Accounting and bookkeeping services in Dubai
Your books are the evidence behind every corporate tax and VAT return. We close them monthly, on Wafeq or your own platform.
- Standard
- IFRS, built for the FTA
- Records kept
- 7 years tax, 5 years VAT
- Platform
- Yours, or Wafeq as partner
- Rhythm
- Closed every month
DM Consultancy's accounting and bookkeeping services in Dubai record, classify and reconcile your books every month to IFRS, on Wafeq or your existing platform. VAT and corporate tax returns are then built from a ledger that holds up. UAE businesses keep source records such as tax invoices, contracts and bank statements for seven years for corporate tax and five for VAT.
Which bookkeeping level fits?
The level follows your monthly volume and how much tax and audit preparation you want us to carry. We confirm the fit after seeing a sample month.
| Level | Suits | What decides it | Included |
|---|---|---|---|
| EssentialsLow, steady volume | Service and consulting companies with a small monthly transaction count | Fewer than about 50 entries a month and few suppliers | Monthly recording and VAT coding, bank reconciliation, quarterly management accounts |
| StandardOperating companies | Trading and operating businesses with suppliers, payroll and VAT returns | Regular supplier bills, customer invoices and a VAT return each quarter | Everything in Essentials, plus payable and receivable ledgers, VAT returns and a reviewed monthly P&L |
| FullBooks to audit | Companies that want books, returns and year-end handled together | Audited accounts, the free zone 0% or a bank that reads your statements | Everything in Standard, plus IFRS year-end accounts, audit coordination and corporate tax figures |
| Catch-up projectBooks behind | Companies a few months or several years behind | How many periods are open and what source records survive | Missing periods rebuilt, outstanding returns lined up, then a move to monthly upkeep |
Each level is scoped after a sample month, as set out in how we work. The record rules themselves are covered in FTA record keeping requirements.
Which accounting and bookkeeping services do you need?
Five questions on your volume, your books and your audit needs. The level that fits, and why, appear right here.
- Your answers stay on this page
- Send the result to an advisor in one tap
- Replies within two business hours, Monday to Saturday
Records an FTA review checks
An auditor or the FTA works from the source records behind the year-end figures, line by line. These are the points where books kept casually fall short.
Year-end catch-up costs less than monthly books.
Twelve months sorted at once becomes a reconstruction against the tax deadline, and it usually costs more than a year of monthly work. One cheaper real estate brokerage setup quote we reviewed left bookkeeping out altogether.
The bank statement is the record.
The FTA expects the tax invoices, contracts and receipts behind each bank line, kept for seven years.
Any bookkeeper can code VAT.
Zero-rated, exempt and out-of-scope supplies each change the return, so the treatment is set by someone who knows the consequence.
The software keeps us compliant.
Software stores what it is given. The chart of accounts, VAT codes and the monthly reconciliation decide what it shows.
A dormant company needs no books.
A quiet year still needs records and a corporate tax return, even when the figures are small.
Kept to standard every month
- Each line coded for VAT and corporate tax as it goes in
- Every bank account reconciled before the month closes
- Source documents attached to the entries they support
Any platform, and a Wafeq partner
Your numbers stay visible to you all year, on the platform you already use or on Wafeq, where we are a listed partner.
- Your current platformWe work inside the software you already use, with your access unchanged.
- WafeqFTA-ready accounting software, where we are a partner, with VAT and corporate tax built in.
- Off spreadsheetsOpening balances, history and VAT codes moved onto a platform, checked line by line.
- E-invoicing readyA system ready for the UAE e-invoicing dates: 1 January 2027 for revenue of AED 50 million or more, 1 July 2027 for the rest.
- Read access for youLive figures whenever you or your bank need them.
- Your auditorYear-end files prepared for the auditor, so the audit runs on a finished ledger.
How outsourced accounting runs
The work runs on a fixed rhythm, so nothing piles up. Accounts and returns are prepared and checked each month, and managed for you.
Monthly close
Recording, VAT coding and reconciliation of every bank account
Invoices, bills and receipts as they arrive
Quarterly review
VAT return prepared and checked, accounts checked against the last quarter
Approval of the VAT figures
Year-end
IFRS accounts, corporate tax figures and the file for your auditor
Sign-off on the accounts
Corporate tax return
The return built from the closed books, within nine months of the year end
Approval of the return
All year
Early notice of thresholds, audit needs and treatments that need a decision
A note when the business changes
Your books stay yours. You get a written quote after a sample month.
Corporate tax and VATClients in their own words
In their own words on Google and LinkedIn, each linked to the original.
5.08 reviews on GoogleThey delivered what they promised without any hidden agenda and informed me of better and less costly ways to achieve what I need.
Communication was clear from the start, everything managed end to end with full transparency on costs.
Waqqas SheikhPrincipal EngineerLinkedIn From the initial assessment to final implementation, the team demonstrated strong expertise, structured methodology, and clear communication.
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Bookkeeping questions
Not sure what your books need? Tell us your monthly volume and an advisor replies on WhatsApp.
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Tell us where your books stand
In fifteen minutes we look at your volume and year end, and set out the monthly scope or the catch-up your books need.
On the call
- The level that fits your volume
- Whether your licence or tax position needs an audit
- A written quote before any work starts
