SHAMS (Sharjah Media City) licenses a large number of freelancer permits alongside small media, marketing and consulting businesses, most of which need proportionate, straightforward accounting rather than an enterprise-scale process. Our SHAMS Accounting Services cover bookkeeping, VAT, Corporate Tax and audit support scaled specifically to this typical SHAMS business profile, backed by our approved-auditor status directly with SHAMS.
What's Included
Bookkeeping and financial statement preparation proportionate to your business size, VAT and Corporate Tax compliance including QFZP assessment, and audited financial statements prepared and submitted through SHAMS’s designated process using our approved-auditor status.
For SHAMS’s many individual freelancers, we keep the process especially light-touch — no unnecessary complexity or fees for a straightforward single-income-stream business.
We also keep track of any changes SHAMS makes to its compliance requirements, so returning clients are never caught out by a procedural change from one year to the next.
Why SHAMS-Specific Experience Matters
A large share of SHAMS licensees are individual freelancers or very small businesses, and applying a heavy corporate compliance process to these clients wastes both time and money. Understanding this typical profile means we scope services appropriately from the start.
Scoping services appropriately from the start also means SHAMS freelancers aren’t paying for complexity their business doesn’t actually have.
Who Needs This Service
Any SHAMS-licensed company or freelancer needing accounting, bookkeeping, VAT, Corporate Tax or audit support, particularly individual freelancers and small media or consulting businesses.
What We'll Need From You
Your SHAMS trade licence or freelancer permit, financial records however simple, and your renewal date so we can plan our engagement around your specific timeline.
Getting Started
Share your SHAMS licence or permit details, and we will confirm a right-sized, proportionately priced service for your business.
SHAMS Licence Renewal Timeline
We track your SHAMS renewal date and plan any required audit or filing work backward from it, giving comfortable time to resolve any records gap before the deadline arrives.
Growing Beyond a SHAMS Freelance Permit
As a SHAMS freelancer or small business grows into a multi-staff operation, its accounting and compliance needs typically grow with it. We scale our involvement to match, rather than applying the same light-touch approach indefinitely.
SHAMS Fees and Engagement Structure
SHAMS accounting, tax and audit fees are quoted as a fixed amount scaled to your entity’s size, so a freelancer with simple records pays considerably less than a multi-staff consulting business.
SHAMS Company Types We Support
SHAMS licenses everything from individual freelancer permits to established media, marketing and consulting companies, and our scope and fee are set to match — a freelancer with simple records is not quoted the same as a multi-staff consulting business.
Whatever category your SHAMS permit or licence falls under, we confirm the applicable accounting and compliance scope with you before quoting, so the fee reflects your actual situation.
SHAMS and Corporate Tax Free Zone Qualifying Activities
SHAMS’s media, marketing and freelance base means QFZP assessment often comes down to whether your specific service income qualifies, and we confirm this clearly rather than leaving it as an open question until filing time.
SHAMS Free Zone Company Setup Support
For businesses or freelancers newly licensed in SHAMS, we can begin supporting your accounting and compliance from day one, with a process proportionate to a freelancer’s simple starting needs.
If you already have a renewal date in mind, mentioning it upfront helps us prioritise your engagement correctly against our other SHAMS clients’ deadlines that same period.
SHAMS Free Zone Banking and Compliance Coordination
SHAMS companies and freelancers opening or maintaining UAE bank accounts often need up-to-date financial records, and we ensure your accounting is always current enough to support these banking requirements without delay.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — VAT Accounting UAE holds approved-auditor status with SHAMS and can confirm this directly to you before appointment.
Freelancers typically need a lighter-touch version of the same core services — we scope our fee and process to match, rather than applying a one-size-fits-all package.
Yes — we typically manage a SHAMS client’s full picture, from bookkeeping through to the annual audit their renewal requires, where applicable.
Pricing is scaled to match a freelancer’s simpler records and lower transaction volume — we provide a transparent, proportionate quote after understanding your situation.
Yes — QFZP assessment applies the same underlying rules regardless of which free zone you’re licensed in, and we apply this specifically to your SHAMS company’s income sources.