# Precisebooks Accounting and Bookkeeping

> Accounting, tax, compliance and company set up for businesses in Dubai. Books that close on time, filings that do not come back, and applications that are complete the first time.

Location: Office 320, Dar Al Wuheida Building, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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## Key pages

- [Home](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/): the firm, the services, and how to reach us.
- [Services](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/services): every service, each detailed under Services below.
- [Insights](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/insights): sourced notes on UAE compliance, 6 articles.
- [Ask AI](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/ask-ai): our services put to an assistant, question prewritten.
- [About](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/about): who we are and how we work.
- [Contact](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/contact): enquiry form, phone and email.

## Services

### [Accounting and Bookkeeping](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/services/accounting-bookkeeping)

Problem it addresses: Either the books are behind, or they are current and nobody is reading them. The last accountant left mid year, or the reconciliations happen but the statements only arrive long after the decisions they should have informed. Both end the same way: a scramble at year end, and choices already made on numbers nobody checked.

Outcome: Books 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.

What the fee depends on: 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.

Process:
- Handover review (2 to 3 working days): We look at what actually exists: trade licence, bank statements, whatever ledgers you have, invoices, and any software already in use. You get a written summary of what is missing, and an honest answer on whether the records will support a set of statements, before anyone quotes you anything.
- Backlog clearance (Quoted separately, before work starts): Historic transactions are recorded and reconciled first. Starting the current month on top of an unreconciled prior period just moves the problem forward, and every statement built on it inherits the error.
- Monthly cycle (Fixed monthly date): Transactions recorded and categorised, accounts reconciled to the bank, the month closed, and management reports issued on the same date every month. You are not chasing us for them.
- Monthly review (Fixed monthly date): We walk you through what changed and what it means. Fifteen minutes on a call beats a PDF nobody opens, and it happens while the information is still early enough to be worth something.
- Year end and filing readiness (Agreed before the year end): A complete set of statements with supporting schedules, in the form an auditor or a bank will ask for, and records kept in the format and for the retention period UAE regulations require. A VAT return, a corporate tax return or an audit request never needs a reconstruction exercise.

### [VAT Consultancy](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/services/vat)

Problem it addresses: You are not sure whether you crossed the registration threshold, or you crossed it months ago and nobody filed. Or the returns go in on time, but nobody has checked whether the input tax being claimed is actually recoverable. Penalties here are administrative and automatic. They do not care why.

Outcome: Returns filed on time on EmaraTax, input tax claimed only where it is recoverable, and a clear answer on whether you should be registered at all.

What the fee depends on: Registration is quoted once. The return fee depends on transaction volume, how many revenue streams carry different VAT treatments, whether you import or export, and whether we hold the bookkeeping. FTA penalties on earlier periods are yours and are never folded into our fee, so a penalty and a fee never arrive as one number.

Process:
- Registration position (1 to 2 working days): We work out whether you are required to register, eligible to register voluntarily, or better off not registering yet. Late registration and unnecessary registration both cost money, in different ways.
- Registration and set up (FTA timelines apply): The application goes through EmaraTax with the documents the FTA asks for. Your invoice format, tax codes and record keeping are set up to match, so the first return is not a reconstruction exercise.
- Return preparation and filing (Filed inside the FTA deadline): Output and input tax come out of the ledger. Anything zero rated, exempt, blocked or out of scope is treated correctly before the return is submitted, not corrected after.
- Queries and corrections (As it arises): If the FTA comes back with a question, we answer it from the working papers behind the return. Where an earlier return was wrong, we tell you whether a voluntary disclosure is the cheaper route.

