What's Included
We set up your chart of accounts to separate deductible from non-deductible expenses, flag related-party and connected-person transactions as they occur, track qualifying versus non-qualifying income for free zone clients, and maintain a running reconciliation from accounting profit toward taxable income throughout the year.
We also monitor your position against relevant thresholds — the AED 375,000 taxable income threshold, the AED 3 million Small Business Relief revenue threshold, and free zone de minimis limits — so if you are approaching a threshold that changes your treatment, you hear about it with time to plan rather than discovering it at filing time.
Why Tax-Aware Accounting Matters
Who Needs This Service
Corporate Tax registered businesses of any size, but especially those with related-party transactions, free zone entities seeking to maintain QFZP status, and businesses approaching their first Corporate Tax filing without bookkeeping previously built with tax in mind.
What We'll Need From You
Access to your accounting software or bank feeds, your entity type and free zone status if applicable, and details of any related-party relationships so we can flag transactions correctly from the outset.
Our Process
We review your current bookkeeping setup, build the chart of accounts around Corporate Tax categories, record and classify transactions on an ongoing basis, and maintain a running taxable income reconciliation so your position is visible well ahead of each filing deadline.
Common Mistakes We See UAE Businesses Make
The most frequent issue we encounter is business owners treating accounting as a year-end task rather than a monthly discipline – by the time records are pulled together for a VAT return or renewal, months of transactions need reconstruction under deadline pressure. A close second is using a single generalist bookkeeper for a business that has outgrown that level of support, resulting in errors that only surface when an auditor or the FTA reviews the numbers.
We also regularly see free zone companies that have never assessed their Qualifying Free Zone Person eligibility properly, and mainland companies that registered for Corporate Tax but never adjusted their bookkeeping to track the adjustments the filing requires.
What's Included
We set up your chart of accounts to separate deductible from non-deductible expenses, flag related-party and connected-person transactions as they occur, track qualifying versus non-qualifying income for free zone clients, and maintain a running reconciliation from accounting profit toward taxable income throughout the year.
We also monitor your position against relevant thresholds — the AED 375,000 taxable income threshold, the AED 3 million Small Business Relief revenue threshold, and free zone de minimis limits — so if you are approaching a threshold that changes your treatment, you hear about it with time to plan rather than discovering it at filing time.
Why Tax-Aware Accounting Matters
Many UAE businesses’ existing bookkeeping habits were formed before Corporate Tax existed, meaning related-party transactions were never flagged and non-deductible expenses were never distinguished from ordinary ones — simply because nobody was looking for them at the time. Retrofitting this detail at year-end is considerably more time-consuming and error-prone than capturing it as transactions occur.
This is particularly important for free zone businesses, where correctly tracking qualifying and non-qualifying income throughout the year is what actually supports the 0% rate claim on your return, rather than an assertion made without underlying evidence
Who Needs This Service
Corporate Tax registered businesses of any size, but especially those with related-party transactions, free zone entities seeking to maintain QFZP status, and businesses approaching their first Corporate Tax filing without bookkeeping previously built with tax in mind.
What We'll Need From You
Access to your accounting software or bank feeds, your entity type and free zone status if applicable, and details of any related-party relationships so we can flag transactions correctly from the outset.
Our Process
We review your current bookkeeping setup, build the chart of accounts around Corporate Tax categories, record and classify transactions on an ongoing basis, and maintain a running taxable income reconciliation so your position is visible well ahead of each filing deadline.
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Getting Started
Whether you are setting up Corporate Tax-aware bookkeeping from scratch or want to correct the treatment in your existing books, a short review call lets us assess your setup and recommend the right starting point.
Software We Work In
We set up and manage Corporate Tax-aware accounting in Xero, QuickBooks Online, Zoho Books and Tally, configuring your chart of accounts to separate deductible and non-deductible expenses and tag related-party transactions as they occur.
Monthly Taxable Income Position Reviews
Rather than only calculating your taxable income at filing time, we review your position periodically throughout the year — giving you visibility into your likely tax liability well before the year closes, so there are no last-minute surprises around your filing deadline.
These periodic reviews are especially valuable in the months leading up to a major decision — a dividend distribution, a large capital purchase, a related-party transaction — since they let you factor the current tax position into that decision rather than discovering the impact only once the year has already closed.
Cross-Border and Free Zone Transactions
Transitioning From Another Provider
When you switch to us from another bookkeeper or accountant, we review your existing chart of accounts and recent transaction history before making any changes, correcting Corporate Tax misclassifications we find along the way rather than simply continuing an inherited setup that may already contain errors.
Handling High Transaction Volumes
Frequently Asked Questions
General bookkeeping records transactions; Corporate Tax accounting flags related-party transactions, distinguishes deductible from non-deductible expenses, and tracks qualifying income from the point each transaction is entered.
Yes, we work in Xero, QuickBooks Online, Zoho Books and Tally, structuring your chart of accounts around Corporate Tax categories within your existing platform.
Yes — we review existing records, identify misclassified transactions, and correct them, often as part of a wider Corporate Tax Assessment before switching to ongoing accounting.
Corporate Tax accounting is commonly bundled with our Return Filing UAE service, so your reconciled books flow directly into an accurate, on-time return.
We tag income by source and nature as it is recorded, so qualifying and non-qualifying income are tracked continuously rather than reconstructed at year-end.