A close that happens on time
Books closed monthly, not annually in a panic. You know your position in week two, not next February.
Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
Accounting services built on monthly records maintained to IFRS by chartered accountants, structured so your VAT returns, corporate tax computation and annual audit all draw from one clean source.
Fixed monthly feesIFRS compliantZoho, Xero, QuickBooks, TallyBacklog recovery available
Bookkeeping is where your tax bill and your audit fee are decided
Both are calculated from your accounting records. Loose records in March become an expensive audit in February and a tax computation nobody can defend in September. Clean records make both routine.
We build the chart of accounts around your actual business and around what corporate tax reporting will need from it, then maintain it monthly — posting, reconciling banks, chasing the documents you have not sent, and flagging the tax-sensitive items as they arise rather than reconstructing them a year later.
You receive management accounts with commentary, not a trial balance dump. If revenue moved, margin slipped or receivables aged, we say so and say why.
- Monthly posting and full bank reconciliation.
- Management accounts with written commentary.
- Payroll, WPS file generation and end-of-service calculations.
- Chart of accounts designed to support corporate tax reporting.
What we handle
- Bookkeeping and posting
- Financial statement preparation
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Payroll accounting and WPS
- MIS and management reporting
- Monthly and quarterly close
- Cloud accounting setup
- Backlog reconstruction
The upside
What outsourced accounting services actually buy
Not just a lower headcount cost — a finance function that holds up under scrutiny.
A far cheaper audit
Reconciled records turn the audit into a review. That difference is often larger than the accounting fee itself.
Decisions on real numbers
Management accounts with commentary on margin, receivables and cash — the things that actually change what you do next.
Tax-ready from day one
The chart of accounts distinguishes disallowables, related-party charges and exempt income before the computation, not during it.
Payroll that satisfies WPS
Salary processing, WPS files and end-of-service calculations handled to the standard MOHRE expects.
Records that survive an FTA query
Documentation filed against every transaction, retained for the full seven-year period.
How we deliver
How the monthly cycle runs
Predictable rhythm, fixed fee, one named accountant on your file.
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Setup & migration
Chart of accounts built around your business, opening balances reconciled, and a clean handover from your previous provider or system.
02
Monthly posting
Transactions posted, banks reconciled, and missing documentation chased before it becomes a year-end problem.
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Review & reporting
Management accounts with commentary, plus a flag on anything tax-sensitive or unusual we saw that month.
04
Period close
Quarterly VAT prepared, year-end pack assembled, and the file handed to audit and tax without a scramble.
Realistic timeline
What a month with us looks like
For a company on the monthly service.
What derails a handover
Incomplete opening balances from the outgoing provider. We reconcile to a position we are willing to sign off before taking over, which occasionally means a short delay at the start — and saves a much longer one at year end.
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Document collection
Bank feeds pulled, invoices and receipts collected, and anything missing requested from you directly.
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Posting and reconciliation
All transactions posted and every bank account reconciled to statement.
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Review
Senior review of postings, treatments and anything that looks unusual against prior months.
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Management accounts issued
P&L, balance sheet, cash position and written commentary delivered to you.
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VAT return prepared and filed
Reviewed technically before submission rather than filed on the deadline.
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Audit-ready pack
Complete file handed to audit within six weeks of your year end.
Investment
Monthly accounting fees
Priced on transaction volume and entity count. Fixed monthly, so your cost is predictable.
Starter
From AED 1,200 / month
Up to roughly 50 transactions a month, single entity.
- Monthly bookkeeping
- Bank reconciliation
- Quarterly management accounts
- VAT return preparation
- Year-end audit pack
Growth
From AED 2,800 / month
Up to roughly 300 transactions, payroll included.
- Everything in Starter
- Monthly management accounts with commentary
- Payroll and WPS processing
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Fixed asset register
Full Finance Function
Custom
High volume or multi-entity, with virtual CFO support.
- Everything in Growth
- Consolidated group reporting
- Cash-flow forecasting
- Virtual CFO time
- Dedicated relationship partner
Backlog reconstruction is quoted separately as a fixed project fee after we see the source records. Ranges are indicative for planning and are not a binding offer.
Before you start
Moving to us
A clean handover takes two to four weeks. Here is what makes it clean.
Requirements & eligibility
- A valid UAE trade licence.
- A defined financial year end.
- An agreed cut-off date with your current provider.
- Access to your existing accounting system, or an export.
- A named person on your side who can answer transaction queries.
- Bank access for statement retrieval, read-only is sufficient.
Documents you will need
- Trial balance and general ledger at the cut-off date.
- Prior year financial statements, audited where available.
- Bank statements for all accounts covering the handover period.
- Outstanding customer and supplier balances with ageing.
- Fixed asset register and depreciation policy.