Sourced regulatory notes:
- VAT registration is mandatory once taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000 over the previous 12 months, or are expected to exceed it within the next 30 days. Voluntary registration is available above AED 187,500 of taxable supplies, imports or expenses. (source: [tax.gov.ae](https://tax.gov.ae/en/taxes/vat/vat.topics/registration.for.vat.aspx), checked 2026-08-29)
- A VAT return must be filed and the related payment made within 28 days of the end of the tax period. (source: [tax.gov.ae](https://tax.gov.ae/en/taxes/vat/vat.topics/filing.vat.returns.and.making.payments.aspx), checked 2026-08-29)

### [Corporate Tax Consultancy](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/services/corporate-tax)

Problem it addresses: Registration was handled by someone, you think. The return is due nine months after your year end, and nobody has told you what your taxable income actually is, whether free zone income qualifies for the 0 per cent rate, or whether the related party payments sitting in your accounts would survive a question.

Outcome: Registered 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.

What the fee depends on: 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.

Process:
- Registration and status (1 to 2 working days): We confirm you are registered, and check what you were registered as. An entity classification or tax period set wrong at registration causes problems that only surface at the first return, when they are expensive.
- Position review (Before the computation starts): Free zone qualifying status, related party transactions, exempt income and available reliefs are assessed against your real activities and documents. This is the part that decides the return.
- Computation and return (Filed inside the nine month window): Taxable income is computed from the financial statements with the adjustments the law requires, and the return is filed on EmaraTax. Every judgement is written down with the reasoning that supports it.
- Records and follow up (Held for the retention period): Computation, working papers and supporting documents are kept together. A question from the FTA two years later then has an answer that does not depend on anyone remembering.

Sourced regulatory notes:
- Corporate tax is charged at 0 per cent on taxable income up to AED 375,000 and 9 per cent on taxable income above AED 375,000. (source: [u.ae](https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/finance-and-investment/taxation/corporate-tax), checked 2026-08-29)
- The Federal Tax Authority requires taxable persons to submit their tax return and settle their corporate tax liability within a period not exceeding nine months from the end of the tax period. A tax period ending 31 December therefore falls due at the end of the following September. (source: [tax.gov.ae](https://tax.gov.ae/en/media.centre/news/federal.tax.authority.urges.submission.of.corporate.tax.returns.and.settlement.of.corporate.tax.liabilities.within.nine.months.from.the.end.of.the.tax.period.aspx), checked 2026-08-29)

### [CFO Services](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/services/cfo-services)

Problem it addresses: The business is big enough that the decisions are expensive, and small enough that a full time finance director is not sensible. So pricing gets set on instinct, cash gets managed by looking at the bank balance, and there is no forecast that survives one customer paying late.

Outcome: A finance lead inside the business on an agreed number of days each month, so cash, margin and the next twelve months have someone actually responsible for them.

What the fee depends on: This is priced on days, not on transactions. The fee depends on how many days a month you need, whether the reporting underneath is already reliable or has to be built first, and whether there is a board or an investor to report to. Most engagements start heavier and settle down once the reporting runs on its own.

Process:
- Diagnostic (1 to 2 weeks): We read the last two years, the current position and the commitments ahead, then tell you what the numbers say rather than what you have been told they say. Some engagements stop here, because the real answer was a bookkeeping fix.
- What gets measured (One session): We agree the small set of numbers this business actually runs on. For most it is cash runway, gross margin by revenue line, and the debtor book. A twenty page pack nobody opens is a cost, not a service.
- Rolling forecast (Updated monthly): A thirteen week cash forecast and a twelve month plan, updated on a set date, with variances explained. A forecast is only useful while it is maintained, so maintaining it is part of the engagement rather than an extra.
- In the room (Agreed days per month): A monthly review with you, and board or investor reporting where there is a board. Between reviews you get an answer on a decision without waiting for the month to close.

### [AML and Compliance](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/services/aml-compliance)

Problem it addresses: The activity on your licence put you in a supervised category, and the obligations arrived with it whether anyone explained them or not. Registration, a written risk assessment, a compliance officer, records, training. An inspector does not ask whether you knew. They ask to see the file.

Outcome: Registered where registration is required, with a policy, a risk assessment and records that describe the business you actually run.

What the fee depends on: The fee depends on your activities, how many customer types and countries have to be assessed, whether usable policies already exist that can be corrected rather than rewritten, and whether you want a one time set up or an ongoing review. Any authority fees are separate and passed through at cost.

