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Middle East / United Arab Emirates
Corporate Tax registration and computation, VAT returns, Economic Substance Regulation assessments, and IFRS financial reporting for businesses established in the UAE.
UAE Corporate Tax is still new enough that most finance functions haven't fully absorbed what it requires, on top of VAT and Economic Substance Regulation obligations that were already in place. Most of this is finance-function work we can run remotely; where a licensed local auditor's signature is required, we say so plainly.
UAE Corporate Tax applies to us now and we're not sure our first return is right.
Registration, computation and first-return readiness, checked against what the Federal Tax Authority actually expects.
We're not sure whether the Economic Substance Regulations still apply to us.
An ESR assessment against your actual activities, not a generic answer.
Our VAT returns are filed but we've never had them reviewed independently.
VAT return preparation or review, done to a standard that would hold up under FTA query.
Our financial statements need to be prepared to a recognised IFRS standard.
IFRS financial statement preparation done to a standard your stakeholders and auditor both accept.
We need a statutory audit opinion and don't yet have a licensed relationship.
We prepare the file to audit-ready standard and help you get to a licensed auditor's sign-off.
We're a Pakistani group setting up in the UAE for the first time.
Entity structuring and the Pakistan-side tax consequences, covered from day one.
We do not hold UAE Ministry of Economy auditor licensing and do not perform statutory audit in the Emirates — the work below is finance-function work, not licensed local practice.
Registration, computation and first-return readiness for a regime still new enough that most finance functions haven't fully absorbed it.
VAT returns and Economic Substance Regulation assessments, checked against your actual activities rather than assumed.
Bookkeeping, payroll and IFRS financial statement preparation, plus fair valuation work where it's needed.
Need a statutory audit opinion, or work that spans both the UAE and Pakistan? See the Audit Readiness Support and Pakistan–GCC Cross-Border pages.
Most of what a UAE entity needs on an ongoing basis is finance-function work — not work that requires a local licence to perform.
MAC serves UAE-based clients remotely from Islamabad. A physical Gulf presence is planned. We do not hold UAE Ministry of Economy auditor licensing and do not perform statutory audit in the Emirates — where a local audit opinion is required, we prepare the file to audit-ready standard and work alongside your licensed auditor.
Middle East enquiries: gcc@mac.org.pk
Corporate Tax, VAT, ESR assessments, bookkeeping, payroll and IFRS reporting are all delivered remotely on a fixed monthly or quarterly cadence, coordinated to your own filing calendar. Where a UAE Ministry of Economy-licensed sign-off is needed, we prepare the file and hand off cleanly — see the Audit Readiness Support page for how that works.
No. We do not hold UAE Ministry of Economy auditor licensing and do not perform statutory audit in the Emirates. Where a local audit opinion is required, we prepare the file and schedules to audit-ready standard and your licensed auditor reviews and signs.
Remotely from our Islamabad office. A physical UAE presence is planned but not yet in place — we're upfront about that rather than implying a local office that doesn't exist.
It depends on your licensed activities and income — we assess this against what your entity actually does, not a generic checklist.
Yes — registration, computation and first-return readiness, checked against what the Federal Tax Authority expects before anything is filed.
Yes. See the Pakistan–GCC Cross-Border page for the structuring, transfer pricing, consolidation and repatriation work involved.
That's fine — engagements are scoped to what's actually needed, not sold as a bundle.
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