Accounting services for UAE SMEs covering VAT, corporate tax and bookkeeping with clear pricing and no surprise fees.
We're one of the accounting firms in Dubai SMEs actually stick with. FTA-compliant accounting services in Dubai that keep your bookkeeping, VAT and corporate tax in order, whether you're on the mainland or in a free zone. The price is a clear monthly figure, and it's the figure you pay.
Velmont Crest is a direct commissioned agent and official channel partner of Meydan Free Zone and RAKEZ, plus a referral partner across other major UAE free zones like DMCC, IFZA and SHAMS. That means we can handle your business setup in Dubai and the wider UAE from the very start. We get the company formation, trade licence and visas sorted, then pick up the bookkeeping, VAT and corporate tax that come after, so nothing falls through the gap when the licence is issued.
Authorised Channel Partner
Meydan Free Zone
A central-Dubai free zone that suits service, consultancy and trading businesses. Because we're an official channel partner and direct commissioned agent, your Meydan free zone company formation runs through us, which usually means faster processing and one team looking after you from the application to the trade licence.
Authorised Channel Partner
RAKEZ
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone is one of the UAE's most cost-efficient free zones for trading, industrial and SME company formation. As an official RAKEZ channel partner, we get you a direct line into the zone itself, which keeps the licensing smoother and the whole free zone setup genuinely budget-friendly for a growing business.
Beyond Meydan and RAKEZ, we're a referral partner across other major UAE free zones too, including DMCC, IFZA, SHAMS, DIFC, ADGM and JAFZA. So whatever your activity and budget, we can point your company toward the free zone or mainland licence that actually fits how you plan to trade.
We're an accounting practice built for UAE SMEs. Most of our clients run mainland companies in Dubai; plenty sit in the free zones too. Here's the part most firms skip: the junior who does your bookkeeping is rarely the person who understands your VAT or corporate tax position. So nobody catches the small stuff until the FTA deadline is staring you down. We run it the other way round. A senior person stays on your books, and the work follows the filing calendar instead of scrambling to meet it.
Clients change. The way we work doesn't. Three things hold steady every cycle, whether you're a Dubai mainland company, a free zone entity, or a UAE SME that's outgrown its spreadsheets.
A mainland LLC and a free zone company don't get the same treatment, and pretending otherwise is where the trouble starts. We read the current FTA and Ministry of Finance guidance, then apply it to your actual licence, your VAT position and your corporate tax exposure.
UAE compliance specialists
Mainland, free zone, QFZP. We sort the right treatment from day one instead of fixing it at year-end.
Calendar-driven workflow
Your bookkeeping, VAT returns and corporate tax reviews move with the UAE filing calendar, not against it.
One fee a month. You know it before the work starts, and it doesn't creep. Ask a question and you get a plain answer, not a clock ticking on a billable hour. The compliance work stays tied to what you actually owe the FTA.
Direct WhatsApp support
A quick question about VAT or a deadline gets a quick reply. No ticket queue, no waiting two days for a one-line answer.
Fixed monthly fees
Clear scope, one number, no invoice at month-end that makes you wince. That's the deal.
Nobody enjoys the week before an audit. We make it boring on purpose. Clean monthly books, VAT-ready reports, corporate tax workpapers and audit schedules are done before anyone asks for them, so the request is a non-event.
Audit-ready monthly
Reconciliations, schedules and notes sit ready for an external audit, a bank review or just a board that wants to see the numbers.
100% on-time filings
FTA VAT returns and corporate tax filings go in with room to spare, comfortably inside the statutory deadline.
We're a Dubai accounting firm, and most of our work is unglamorous on purpose. VAT, corporate tax, bookkeeping, the AML paperwork a lot of owners didn't know applied to them. Behind the monthly reporting sits the part that matters when an auditor turns up: real financial statements, working controls, schedules that actually tie out. We keep everything lined up with the UAE Federal Tax Authority rulebook the way it reads now, not the way it read two years ago. And we add CFO advisory when an SME needs the numbers to make a decision, not just to satisfy a filing.
UAE VAT and corporate tax law
Mainland VAT and corporate tax, the 9% bracket, the QFZP rules people get wrong, and whatever the FTA clarified this quarter. We track it so your Dubai SME doesn't have to.
FTA-compliant VAT filing
Registration through to quarterly returns, refunds and reconciliations. The workpapers behind each one are built to survive an FTA review, because eventually one shows up.
CFO advisory Dubai
Board packs, KPI dashboards, the 13-week cash forecast that tells you when things get tight. The thinking of a finance chief, minus the full-time salary.
AML compliance advisory
If your licence falls under DNFBP rules, goAML registration isn't optional and the fines are real. We set up the programme, the KYC framework and the policies, then tell you in plain terms what you have to keep doing.
Mainland and free zone accounting
Mainland and free zone both, and they don't behave the same. DMCC, JAFZA, DIFC, ADGM, RAKEZ and the rest each carry their own quirks, and we've handled them long enough to know where the catches sit.
Bookkeeping cleanup and monthly close
Books a year behind? We've seen worse. Catch-up bookkeeping, a proper ledger cleanup, bank recs that finally balance, then a monthly close routine so it never drifts that far again.
Audit-ready financial statements
IFRS-aligned statements with the schedules and supporting files already sitting in the folder. When the auditor asks, the answer is ready. That's the whole point.
E-invoicing readiness
UAE e-invoicing is coming and a last-minute scramble is the expensive way to meet it. We review how you invoice now, check the data, and get the system ready early so it's quiet when the mandate lands.
Cash flow and owner reporting
Profit on paper means nothing if the bank account is empty on the 25th. We track what's owed to you, plan what you owe, and put it in a report you can actually read between meetings.