- Employment contracts and current payroll schedule.
- Prior VAT returns and corporate tax filings.
Why AONE BIZ
Why outsource to AONE BIZ
Most bookkeeping providers record what happened. We are the firm that has to sign it later.
Chartered, not clerical
Postings are reviewed by qualified accountants who understand the tax and audit consequence of a treatment.
Built for what comes next
The chart of accounts is designed so the corporate tax computation and the audit both fall out of it cleanly.
Fixed monthly fee
Based on volume, not revenue. No hourly billing on routine compliance work.
One named accountant
The same person every month, who knows your business without being briefed again.
Deadlines tracked for you
VAT quarters, corporate tax filing and licence renewal all sit in a live compliance calendar.
Your software, not ours
Zoho Books, QuickBooks, Xero, Tally and Sage all supported. No forced migration.
Coverage
Accounting across Dubai, Sharjah and the UAE
Where we work, and how to judge an accounting firm before you commit.
Bookkeeping rarely requires us to be in the same building as you. What matters is that someone reconciles your bank every month and picks up the phone when a supplier query lands.
We work with businesses across the UAE from our Dubai and Sharjah offices, including Abu Dhabi mainland companies and the northern emirates. Where you need someone on site — a year-end stock count, a handover from a previous provider, a bank meeting — we arrange it.
Choosing an accounting firm in the UAE
The firms that cause problems are rarely the ones that make errors. They are the ones you cannot get an answer from. Three questions are worth asking before you sign anything.
- “Can you send me last month’s bank reconciliation?” This should take minutes. Hesitation usually means it does not exist.
- “What is my corporate tax position looking like this year?” A firm engaged with your business can answer approximately, now. “We will know at year end” means nobody is watching it.
- “Who handles the audit?” Where accounting and audit sit with different firms, expect a handover gap and more audit hours.
More warning signs are in our guide on when to change accountant. If you are already behind, the right starting point is backlog recovery rather than a monthly engagement.
What to look for in accounting firms in Dubai
Most accounting firms in Dubai will quote you a monthly fee for bookkeeping. Fewer will tell you what happens when the year end arrives and those numbers have to survive an audit, a corporate tax return and possibly an FTA query. That gap is where the real cost usually appears.
The question worth asking any of the accounting companies in Dubai you are considering is simple: who prepares the statutory accounts, and can the same firm audit them? In the UAE the answer is often no, because independence rules prevent it — which means your bookkeeper hands off to an auditor who then bills you to correct what the bookkeeper did.
We provide accounting services in Dubai and accounting services in the UAE including Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, and we are explicit about which entity does what and where independence requires separation. Among accounting and bookkeeping companies in the UAE that is not universal practice, and it is worth confirming before you sign anything. See our bookkeeping service, or the backlog recovery guide if your records have already drifted.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers, with the caveats that actually matter.
Yes, and it is regular work. Reconstruction rebuilds ledgers from bank statements, invoices and supporting documents, reconciles every account, corrects the VAT position and prepares statements for each affected period. We scope it first so you see the full cost and timeline before starting.
Zoho Books, QuickBooks Online, Xero, Tally and Sage. We can operate inside your existing setup rather than forcing a migration. If you have no system yet we will recommend one based on transaction volume, VAT position and reporting needs.
Typically two to four weeks. We request the trial balance, ledgers, prior returns and system access, run a reconciliation to establish an opening position we are comfortable signing off, then take over from an agreed cut-off date.
Yes — salary processing, WPS file generation for bank submission, end-of-service gratuity calculations and leave accruals. It is included from the Growth tier upward.
We can. Independence safeguards apply and are documented — different staff, independent audit partner. For SMEs this is common and makes the audit substantially cheaper. For larger or regulated entities we will tell you where a separate auditor is more appropriate.
That works for lower-volume businesses and we price it accordingly. Be aware that quarterly bookkeeping makes VAT filing tighter and gives you less useful management information during the year.
Keep exploring
Related services
Most clients pair this service with one or more of the following.
Audit & Assurance
Clean books make the audit a review. We sign it in-house.
VAT Services
Quarterly returns prepared from the same records, reviewed before filing.
UAE Corporate Tax
The computation falls out of well-structured books rather than being reconstructed.
Books behind, or outgrowing your bookkeeper?
Tell us your transaction volume and where things stand. We will quote a fixed monthly fee, and price any catch-up work separately.
Talk to us
Start with a free, no-obligation consultation
Tell us your entity count, roughly how many transactions a month, and which system you use. We will send a fixed-fee scope, usually within one business day.
- One business hour response during working days.
- Fixed, itemised quotations — government fees shown separately from our fee.
- One named consultant from first call through to licence, visa and first filing.
- No obligation. If the UAE is not right for you yet, we will say so.
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