Accounting & Auditing

Accounting & Auditing Services

Accounting and Auditing services in the United Arab Emirates

Accounting and auditing are crucial parts of any business. Having an at-a-glance summary of your business’s finances helps business owners make critical decisions.

At Idea Bizone, we have a team of financial experts and accountants who can carry out all your financial tasks. Our accounting service team is proficient in managing up-to-date records of a business’s financial statements, monitoring the profits, company expenses, and employee payroll, and ensuring timely compliance with statutory rules and regulations.

Our qualified team provides you with services according to international standards practiced worldwide as set by International Financial Reporting Standards.

Our Accounting Services

Our accounting services include the following:

  • Bookkeeping

Our team will take responsibility for recording your company’s daily financial transactions. We will also verify your financial transactions against bank statements to ensure all payments have been processed completely. 

  • VAT Returns

Our accounting team will prepare VAT reports four times a year, so you can check whether your company has any VAT refunds due.

  • Account Reconciliation

We will help monitor the payments received and paid to your business. Our team will regularly tally the income and expenditure of your business to ensure the balances match.

  • Audit Support

Our team will draw up your audits to submit your business’s financial statements to Dubai officials. We will also ensure that your financial reports meet the international standard set by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

  • Financial Reporting

Our team can draw up different financial reports to accurately describe your business’s financial health. Some of the financial reports our services include are:

  1. Income Statement
  2. Trial Balance
  3. Cash Flow Statement
  4. Balance Sheet
  5. Working Capital Report
  6. Sales Analysis Report
  7. Retained Revenue Statement
  8. Profit and Loss Statement
  9. General Ledgers
  10.  Statement of Changes in Equity

Your Guide to Business Accounting Services in Dubai

Are your company numbers accurate? Is it a waste of resources to hire a full-time company accountant? Is your company meeting all its tax deadlines? Is your business accidentally violating some obscure statutory rule of Dubai’s accounting standards? Will a mistake in your financial statements make your company liable to pay a fine? These are the questions that plague a business owner’s mind. Many companies find it tough to manage to account and audit their financial affairs independently. Outsourcing business accountancy services is a cost-effective and efficient solution to all such problems.

Dubai’s Policies Regarding Accounting And Bookkeeping

The United Arab Emirates has a set of accounting principles called Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These principles are followed throughout the country and apply to all businesses in the UAE. The International Federation of Accountants decides and enforces the GAAP accounting principles. Accounting standards in the UAE are based on these principles:
  • Income is only seen to exist if it is realized or realizable. Realizable income refers to payments a company is expected to receive after a customer or client makes an official agreement to pay for a service or product. Income becomes realized when it is received in the company’s bank account.
  • Assets and liabilities are measured at the fair rate, while leases and financial instruments should be calculated at amortization costs following the decided interest rates.
You should be aware of these five business policies to run a business in Dubai:

1. Keeping Financial Records

UAE Federal Law requires all businesses and companies to record their finances for at least five years. A period of ten years is recommended for maintaining financial records by the Ministry of Finance to help verify your business’s tax compliance status.

2. Bank Transactions

All bank transactions require proof of bank statements. The bank statements regarding these transactions should include the following:
  • the date of the transaction
  • name and physical address of the company that received the funds
  • the exact quantitative amount of the transaction
  • the nature of the transaction
E-statements of bank transactions are also accepted. These are recommended as digitalized records are easier to store, organize and pull up than paper records.

3. Cash Receipts

Cash transactions need to be recorded in cash receipts if they are of more than AED 1000. This helps to keep an official record as well as a company record that helps in accounting for your company’s finances. Cash receipts need to have the following details to be acceptable proof of transaction:
  • name of the business
  • date of issue
  • signature of the individual issuing the receipt
  • signature of the recipient
  • the amount of the cash transaction
  • the nature of the cash transaction

4. VAT Returns

Since 2018, all businesses in the UAE, whether offshore or otherwise, must adopt a Value Added Tax (VAT) policy if applicable to them.

5. Other Documents

Original copies of the following documents should also be maintained as supporting financial evidence:
  • credit notes
  • contracts
  • invoices
  • bank statements if VAT policy does not apply to your business

Managing and Organizing Your Accounting Records in Dubai

Businesses often try to skimp out on getting official accounting services as they consider hiring an accountant a waste of money. 

It is true that business accounts only require financial statements about four to five times a year. So hiring a business accountant would be a waste of business resources. However, taking on the responsibility of bookkeeping yourself or handing it over to an employee is also not the right solution. 

Bookkeeping and accountancy require a level of skill that your average worker will not possess. It is better to consider other options to reduce unnecessary stress and wastage precious time. 

Here are two ways the most successful businesses are managing their accounting in Dubai:

1. Hiring Accounting Professionals

A business can hire an accountant or a team of accountants to handle accounting and auditing. 