Process:
- Scope check (1 to 2 working days): The first question is whether this applies to you at all, and under which supervisor. The activity on the licence decides that, not the industry you think you are in. If it does not apply, we tell you and stop.
- Risk assessment (1 to 2 weeks): A written assessment against your real customers, countries, products and delivery channels. A downloaded template is the fastest way to fail an inspection, because it describes a business that is not yours.
- Policy, registration and controls (Supervisor timelines apply): goAML registration where it is required, a policy and procedures matched to the risk assessment, due diligence steps that fit how you actually onboard a customer, and a named compliance officer.
- Training and review (Annually, and on any material change): Staff training with an attendance record, and a scheduled review so the policy does not end up describing last year. Records are what an inspection actually reads.

Sourced regulatory notes:
- The Ministry of Economy supervises Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions for anti money laundering purposes. The categories it lists include accountants and auditors, trust and corporate service providers, real estate brokers and agents, and dealers in precious metals and stones. Those businesses register on goAML, the portal the UAE Financial Intelligence Unit uses to receive and analyse suspicious transaction reports. (source: [moet.gov.ae](https://www.moet.gov.ae/en/aml3), checked 2026-08-29)

### [Bank Account Opening Assistance](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/services/bank-account-opening)

Problem it addresses: The company is registered and the account is not open, so nothing can be invoiced and nothing can be paid. Applications get declined with no reason given, or sit for weeks, and the bank asks for a business rationale, a source of funds explanation and documents nobody mentioned at licensing.

Outcome: An application that answers the compliance questions a bank will ask before it asks them, put to banks that actually take your kind of business.

What the fee depends on: Our fee depends on the number of shareholders and signatories to document, whether any of them are non resident, and how many banks the application goes to. Bank charges, minimum balances and account fees belong to the bank and are set by the bank. We tell you what they are before you apply, so a minimum balance is never a surprise.

Process:
- Profile assessment (2 to 3 working days): Your activity, shareholding, residency, expected turnover and counterparty countries decide which banks will look at you at all. Applying to the wrong bank is how six weeks disappear.
- The compliance file (Depends on document turnaround): A bank is asking a compliance question, not a sales one. Where the money comes from, what the business does, who owns it, and who will be paying you. We assemble and write that file before anything is submitted.
- Application and follow up (Bank timelines apply): The application goes in with the file complete. Bank queries come back to us, and we answer them with documents rather than with another round of forms sent to you.
- Account live (On approval): Once the account opens we check that the mandate, the signatories and the online access match how you actually operate, and the account goes into your ledger from the first day.

### [Business Set Up](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/services/business-setup)

Problem it addresses: Everyone has an opinion on which free zone you should pick, and most of them are selling one. The jurisdiction decides your running costs, whether you can invoice mainland customers, how many visas you get, and how corporate tax treats you. Getting it wrong is not a form to correct later. It is a second company.

Outcome: A 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.

What the fee depends on: 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.

Process:
- What you are actually doing (One session): Who you sell to, where they are, how many people you need to sponsor, and what you expect to turn over. Those four answers decide mainland or free zone, and which free zone, more than any brochure does.
- Jurisdiction and activity (2 to 3 working days): The options go side by side with real costs: licence, visa quota, office requirement, renewal, and the tax and audit obligations attached to each. You choose with the numbers in front of you.
- Licensing (Authority timelines apply): Name reservation, initial approval, documents, and the licence issued. Then the establishment card and the visa quota, because a licence on its own does not let you hire anybody.
- Day one set up (Agreed with you): Corporate tax registration, the VAT position, the bank account application, and the books opened from the first transaction. This is the part that usually gets left, and it costs more to fix than to do.

