Tax · UAE
UAE Corporate Tax, VAT and transfer pricing, handled end to end.
Corporate Tax, VAT and transfer pricing handled end to end, with every position documented well enough to be defended long after the filing.
16 capabilities in this practice
Discuss taxThe problem
Filed, but not defensible
A return can be submitted on time and still leave exposure, because what matters under review is not the number but the reasoning behind it. Groups get caught out where entities trade with each other, where a structure was chosen for a reason nobody wrote down, or where treatment was applied by analogy to another jurisdiction.
Business impact
What it costs to leave alone.
- Positions that cannot be supported
- A treatment applied without contemporaneous reasoning is difficult to defend years later.
- Related-party exposure
- Intra-group pricing set on convenience rather than a documented basis is the most common weak point.
- Avoidable cost
- Registration, grouping and structural decisions made late are considerably more expensive to unwind.
Our approach
How we work on it.
- Structure first, filing second
- We establish what the group actually is and how value moves through it before forming a view on treatment.
- Write the reasoning down now
- Every judgement is documented at the time it is made, in a file that will still make sense to a reader who was not there.
- One team for compliance and advice
- The people filing your returns are the people advising on structure, so nothing is lost between the two.
Capabilities
Everything in Tax.
Each of these is a discrete piece of work. Most engagements combine several.
UAE Corporate Tax
Corporate Tax Registration
Corporate Tax Return Filing
Corporate Tax Advisory
Corporate Tax Planning
VAT Registration
VAT Return Filing
VAT Advisory
VAT Health Checks
VAT Deregistration
VAT Refund Assistance
International Tax
Transfer Pricing
Local File
Master File
Benchmarking
5 capabilities have a detailed page — the linked ones above.
Process
How an engagement runs.
Four stages. You know which one you are in and what closes it.
Scoping and registration review
Establish which entities are in scope of which obligations, and what is already registered.
Position paper
Set out the treatment, the reasoning and the supporting analysis for each judgement that matters.
Compliance cycle
Prepare and file returns to a fixed calendar, with reviews built in before submission.
Documentation and review
Maintain transfer pricing and supporting files, and revisit positions as the group changes.
Deliverables
What you receive.
- Corporate Tax registration and return filings
- VAT returns with reconciliation to the ledger
- Position papers on material judgements
- Transfer pricing Local File and Master File
- Benchmarking analysis supporting related-party pricing
Related
Tax, in context
Related industries
- TradingCross-border flows, related-party pricing and free zone treatment.
- Financial ServicesRegulatory reporting, AML and governance under supervision.
- E-commerceMarketplace reconciliation, cross-border VAT and unit economics.
- Family BusinessesGovernance, succession and structure across generations.
- TechnologyRecurring revenue, IP structuring and investor-grade reporting.
Related services
- Audit & AssuranceIndependent assurance that stakeholders and regulators accept.
- Business AdvisoryDecisions on growth, cost and structure, backed by numbers.
- Corporate ServicesEntity set-up and ongoing corporate compliance in the UAE.
- Risk & ComplianceControls and governance proportionate to the risk you carry.
Next step
Talk to someone who does tax.
A short conversation establishes whether there is a real question here, who should answer it, and what it will take.
Not ready for a meeting? Ask one specific question instead.
What follows
- A person in the relevant practice reads it, not a routing queue.
- One reply that already contains a view, not a request to book a call.
- A written scope and fee basis, or a straight answer that there is no work to do.
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