For this, you will need to put out an advertisement for a job offer for an accounting position. You can vet the applicants through their cover letters before setting up interviews for promising candidates to finalize the perfect fit for your business.

You should look for experience in the following accounting essentials while hiring an accountant or accounting team:

  • accounts reconciliation
  • bookkeeping
  • generating various types of financial reports
  • recording accounts payables transactions
  • recording accounts receivables transactions

2. Outsourcing Accounting Services

The second option is to hire an agency like Idea Bizone that provides various corporate services, including accounting and auditing services. Outsourced accounting services allow you to devise a custom-suited service package with multiple services available at a reasonable rate. Third-party accounting services also give over your account handling to a team of experienced professionals working with a single-minded focus on accounting. 

Some services that such companies can outsource are:

  • Organizing Employee Payroll

Managing and processing employee payroll is a complicated and tedious process. You need to set a payroll policy with payment dates and adhere to it strictly. You also need to calculate the gross payment, make deductions for individual employees, and calculate the net payments. 

Outsourced accounting services are equipped with payroll software that makes this process quick and error-free. 

  • Accounts Payable

Accounts payable are the payments of various bills by the company to suppliers and creditors. The service includes keeping immaculate records of invoices of paid bills for your business if outsourced.

  • Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable refers to payments the company received from its customers for the sold products and services. Outsourced accountants offering this service need to keep detailed records of these payments to be able to project the exact financial situation of the business shortly.

  • Bookkeeping

Bookkeeping involves keeping extensive records of the company’s various transactions and verifying those records against bank statements. This helps provide a quick overview of where the company’s finances are being utilized and what the gains and losses look like. 

  • Tax Accounting

Tax accounting refers to calculating tax returns applicable to a business and keeping track of tax payment deadlines. It is different from financial accounting but just as essential. 

  • Budgeting

An accounting services team can provide you with the relevant and accurate financial data to help you plan a budget for how much expenditure is okay with the current financial projections about your business’s earnings.

The advantages of outsourcing accounting services in UAE

The right accounting services can make or break your business’s success. Here are the advantages of outsourcing business accounting services.

1. Cost-efficient Solution

Outsourcing business accounting services will save your company a lot of money that can be utilized elsewhere.

Business accounting services are a lot cheaper than hiring a full-time accountant, as with these services, you can often choose which services you need from various packages. This is especially beneficial for smaller businesses where some of the more straightforward accounting tasks are manageable by business employees themselves. 

Furthermore, due to a lack of consistent accounting work, hired accountants often leave their jobs searching for better opportunities which incur repetitive recruitment charges for the company. Keeping a company accountant also incurs the following expenses besides the salary:

  • health insurance
  • pension
  • training costs
  • recruitment and hiring costs
  • other mandatory benefits

Using a business accounting service will save your company all these extra expenses.

2. Higher Business Productivity

Hiring a reputable, reliable accounting service can lift a lot of pressure off your shoulders. A stress-free mind lets you focus more on your business, a business owner’s strong point. 

Knowing that your business’s accounting and auditing responsibilities are in the right hand, you can concentrate on various business strategies to grow and expand your business and increase profits.

3. Make Informed Business Decisions

Your accounting services will generate a complete systematic record of your business’s financial status. This will help you quickly visualize your company’s financial health and draw up a reasonable budget. With accurate financial reports, you can easily point out the shortcomings of your business, so you know what areas need improvement in the future. 

4. Meet The Statutory Rule And Regulations

A local accountancy service is well-versed in the ins and outs of Dubai’s business accountancy laws. They can ensure your records are up to the required UAE standards and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). 

They will also make sure your company does not miss any tax deadlines like VAT returns or break any accounting rules that may result in a fine for your company. 

5. Digitized Accounting Records

With advances in technology, several robust software are available that make accounting an easy automated process. However, such software are often too expensive for a single business to invest in. 

Accounting services are dedicated to the single task of accounting for various clients, so it is feasible for them to buy such software. Using their services, you can also benefit from digitized business records that are better organized, accessible, and easy to recover.

6. Complete Security

With matters as delicate as finances, one must always be vigilant about who to trust with such data. 

It is common in professional business accounting services to sign legally binding confidentiality agreements with their clients. So you can be sure that your data will remain confidential and private.

Cost of Setting Business in RAK Free Zone

Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone authority sometimes runs discounts and promotions for customers. The prices are reasonable, starting from roughly AED 8,000 for a zero visa media company. At Idea BiZone offer you our reliable services at the most reasonable prices, covering everything you need to set up your business in this zone. Contact us today to get your consultation.

Why Choose Idea BiZone?

You should choose an accounting service that is detail-oriented, accurate, and maintains good communication with its clients.

Idea Bizone is an excellent choice for business accounting services as our accounting team is committed to providing you with the best services for your company. We can handle all your financial records and auditing and provide expert financial advice. 

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