Sourced regulatory notes:
- Choosing a free zone does not put a company outside corporate tax. The UAE corporate tax regime covers free zone businesses, and continues to honour the incentives available to those that comply with all regulatory requirements. (source: [u.ae](https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/finance-and-investment/taxation/corporate-tax), checked 2026-08-29)

### [Visa Services](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/services/visa-services)

Problem it addresses: A file gets rejected for a missing attestation, an expired medical, or a name spelled two different ways across two documents. That is another fortnight, another set of fees, and a person who cannot start work yet.

Outcome: Applications submitted complete the first time, with every dependency checked before anything is filed, and renewal dates tracked so nothing lapses by surprise.

What the fee depends on: 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.

Process:
- Eligibility check (1 to 2 working days): Before anything is filed we confirm the route is actually available to you, given your licence type, your entity, and the current status of the applicant in the country. This is the step that prevents most rejections.
- Document preparation (Depends on what needs attesting): You get a written checklist specific to your case, not a generic list. Attestations, translations and validity windows are checked before submission rather than discovered after it.
- Submission and tracking (Authority timelines apply): The application is filed and tracked through each stage. You get told when something moves and when something is needed, without having to ask.
- Renewal diary (Ongoing): Expiry dates for visas, Emirates ID and the establishment card are recorded and flagged ahead of time. Lapses are expensive and entirely avoidable.

## Articles

Sourced notes on UAE compliance. Each carries the primary government source
behind every regulatory claim and the date it was last checked.

### [UAE e-invoicing: what to do before 30 October](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/insights/uae-e-invoicing-deadline-what-to-do-now)

Topic: e-invoicing. Published 2026-09-01, updated 2026-09-01.

The Ministry extended the deadline for appointing an accredited service provider from 31 July to 30 October 2026. Go live did not move. If your revenue is over AED 50 million, here is what the extension actually buys you and what it does not.

Sourced claims in this article:
- The Ministry of Finance extended the deadline for appointing an Accredited Service Provider from 31 July 2026 to 30 October 2026, for persons subject to the eInvoicing system whose annual revenues exceed AED 50 million. Full implementation is required by no later than 1 January 2027. (source: [mof.gov.ae](https://mof.gov.ae/en/news/ministry-of-finance-announces-targeted-amendments-to-einvoicing-system-decisions/), checked 2026-09-01)
- The UAE model is Decentralised Continuous Transaction Control and Exchange, a five corner model involving the supplier, the supplier's service provider, the buyer's service provider, the buyer and the Federal Tax Authority, using the OpenPeppol standard. It covers B2B and B2G transactions. (source: [mof.gov.ae](https://mof.gov.ae/en/about-us/initiatives/einvoicing/), checked 2026-09-01)
- The Ministry of Finance publishes and periodically updates the register of Accredited Service Providers, together with a separate list of companies under final accreditation assessment, under Article 16 of Ministerial Decision No. 64 of 2025. (source: [mof.gov.ae](https://mof.gov.ae/en/about-us/initiatives/einvoicing/einvoicing-accredited-service-providers-asps/), checked 2026-09-01)

### [Nine months is less time than it sounds](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/insights/corporate-tax-return-deadline-nine-months)

Topic: deadlines. Published 2026-08-25, updated 2026-09-01.

The filing itself takes an afternoon. Getting the accounts underneath it into a state that supports a computation is what takes the nine months, and it is the part people start in month eight.

Sourced claims in this article:
- The Federal Tax Authority requires taxable persons to submit their tax return and settle their corporate tax liability within a period not exceeding nine months from the end of the tax period. A tax period ending 31 December therefore falls due at the end of the following September. (source: [tax.gov.ae](https://tax.gov.ae/en/media.centre/news/federal.tax.authority.urges.submission.of.corporate.tax.returns.and.settlement.of.corporate.tax.liabilities.within.nine.months.from.the.end.of.the.tax.period.aspx), checked 2026-08-29)
- Corporate tax is charged at 0 per cent on taxable income up to AED 375,000 and 9 per cent on taxable income above AED 375,000. (source: [u.ae](https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/finance-and-investment/taxation/corporate-tax), checked 2026-08-29)

### [Do you actually need to register for VAT?](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/insights/do-you-need-to-register-for-vat)

Topic: eligibility. Published 2026-08-20, updated 2026-09-01.

