During an annual external audit process, the focus of the business owners normally falls on the annual report and the accounts. The audit report is crucial as it contains the…
Business owners are required to have sound knowledge about the VAT/tax laws in the UAE as a failure to comply with the rules and regulations will attract hefty penalties. In…
The skill to accurately assess the financial health of the company is a critical skill every entrepreneur or manager should master while doing business in Dubai. Getting a clear picture…
Understanding the reverse charge mechanism is crucial for businesses that are engaged in importing goods into the UAE as the provision starkly differs from other clauses in the UAE VAT…
An entrepreneur’s relationship with his company is analogous to that of a captain to his ship. Like the captain controls the ship and its crew, the entrepreneurs should steer every…
The process of audit is no longer being viewed merely as a legal compulsion across the world. By providing a true and fair opinion on the books of accounts of…
Most companies in the UAE consider the need to maintain the books of accounts mostly as a legal compulsion. This is because the companies are required to maintain books of…
The UAE Economic Substance Regulations require a licensee to meet the economic substance test in the UAE and file an economic substance return corresponding to the specific financial periods in…
The Economic Substance Regulations (ESR) require the offshore, mainland and free zone companies in the UAE that conduct one or more relevant activities to meet the Economic Substance Test in…
The UAE Economic Substance Test requires a Licensee to demonstrate that the Licensee is directed and managed in the UAE in relation to the relevant activity, Core Income Generating Activities…