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Accountants and tax advisers for businesses in the UAE.

Firswood Tax Advisory LLC provides accounting, tax and business support to companies in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and across the UAE. Our own qualified team handles ongoing accounts and individual assignments.

About Firswood
What we do

Accounting, tax
and business support.

From monthly bookkeeping and tax filings to reporting, audits and business setup.

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Accounting & CFO

Day-to-day records, payroll, reporting and financial guidance.

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VAT

Registration, returns and support with specific VAT requirements.

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Corporate tax

Registration, filing, implementation and advisory support.

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Audit

Internal, external and inventory audit services.

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Excise tax

Assistance with excise registration and returns.

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Compliance & certificates

goAML registration, tax residency certificates and historical ESR support.

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Business support

Business setup, customs registration and company liquidation.

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Accounting & tax packages

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Ongoing · monthly close and reporting

Accounts

Monthly bookkeeping and financial reporting

Who it suits

Owners who need current accounts, a regular review of the figures and a clear list of anything still outstanding.

What’s included
Starting records & working setup5 items included
  • Review the latest trial balance and available handover records
  • Check account codes against your trading activity
  • Agree document cut-offs and the reporting timetable
  • Confirm software access and the people who approve changes
  • List opening balances that need further evidence
Day-to-day bookkeeping5 items included
  • Record sales, receipts and credit notes from your documents
  • Enter supplier purchases and supported business expenses
  • Allocate customer receipts and supplier payments
  • Code transfers, charges and other routine account movements
  • Keep a query list for missing documents and unclear transactions
Reconciliations & period close6 items included
  • Match ledger balances to the agreed bank and card accounts
  • Investigate unmatched receipts, payments and duplicate entries
  • Review customer and supplier balances against available evidence
  • Prepare supported accruals, prepayments and routine adjustments
  • Maintain agreed fixed-asset and depreciation schedules
  • Record management-approved adjustments with their explanations
Reports you can review5 items included
  • Profit and loss report for the agreed accounting period
  • Balance sheet with supporting account schedules
  • Customer balances and amounts awaiting collection
  • Supplier balances and amounts awaiting payment
  • Notes on significant movements and unresolved items
Review & record handover5 items included
  • Discuss the reporting pack at the agreed review points
  • Track questions requiring a decision or further information
  • Organise working schedules alongside the accounting records
  • Provide the agreed ledger and report exports for your records
  • Identify separate tax, payroll or historic clean-up work
Scope & separately agreed work

The proposal states the entities, transaction workload, accounts, currencies and reports covered. Inventory, project accounting and complex intercompany balances need an agreed scope of their own.

Tax returns, tax registrations, payroll, historic reconstruction, software migration, outsourced CFO work and an independent audit are separate unless expressly added. Software subscriptions and third-party costs are identified separately.

Ongoing · monthly accounts and agreed tax periods

Accounts + tax

Bookkeeping, VAT and corporate tax support

Who it suits

Businesses that want accounting records and agreed tax returns prepared within the same engagement.

What’s included
The full Accounts scope5 items included
  • Starting-record review and an agreed document timetable
  • Transaction entry, account coding and supporting queries
  • Bank, card, customer and supplier reconciliations
  • Supported closing adjustments and account schedules
  • Monthly financial reports and the agreed review discussion
VAT return working papers5 items included
  • Review sales and purchase records for the agreed VAT period
  • Check the VAT coding of transactions within the filing scope
  • Reconcile VAT ledger balances with the return calculation
  • List missing invoices and items needing tax-treatment review
  • Prepare the return figures and supporting explanations
Corporate tax computation5 items included
  • Review the accounts for the agreed corporate tax period
  • Identify relevant accounting-to-tax adjustments
  • Prepare the tax calculation from the available supporting records
  • Record the basis of reliefs or elections included in the return
  • Flag related-party or other specialist matters needing further work
Return review & filing support5 items included
  • Prepare agreed VAT and corporate tax returns for review
  • Explain the figures, assumptions and outstanding questions
  • Obtain approval before any authorised submission
  • Provide filing support using the access and appointment agreed
  • Keep the submission record and identify payment responsibilities
Reporting & filing calendar5 items included
  • Maintain a calendar for the returns included in the engagement
  • Agree internal document and approval dates before filing
  • Connect tax schedules to the relevant ledger balances
  • Carry unresolved record queries into the next review
  • Provide the financial reports covered by the Accounts scope
Questions arising from the work5 items included
  • Discuss routine questions about the returns being prepared
  • Identify changes in activity that may affect the agreed tax work
  • Set out additional information needed for uncertain transactions
  • Explain where a separate registration, correction or advice project is required
  • Hand over the working papers and records specified in the proposal
Scope & separately agreed work

