What's Included
Who We Work With
We review your chart of accounts for structure and consistency, identify and correct duplicate or missing transactions, reclassify miscoded expenses and income, separate personal and business transactions where mixed, and reconcile every account to a verified, matching balance.
Why Messy Records Are a Bigger Risk Than They Look
A wrong VAT code applied consistently for a year means every affected return needs review, not just the most recent one. Cleanup work is almost always cheaper and less disruptive done proactively than when forced by an auditor’s findings or an FTA query.
A disorganised chart of accounts also makes reporting unreliable — inconsistent categorisation month to month makes trend analysis meaningless.
Who Needs This Service
Businesses switching bookkeepers who inherit an inconsistent chart of accounts, companies preparing for their first audit, and owners who suspect — or an auditor has flagged — errors in existing books.
What We'll Need From You
Access to your existing accounting software or file, bank statements to verify against, and context on any unusual transactions so we classify them correctly rather than guessing.
Our Process
We conduct a structured review of your ledger against bank statements and source documents, document every correction with a clear trail, and reconcile all accounts to a verified position.
Signs Your Books Need a Cleanup
Reports that do not match your actual bank balance, an auditor raising repeated queries, and expenses categorised inconsistently from month to month are all reliable signals a cleanup is needed before the issues compound further.
Pricing & Getting Started
Pricing depends on transaction volume and how disorganised the records are. A single year of records for a small business typically takes one to two weeks, with a documented summary of every change provided at completion.
Cleanup Before Switching Bookkeepers or Software
A records cleanup is often most valuable at a transition point — moving to a new bookkeeper, migrating to new software, or bringing bookkeeping in-house after outsourcing. Starting the new arrangement from a verified, clean set of books avoids inheriting years of accumulated small errors.
What a Clean Set of Books Enables Next
Beyond compliance, clean records unlock decisions that were previously guesswork — an accurate view of which products or services are actually profitable, and financials you can present to a bank or investor with confidence rather than caveats. A cleanup is rarely just a compliance exercise; it is usually the first step toward genuinely using your numbers to run the business.
Typical Turnaround Time
A single year of records for a small to mid-sized business is typically reviewed and corrected within one to two weeks, with a documented summary of every change delivered once the cleanup is complete.
Information That Helps Us Investigate Faster
Access to your existing accounting software or file, bank statements to verify entries against, and context on any transactions that look unusual — a founder loan, an intercompany transfer, a large one-off expense — so we classify them correctly rather than guessing at their purpose.
Warning Signs We Watch For
Reports that do not match your actual bank balance, an auditor raising repeated queries about the same accounts, expenses categorised inconsistently from month to month, and simply not trusting the numbers you are looking at are all reliable signals that a cleanup is needed before the issues compound further into a VAT or Corporate Tax filing.
Why Businesses Choose Us for a Records Cleanup
A cleanup done carelessly can cause as many problems as it solves — forced balancing entries, corrections made without understanding the original transaction’s purpose, or fixes that satisfy the numbers but not the underlying accuracy. We investigate before correcting, so every change we make is one we can explain and defend if an auditor or the FTA asks about it later.
We also look beyond the immediate errors to the process that allowed them to happen, recommending practical changes — a bank feed connection, a simpler chart of accounts — that reduce the chance of the same issues recurring after we hand the clean books back.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common signs include reports that do not match your bank balance, an auditor raising queries, or simply not trusting the numbers you are looking at.
If errors affecting a filed return are uncovered, we advise on the appropriate correction process, which may include a voluntary disclosure.
A single year for a small business typically takes one to two weeks, depending on transaction volume.
Yes, we work across all major UAE accounting platforms and can migrate you to a cleaner system if useful.
Yes, we document every material correction, giving you and your auditor a clear trail of what changed and why.