A complete engagement runs on four layers. The base layer is monthly bookkeeping: transactions recorded, bank and card accounts reconciled, and the books closed by the 5th business day so decisions get made on current numbers. On top of that sits the tax layer — VAT returns prepared and filed inside the FTA's 28-day window, corporate tax registration and the annual return tracked against your licence date (due nine months after your financial year ends), and e-invoicing readiness as the UAE mandate phases in. The third layer is reporting: management accounts, cash-flow visibility and audit-ready workpapers that don't need rebuilding when the auditor arrives. The fourth is the situational and specialist compliance work — backlog cleanup, AML and goAML compliance for DNFBPs, payroll and WPS, business setup advisory, transfer pricing documentation, Country-by-Country Reporting, Economic Substance assessments, excise tax returns, tax residency certificates, company liquidation, and CFO-level support when a decision needs finance thinking behind it.
The eighteen services above are those layers broken into engagements you can start separately. Most Dubai SMEs begin with one — usually bookkeeping or a corporate tax return that's suddenly due — and add scope as the relationship proves itself. Each service page sets out the deliverables, the process and the questions we get asked most, so you can size the work before you talk to anyone.