The proposal identifies the VAT periods and corporate tax year, the entities covered, who authorises submission and who pays the tax. VAT frequency follows your assigned periods; it is not assumed to be quarterly.

Registrations, deregistration, refunds, voluntary disclosures, tax audits, transfer pricing studies, detailed restructuring advice and historic clean-up are separately agreed. Tax, penalties, software subscriptions and authority charges are not professional service fees.

One project · specified historical periods

Catch-up

Backlog accounting for unfinished periods

Who it suits

Businesses with missing months, unreconciled balances or records that need repair before reporting, tax work or a handover.

What’s included
Assess the backlog5 items included
  • Map incomplete periods and the records available for each
  • Identify the latest closing position that can be supported
  • Review the ledger for gaps, duplicates and unusual balances
  • List documents and exports needed from previous providers
  • Agree the reconstruction order and any reporting dependencies
Rebuild the transaction record5 items included
  • Organise available invoices, statements and expense records
  • Enter supported transactions missing from the agreed periods
  • Review incorrect coding and duplicate postings
  • Trace receipts and payments to customers and suppliers
  • Log unclear transfers, owner transactions and missing evidence
Resolve balances & adjustments5 items included
  • Reconcile the agreed bank and card accounts
  • Investigate outstanding customer and supplier balances
  • Check supported loan, owner and other opening balances
  • Prepare a schedule of proposed accounting corrections
  • Record approved adjustments and any remaining limitations
Completion records5 items included
  • Reconstructed ledger for the periods named in the proposal
  • Closing trial balance and agreed financial reports
  • Reconciliation schedules and explanations of corrections
  • Register of unresolved items and missing documents
  • List of potential differences requiring a tax or audit review
Handover & next-period plan5 items included
  • Review the completed work and remaining decisions with you
  • Confirm the point from which ongoing bookkeeping can resume
  • Provide the agreed records and software exports
  • Set out document routines to prevent another backlog
  • Identify any separately needed filing or specialist engagement
Scope & separately agreed work

We agree the period, entities, record availability, opening position and expected outputs after an initial assessment. The timetable depends on the evidence available and answers to outstanding questions.

Rebuilding the books does not amend a filed return. Tax computations, original or corrective returns, voluntary disclosures and audit opinions are included only if expressly listed. Ongoing monthly bookkeeping starts under a separate agreed scope.

These are starting scopes. Your written proposal confirms the work included, the information you provide and the reporting or filing schedule.

Need payroll, an outsourced CFO or a separate review? Add the work you need to your agreed scope.

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Where does your
business need help?

You do not need to know the name of a service. Start with what is happening in your business.

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Keeping up

“We need the books and filings handled every month.”

Bring bookkeeping, reporting and tax deadlines into a regular routine, with the figures and outstanding questions available for review.

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Catching up

“There are gaps in the records. We need to know where we stand.”

Identify the missing periods, reconcile the balances and establish what can be completed from the records you have.

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Planning ahead

“We need better figures before making the next decision.”

Examine cash flow, costs and performance. Build the reports and forecasts you need to assess a new hire, investment or change in direction.

Working with businesses in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and across the UAE.

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VAT

UAE VAT registration: thresholds, documents and a practical preparation checklist

Understand the UAE VAT registration tests, organise the supporting documents and check common mistakes before applying through EmaraTax.

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VAT

Your first UAE VAT return: a records and review checklist

A practical first VAT return checklist covering sales, purchases, imports, reconciliations, review responsibilities and submission evidence.

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Corporate tax

UAE corporate tax registration and filing: two different obligations

Understand how corporate tax registration, annual filing and payment differ, and build a calendar around your own entity and tax period.

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