How much do accounting services cost in Dubai?
We charge one fixed monthly fee, set by your transaction volume and how much cleanup your books need. Small Dubai businesses usually land in the low hundreds of dirhams a month; busier trading companies with inventory and multiple bank accounts pay more. You get the exact number in writing after the free finance review, before we start. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices at year end.
What is included in monthly accounting services?
Everything your finance function needs each month: bookkeeping and bank reconciliations, receivables and payables tracking, VAT workings and quarterly returns, corporate tax workings, payroll journals and gratuity accruals, plus a management report pack with P&L, balance sheet and cash position. You also get the Founder Finance Brief, a one-page summary of the numbers that actually matter. If it touches your money, it is in the package.
Do you work with free zone companies in Dubai?
Yes, most of our Dubai clients sit in free zones: DMCC, DIFC, JAFZA, Dubai South, DAFZA and others. Each zone has its own quirks, from DIFC employment rules to free zone audit requirements, and our process accounts for them. Mainland DED-licensed companies are covered too. If you are unsure which rules apply to your licence, bring it to the free consultation and we will map it out.
Can you take over messy books or switch us from another accountant?
That is about half of what we do. We run catch-up bookkeeping month by month: opening balances get verified, miscoded VAT gets corrected, unreconciled bank lines get matched to real invoices. Most cleanups finish within a few weeks, and your current accountant hands over whatever exists. You do not need to wait for a clean slate to start. The cleanup is the start.
Which accounting software do you use?
We work in Xero, Zoho Books, QuickBooks and Odoo, and we will meet you where you are. No system yet? We set one up, configure the UAE VAT and corporate tax settings, and hand you the logins: your data stays yours. Our accounting software page explains how we pick the right one for your size.
How quickly can we start?
Most Dubai clients are live within two weeks of the first call: review, quote, cleanup plan, then the monthly rhythm begins. If a VAT or corporate tax deadline is breathing down your neck, say so on the first call and we prioritise the urgent filing first, cleanup second. Deadlines do not wait, and neither do we.