Accounting and Bookkeeping
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.
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.
Accounting and Bookkeeping
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.
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.
How it works
What actually happens, in order.
- 01
Handover review
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.
2 to 3 working days
- 02
Backlog clearance
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.
Quoted separately, before work starts
- 03
Monthly cycle
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.
Fixed monthly date
- 04
Monthly review
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.
Fixed monthly date
- 05
Year end and filing readiness
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.
Agreed before the year end
What you hand over. What you get back.
What you provide and what we deliver
You provide
- Trade licence and establishment card
- Bank statements, and loan or facility documents
- Sales invoices and purchase bills
- Access to any accounting software already in use
- Payroll records, if you employ staff
- Contracts and commitments that affect the period
- Prior year statements, if any exist
We deliver
- Recorded and categorised transactions
- Bank reconciliations
- Monthly profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow
- Aged receivables and payables
- Supporting schedules for each material balance
- A monthly review of what the numbers are saying
- A year end pack in the form auditors and banks ask for
- Records retained in the format UAE regulations require
What it costs
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.
Before you ask
Questions about accounting and bookkeeping
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What is the difference between bookkeeping and accounting?
Bookkeeping is the record: every transaction captured, categorised and reconciled. Accounting is what gets built on top of it, from financial statements to the read on what the numbers mean. Most businesses need both, which is why they are one service here, and the accounting is only ever as good as the bookkeeping underneath it.
How far behind is too far behind?
It is not. Multi year backlogs are ordinary work. What matters is that the records exist somewhere, even as bank statements and a shoebox of invoices. We tell you what is recoverable and what is not after the handover review, before you commit to anything.
Can we take the bookkeeping only, or the accounting only?
Yes to the first. Plenty of businesses need the record kept and nothing more, and that is priced as its own thing. The accounting on its own is harder: we can prepare statements from another firm's ledgers, but we reconcile what we are given against the bank first, and if the records will not support a set of statements we will say so rather than sign off on them.
Do we have to change accounting software?
No. We work in whatever you already use. If you are not using anything yet, we will recommend based on your transaction volume and whether you need multi currency, not based on which vendor pays a commission.
Do we need audited accounts?
It depends on your legal form, your free zone or mainland authority, and in some cases your revenue. Several free zones require an audit as a condition of licence renewal. We will tell you which requirements apply to your entity, and prepare accounts in a form that makes the audit straightforward if one is needed.
Which standards do you prepare accounts to?
IFRS, including IFRS for SMEs where it is appropriate to the entity. That is what UAE authorities, banks and auditors expect to see, and it is what makes statements portable if you ever raise finance or sell.
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