle
We take over from wherever you are. The first month is the heavy one. After that it settles into a fixed monthly rhythm and you stop thinking about it.
Agreed with you
What you can hold us to
We would rather be checkable than impressive.
This page carries no testimonials, no client logos and no statistics, because nothing on it is anything you could verify. These are commitments instead. Hold us to them.
A fixed reporting date, not a rough one
Management reports arrive on the same date every month. If we are going to miss it, you hear that from us before the date, not after it.
A written scope before any work starts
What is included, what is not, and what it costs. Scope changes are quoted and agreed, never absorbed into the next invoice.
Government fees passed through at cost
Authority fees are what the authority charges, shown as a schedule. Our fee is separate and quoted before anything is submitted.
We tell you when the answer is no
If a visa route is not available to you, or a filing position is not defensible, you hear it at the start. That is cheaper for both of us than hearing it from an authority later.
Precise on purpose.
One firm across the finance and the paperwork
A new company needs its establishment card, its first visas and its books set up in the same few weeks, and those things depend on each other. Running both through one firm means the licence details, the entity structure and the timing stay consistent, instead of being re-explained.
Fees you can check
Government charges are passed through at cost with the schedule shown. Our fee is quoted separately, in writing, before anything starts. Backlog is a one off, not something folded into your monthly number.
We say what a thing depends on
Nobody can quote a single figure for every visa route or every set of books. What we will do is tell you exactly which variables move the number for your case, and then give you the number.
Before you ask
Questions people actually ask
If the one you need is not here, ask it on WhatsApp. You will get an actual answer, not a callback form.
What does it cost to talk to you?
Nothing. The first conversation is us working out whether we can actually help, and telling you if we cannot. If we can, you get a written scope and a fee before any work starts.
We already have an accountant. Is switching a problem?
It is routine. We take the handover, reconcile what exists against the bank, and tell you in writing what state the records are actually in before you decide anything. Most switches happen because the previous arrangement went quiet, not because anything went wrong.
Do you work with mainland and free zone companies?
Both. The differences that matter are in reporting obligations, audit requirements and how corporate tax applies to a qualifying free zone person. We will tell you which of those apply to your entity rather than giving you a general answer.
Is this tax advice?
No. Everything on this website is general information, and UAE rules change. Advice that applies to your specific entity happens inside an engagement, in writing, after we have seen your actual position.
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