One accounting partner for every market you trade in 

Across the US, UK, Europe, the GCC and the UAE.

We work remotely with businesses abroad on bookkeeping, reconciliations, invoice processing, payroll records and VAT, GST or sales tax support, and with UAE mainland and free-zone companies from our headquarters. Documents and approvals run through your cloud accounting software or a shared folder on a monthly schedule agreed at the start, with video calls when you need them. Where a filing must be made by a locally licensed adviser, we prepare the books and workings and work alongside them.

Yes, including part-way through the year.

We collect closing balances and records from your previous accountant or software, review them and pick up from the last clean month. If anything needs correcting, we tell you before we file on top of it.

It depends on your records; you get a realistic plan after the first review.

It depends on the state of your records, how many accounts and entities you have, and whether past months need catching up. After the first review we give you a realistic plan, with the steps and what we need from you.

Your books stay in your software, under access you control.

Your books stay in established cloud accounting software, under individual logins and permissions you control. We ask only for the access each task needs, and you can review or remove it at any time. If you are in the UK or EU, we can agree the data protection terms your business requires before work starts.

The leading cloud platforms, or the one you already use.

We work with the leading cloud accounting platforms and can work inside the system you already use. If it is holding you back, we recommend a better fit, then configure it and migrate your data.

Quoted after a free consultation, in a written proposal.

Every engagement is quoted after the free consultation, based on your transaction volume, the number of entities and the services you need. You receive a written proposal before any work begins, so the scope and fee are clear from the start.

Possibly, even if you have no US company.

They can, depending on a state's economic or physical nexus rules and the taxability of their sales. California expressly includes sellers outside the United States, and Texas provides a foreign-seller application route. Having no US company is not an exemption.

Usually yes, even with no income.

The test is whether there was a reportable transaction with a related party, not whether there was income. Paying formation fees, putting money into the LLC or taking money out all count. Only a year with no related-party transactions at all is exempt. Not filing carries a $25,000 penalty for each failure.

$25,000 penalty per failure

From 6 April 2027, if your qualifying income is over £30,000.

Your first quarterly update is then due by 7 August 2027 and your first MTD tax return by 31 January 2029.

First quarterly update by 7 Aug 2027

No, it is optional, but without it you may need several registrations.

Without non-Union or Union OSS, eligible EU-taxable B2C supplies can require VAT registration in each country where VAT is due. Imported goods outside IOSS follow normal import VAT procedures, rather than automatically requiring 27 registrations.

From 1 July 2030, for intra-EU B2B transactions.

Separately, Member States have been able to impose domestic e-invoicing mandates since 14 April 2025, and Belgium, Germany, France and Poland already have mandates in force or phasing in.

Some countries already require it

Yes, with an appropriate safeguard in place.

Yes, but the UAE has no EU adequacy decision as of October 2026, so you need an appropriate safeguard. That is usually the standard contractual clauses in Decision (EU) 2021/914, alongside an Article 28 processor agreement and a transfer impact assessment.

Yes, if you make B2B or B2G sales in the UAE, VAT-registered or not.

Non-resident VAT registrants and exports are in scope too, while sales to consumers are out of scope for now. Businesses with revenue of AED 50m or more must appoint an Accredited Service Provider (ASP) by 30 October 2026 and go live on 1 January 2027. Businesses under AED 50m must appoint one by 31 March 2027 and go live on 1 July 2027, and government entities go live on 1 October 2027. Late implementation costs AED 5,000 a month. We are not an ASP: we assess your readiness, clean your data, check your accounting system, help you choose and onboard an ASP through EmaraTax and test before go-live.

Go-live 1 Jan 2027 (AED 50m+)

Once taxable supplies and imports pass AED 375,000 in 12 months.

Registration is mandatory once your taxable supplies and imports exceed AED 375,000 over the previous 12 months, or are expected to within the next 30 days. You can register voluntarily from AED 187,500. We check your figures, complete the registration and set up your books so the first return starts from clean records.

AED 375,000 threshold

Within three months of incorporation.

UAE companies, including free-zone companies, incorporated on or after 1 March 2024 must register within three months of incorporation. Missing the deadline carries an AED 10,000 penalty. We handle the registration, confirm your first tax period and set up books that support the return.

AED 10,000 late penalty

0% on taxable income up to AED 375,000, and 9% above it.

Qualifying Free Zone Persons can pay 0% on their qualifying income, and resident businesses with revenue of AED 3 million or less can elect Small Business Relief for tax periods ending on or before 31 December 2026. Large multinational groups within the Pillar Two rules also face a 15% domestic minimum top-up tax.

9% above AED 375,000

Within nine months of the end of your tax period.

The return and any tax due are both due within nine months of the end of the tax period, so a company with a 31 December year-end files and pays by 30 September of the following year. Late filing attracts monthly penalties, so we prepare the return from reconciled books well before the deadline.

9 months after the tax period ends

Yes. Every free zone company must register and file, even when its rate is 0%.

Qualifying Free Zone Person status depends on meeting conditions every tax period, including adequate substance in the free zone, audited financial statements and earning qualifying income. If a condition is not met, the company pays 9% for that period and the following four.

By the 28th day after the end of each tax period, usually quarterly.

Most businesses file quarterly, while larger ones can be assigned monthly periods, and payment is due by the same date. We reconcile the period, prepare the return on EmaraTax and send it to you for approval before filing.

28 days after the period ends

At least seven years after the end of the tax period, for corporate tax.

VAT records must be kept for at least five years, and longer for records relating to real estate. We keep your books in cloud accounting software under your own account, so the records always stay with you.

7 years for corporate tax

It depends on your transactions, entities and filings, so we quote after a free review.

Monthly bookkeeping for a small company with few transactions costs far less than support for a group with several entities that needs VAT, corporate tax, payroll and audit preparation. After a free consultation we send a written proposal with the fee for the agreed scope, so there are no surprises on the invoice.

Yes, across UAE free zones and the mainland.

We support companies licensed in DAFZ, DSOA, Ajman Free Zone, SAIF Zone, JAFZA and other UAE free zones, as well as mainland businesses. We also help free-zone companies with the corporate tax questions specific to them, such as Qualifying Free Zone Person status.

Often, for licence renewal and Qualifying Free Zone Person status.

Many free zones require audited financial statements to renew your licence, and Qualifying Free Zone Persons need audited statements for corporate tax whatever their revenue. We prepare your financial statements and the supporting schedules so the audit can run on time.

No. ZATCA rolls it out in waves based on turnover.

ZATCA implements Phase 2 in successive waves determined by annual taxable turnover criteria. Every targeted wave receives direct official notification at least six months in advance of its mandatory integration date. There is no single universal 2026 deadline.

At least 6 months' notice per wave

Notify the FTA within 20 business days when a change requires an amendment.

Article 6(4) of Cabinet Decision No. 74 of 2023 requires a registered person to notify the FTA within 20 business days when a change requires an amendment to the tax record. Current VAT and corporate tax penalties are AED 1,000 per violation and AED 5,000 when the same violation repeats within 24 months. Check the FTA record after a passport, trade licence or Emirates ID renewal, or a change in ownership or shareholding; an amendment is required when the recorded information changes.

20 business days from the change