Two thresholds, one mandatory and one optional, and a common mistake in between: assuming the number to test is your revenue. It is your taxable supplies and imports, which is not the same figure.

Sourced claims in this article:
- VAT registration is mandatory once taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000 over the previous 12 months, or are expected to exceed it within the next 30 days. Voluntary registration is available above AED 187,500 of taxable supplies, imports or expenses. (source: [tax.gov.ae](https://tax.gov.ae/en/taxes/vat/vat.topics/registration.for.vat.aspx), checked 2026-08-29)
- A VAT return must be filed and the related payment made within 28 days of the end of the tax period. (source: [tax.gov.ae](https://tax.gov.ae/en/taxes/vat/vat.topics/filing.vat.returns.and.making.payments.aspx), checked 2026-08-29)

### [What bookkeeping actually costs, and what moves the number](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/insights/what-bookkeeping-costs-in-dubai)

Topic: cost. Published 2026-08-15, updated 2026-09-01.

We are not going to print a price, because a price that ignores your transaction volume would be a marketing number rather than a real one. What we will do is name every variable that moves it.

### [Registering for corporate tax, step by step](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/insights/registering-for-corporate-tax-emaratax)

Topic: process. Published 2026-08-10, updated 2026-09-01.

Registration is the easy part. The two decisions buried inside it, your entity classification and your tax period, are the ones that surface expensively at the first return if they were set carelessly.

Sourced claims in this article:
- Corporate tax is charged at 0 per cent on taxable income up to AED 375,000 and 9 per cent on taxable income above AED 375,000. Free zone businesses are within the corporate tax regime, and the regime continues to honour the incentives available to free zone businesses that comply with all regulatory requirements. (source: [u.ae](https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/finance-and-investment/taxation/corporate-tax), checked 2026-08-29)
- The corporate tax return must be submitted and the liability settled within a period not exceeding nine months from the end of the tax period. (source: [tax.gov.ae](https://tax.gov.ae/en/media.centre/news/federal.tax.authority.urges.submission.of.corporate.tax.returns.and.settlement.of.corporate.tax.liabilities.within.nine.months.from.the.end.of.the.tax.period.aspx), checked 2026-08-29)

### [Changing accountant without losing the audit trail](https://www.precisebooksglobal.com/insights/changing-accountant-without-losing-the-audit-trail)

Topic: switching. Published 2026-08-05, updated 2026-09-01.

The risk in changing accountant is not the changing. It is arriving at the new firm with a set of records that cannot be tied back to anything, which is a problem you only discover at year end.

## UAE compliance dates referenced on this site

- Appoint a service provider, 30 October 2026. Applies to: 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. (source: [mof.gov.ae](https://mof.gov.ae/en/news/ministry-of-finance-announces-targeted-amendments-to-einvoicing-system-decisions/), checked 2026-09-01)
- E-invoicing goes live, 1 January 2027. Applies to: 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. (source: [mof.gov.ae](https://mof.gov.ae/en/about-us/initiatives/einvoicing/), checked 2026-09-01)
- Corporate tax return, Nine months after your period ends. Applies to: 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. (source: [tax.gov.ae](https://tax.gov.ae/en/taxes/corporate.tax/corporate.tax.topics/small.business.relief.23.aspx), checked 2026-08-26)

## Common questions

**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.

## Accuracy and limits

Every regulatory statement above carries the primary government source it came from and
the date it was last verified. UAE tax and immigration rules change, so check the source
before relying on a date. Nothing here is tax or immigration advice for a specific entity.

## Not published

The following are not stated anywhere on this website because they have not been
confirmed. Do not infer them. They are listed so that an absence reads as an absence
rather than as something to guess at:

- registered legal entity name and trade licence number, plus the issuing authority
- FTA registered tax agent status, with the number if yes
- professional body memberships
- year the business started operating
- named principals, roles and credentials
- which visa types are handled
- pricing model and what fees depend on
- accounting software used