If you work with UAE SMEs as a business-setup agent, consultant or lawyer, or you're simply a client who's had a good experience, introduce a business that needs accounting, VAT or corporate tax and earn a one-time commission on their first-year fee. The more you refer, the higher your tier and your rate.
Referral
20%
of first-year fee
Join — refer your first client
Bronze
25%
of first-year fee
3+ referred clients a year
Silver
30%
of first-year fee
6+ clients — plus referrals back to you
Gold
35%
of first-year fee
12+ clients — co-marketing + featured
One-time commission of up to 35% of your referred client's first-year fee.
Partner badge + listing — show your status, get listed on our partner page.
Paid within 5 business days of the client's first payment — no long waits.
Your referral gets a free first VAT & corporate-tax health-check.
"Velmont Crest migrated our books onto Zoho Books and now manages our full monthly accounting cycle — closed by the 5th, quarterly VAT, corporate tax and FTA correspondence handled end to end."
"Velmont Crest supports our quarterly VAT preparation, corporate tax preparation, and audit assistance with complete professionalism."
"We rely on Velmont Crest for monthly bookkeeping, corporate tax preparation, and audit support with organized, responsive delivery."
"Velmont Crest has been managing our books monthly and supported us through external audit with complete professionalism."
"Velmont Crest supported our corporate tax preparation and provided valuable consultancy on VAT and bookkeeping guidance."
"Velmont Crest supports our monthly bookkeeping, external audit assistance, and corporate tax preparation with professionalism."
"Velmont Crest manages our seasonal stock reconciliations, multi-channel VAT, and import duty reporting with clean books across online and storefront sales."
"From contractor invoices to client billing, CT registration guidance and quarterly return preparation, Velmont Crest keeps our consultancy books audit-ready every cycle."
"Velmont Crest manages our high-value stock accounting, supplier invoicing and quarterly VAT with meticulous, audit-defensible records every cycle."
"Velmont Crest migrated our books onto Zoho Books and now manages our full monthly accounting cycle — closed by the 5th, quarterly VAT, corporate tax and FTA correspondence handled end to end."
Yellow Rock Trading LLC
Trading
"Velmont Crest supports our quarterly VAT preparation, corporate tax preparation, and audit assistance with complete professionalism."
Specialized Technology and Industrial Trading FZE
Tech & Industrial F.Z.E
"We rely on Velmont Crest for monthly bookkeeping, corporate tax preparation, and audit support with organized, responsive delivery."
Jajoo Rashmi Refractories
Industrial Group
"Velmont Crest has been managing our books monthly and supported us through external audit with complete professionalism."
Safe Express Freight Brokers LLC
Freight & Logistics
"Velmont Crest supported our corporate tax preparation and provided valuable consultancy on VAT and bookkeeping guidance."
Happy Field Consultancy FZCO
Consultancy FZCO
"Velmont Crest supports our monthly bookkeeping, external audit assistance, and corporate tax preparation with professionalism."
Palmdrip For ReadyMade Garments LLC
Retail Apparel
"Velmont Crest manages our seasonal stock reconciliations, multi-channel VAT, and import duty reporting with clean books across online and storefront sales."
HEKLA Consulting FZCO
Management Consulting
"From contractor invoices to client billing, CT registration guidance and quarterly return preparation, Velmont Crest keeps our consultancy books audit-ready every cycle."
Dar Al Qarat Jewellery Trading LLC
Retail Jewellery
"Velmont Crest manages our high-value stock accounting, supplier invoicing and quarterly VAT with meticulous, audit-defensible records every cycle."
UAE Business Insights
What we're reading and writing
Practical updates for UAE SMEs, in plain language. Expect the FTA rules that actually change what you file, from corporate tax and VAT filing to the penalties nobody warns you about, plus where e-invoicing, AML compliance and audit readiness are heading next.
Clear answers grounded in current FTA, MoF and Ministry of Economy guidance.
When do I need to register for VAT in the UAE?
Mandatory registration kicks in when your taxable supplies exceed AED 375,000 over the last 12 months — or you expect to exceed it in the next 30 days. Voluntary registration is available from AED 187,500.
What's the corporate tax rate for SMEs in the UAE?
9% on taxable income above AED 375,000. The first AED 375,000 is taxed at 0%. Small Business Relief lets you treat revenue as zero if you're under AED 3M turnover (subject to election + conditions).
Do free zone companies pay corporate tax?
Free zone entities can be Qualifying Free Zone Persons (QFZP) at 0% on qualifying income — but only if they meet substance, qualifying-activity and de minimis rules. Non-qualifying income is taxed at 9%. We assess this per-entity, not by zone.
How often do I file VAT returns in the UAE?
Quarterly is standard for most SMEs. Larger turnover (AED 150M+ annually) files monthly. Returns and payments are both due 28 days after the end of the tax period — the FTA does not grant any grace period.
What's the difference between mainland and free zone licences?
Mainland licences trade anywhere in the UAE plus government work and pay standard corporate tax. Free zones offer 100% foreign ownership, customs benefits and potential 0% CT under QFZP rules. The right structure depends on who you sell to.
Do UAE SMEs need a statutory audit?
Mandatory for: mainland LLCs above certain thresholds, all DMCC and DIFC entities, any QFZP claiming 0% CT. Strongly recommended for SMEs with external investors, bank financing, or planning to raise. We handle audit prep regardless.
How do you handle backlog accounting cleanup?
One-off engagement, quoted on scope. We rebuild your chart of accounts, reconcile all bank and card statements, prepare prior-period filings if needed, and hand over clean books. Typical 12-month backlog: 2–4 weeks of work.
How quickly can you take over my books?
Discovery call within 48 hours. Clean handover document, prior-period review and gap report within the first week. Live cycle start the following month. We handle the actual handoff conversation with the outgoing accountant if you'd rather not.