JAFZA (Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority) requires licensees to submit audited financial statements as part of annual licence renewal, and the audit must come from a firm recognised on JAFZA’s approved-auditor list. VAT Accounting UAE holds that status, so JAFZA companies can appoint us directly and be confident the audit will be accepted without delay at renewal.
What's Included
We conduct your statutory audit against JAFZA’s requirements, prepare the audited financial statements in JAFZA’s expected format, and manage submission through JAFZA’s designated channel, tracking the filing through to confirmation.
For companies operating within JAFZA’s logistics and industrial sectors, we also bring experience with the inventory and fixed-asset complexity those businesses typically carry, rather than a generic trading-company audit approach.
We also keep track of any changes JAFZA makes to its audit submission process, so returning clients are never caught out by a procedural change between one renewal and the next.
Why an Approved JAFZA Auditor Matters
JAFZA will not accept a submission from an auditor outside its approved list, so appointing an unapproved firm creates real risk of a rejected filing regardless of audit quality. Our JAFZA-approved status removes that risk from the outset.
JAFZA’s licence renewal is time-bound, and a delayed or rejected audit can hold up renewal along with any facility, visa or banking process that depends on an active licence.
Holding your prior year’s working papers on file from an earlier engagement also tends to make each subsequent JAFZA audit faster to complete than the first.
Who Needs This Service
Any JAFZA-licensed company approaching its annual renewal, and companies newly licensed in JAFZA preparing for their first statutory audit.
What We'll Need From You
Your JAFZA trade licence, prior year audit report if applicable, and your accounting records for the financial year, including inventory and fixed-asset registers where relevant to your operations.
Our Process
We conduct the audit against your records, prepare the JAFZA-format audited financial statements, and submit through JAFZA’s designated channel, resolving any queries until the filing is confirmed.
Getting Started
Share your JAFZA trade licence and renewal date, and we will confirm your exact submission deadline and begin the audit straight away.
If you already have a renewal date in mind, mentioning it upfront helps us prioritise your engagement correctly against our other JAFZA clients’ deadlines that same period.
JAFZA Company Types We Audit
JAFZA licenses a broad mix of logistics, manufacturing, trading and services companies, often with meaningful fixed assets, inventory and import-export activity. We bring specific audit testing appropriate to these balances rather than treating every JAFZA client as a straightforward trading entity with minimal assets.
Whatever category your JAFZA licence falls under, we confirm the applicable audit scope with you before quoting, so the fee reflects your actual operations rather than a generic assumption.
Working Alongside Your JAFZA Company Secretary or PRO
Where your JAFZA renewal is being managed by a company secretary, PRO or corporate services provider, we coordinate directly with them on the audit timeline, so the audit report is ready in step with the rest of your renewal submission rather than becoming the item holding it up.
JAFZA Audit Timeline and Deadlines
JAFZA sets its submission requirement relative to your licence renewal date, and we plan the audit engagement backward from that date so there is comfortable time to resolve any documentation gap before the deadline arrives.
JAFZA Audits for Warehousing and Logistics Businesses
Many JAFZA-licensed businesses operate warehousing, freight forwarding or light manufacturing activity with meaningful stock movements and fixed assets. We test inventory counts, asset registers and related depreciation specifically, rather than treating these balances as incidental to the audit.
JAFZA Audits for Group Structures
Where a JAFZA entity sits within a wider group, we test related-party transactions and intercompany balances carefully, since these are frequently an area of specific scrutiny in free zone audits, and ensure the disclosure in the audited financial statements meets JAFZA’s expected format.
Switching to Us for Your JAFZA Audit
If your current auditor is not on JAFZA’s approved list, switching is straightforward — we request the standard handover information from your outgoing auditor and can typically begin work as soon as your records are available.
JAFZA Audit Fees
JAFZA audit fees are quoted as a fixed amount based on your entity’s size, transaction volume, inventory complexity and record quality, agreed with you before work begins.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — VAT Accounting UAE holds approved-auditor status with JAFZA and can confirm this directly to you before appointment.
Yes — we regularly audit JAFZA companies with meaningful inventory and fixed-asset balances, not just trading and service entities.
Yes — we manage submission through JAFZA’s designated channel and track it through to confirmation.
A late submission can delay your JAFZA licence renewal, so we recommend starting well ahead of your renewal window.
A straightforward JAFZA company audit is typically completed within one to two weeks of receiving complete records, with more complex inventory-heavy entities taking somewhat longer.