Dubai · Since 2021 · 300+ clients
Your books, your VAT, your corporate tax — handled.
We run the finance function for more than 300 UAE businesses. Registration through to filing, bookkeeping through to audit, on one fixed monthly fee with one named accountant who answers the phone.
Get a fixed-fee quote
Two minutes now. A written proposal within one business day.
Compliance calendar
What is due, and when
The UAE tax regime tightened again in 2026. Penalties now run to AED 10,000 for a late corporate tax return, AED 5,000 a month for missing e-invoicing, and 14% a year on unpaid tax. These are the dates that matter next.
Corporate tax return & paymentFor financial years ending 31 December 2025 — nine months after year end.
Q3 VAT returnQuarterly filers. Returns are due 28 days after the tax period closes.
Old VAT credits expireUnclaimed 2018–2020 VAT credits lapse under the transitional refund window in the 2025 Tax Procedures amendments.
e-Invoicing goes liveMandatory for businesses with revenue of AED 50m or more. Their service provider had to be appointed by 31 July 2026.
Q4 VAT returnCloses the 2026 VAT year.
e-Invoicing provider deadlineBusinesses under AED 50m must appoint an accredited service provider ahead of the 1 July 2027 go-live.
What we do
Eleven service lines, one accountable team
Most clients start with one problem and consolidate the rest with us within a year. Every line below has its own page, its own scope and its own price.
Accounting & Bookkeeping
Clean, IFRS-compliant books maintained monthly — so every filing, audit and bank request is a non-event.
Learn moreVAT Consulting, Registration & Filing
TRN registration, quarterly return filing and VAT health checks that keep you clear of FTA penalties.
Learn moreCorporate Tax Registration & Filing
9% corporate tax registration, Small Business Relief elections and return filing, done before the deadline.
Learn moreAccounting Software Onboarding & Training
Zoho, QuickBooks, Xero, Tally, Sage, SAP and Dynamics — selected, migrated, configured and taught to your team.
Learn moreFinance Consulting & Virtual CFO
Board-level financial thinking on a retainer: budgets, forecasts, unit economics and cash runway.
Learn moreTax Optimisation & Structuring
Structure, transfer pricing and reliefs reviewed so you pay what the law requires — and not a dirham more.
Learn moreInternal & External Audit
Internal audit programmes, plus audit-ready files and full liaison with your external auditor.
Learn morePayroll & WPS
Monthly payroll, WPS SIF files and gratuity calculations, filed on time under the 2026 MOHRE rules.
Learn moreInventory Management
Stock systems that actually reconcile to your general ledger, with costing and reorder discipline.
Learn moreBanking Compliance & Services
Corporate account opening, facilities, LCs, invoice discounting and ongoing bank compliance packs.
Learn moreCompany Compliance & AML
goAML registration, UBO and ESR filings, AML policies and licence renewals — tracked so nothing lapses.
Learn moreHow it works
From first call to first report in five working days
Free 30-minute review
We look at your licence, last filings and current records, and tell you plainly what is missing or overdue.
Fixed-fee proposal
Written scope, written price. Monthly retainer or one-off project. No hourly billing surprises.
Onboarding
Chart of accounts set up or cleaned, software configured, historical data migrated, reporting date agreed.
Monthly rhythm
Books closed, management accounts issued, filings prepared and submitted, deadlines flagged before they arrive.
Why clients move to us
Bookkeeping is the easy part
Any bookkeeper can post transactions. The businesses that get into trouble are the ones whose records are technically complete but commercially useless — a trial balance that balances, attached to a company that cannot tell you its gross margin by product, cannot support a bank facility application, and cannot survive an FTA query.
The One Accountant was founded in 2021 by three people who had already run finance, operations and HR inside multinationals: a CFO with four decades in manufacturing, FMCG and distribution; an HR director from insurance, healthcare and BPO; and a founder whose background is digital performance and data. That mix is the reason our reporting answers commercial questions, not just statutory ones.
Meet the teamA named accountant
You get a person and a direct WhatsApp line. Not a shared inbox, not a ticket number.
Fixed monthly fees
Scope and price agreed in writing before we start. Extra work is quoted, never assumed.
Deadlines tracked for you
VAT, corporate tax, UBO, ESR, goAML, licence renewal and WPS — monitored on your behalf.
Software-agnostic
We work in your system, or recommend and migrate you to a better one. No forced platform.
Sectors & systems
Where our books already sit
Industries we serve
Software we implement and support
Common questions
Before you call
Do I need to register for corporate tax if my business makes no profit?
Yes. Registration is a separate obligation from paying tax. Every taxable person — including free zone companies and businesses that expect a loss — must register with the Federal Tax Authority and file a return. A business earning under AED 375,000 pays 0%, but it still files.
My books are two years behind. Is that fixable?
It is the single most common thing we are called in for. We rebuild the ledger from bank statements, invoices and purchase records, reconcile it, then bring the filings up to date and disclose voluntarily where needed. Catch-up work is quoted separately from the monthly retainer, on the state of the records once we have seen them.
Can you work with the accounting software I already use?
Yes — Zoho Books, Wafeq, XYRA AI, QuickBooks, Xero, Tally, SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics are all in regular use across our client base. We are a partner on Zoho Books, Wafeq and XYRA AI, so those three we know to the level of knowing what they cannot do. If your current setup is the problem rather than the tool, we will say so and quote a migration.
Are you a registered tax agent?
Ask us directly and we will tell you exactly which registrations we hold and which work is performed in partnership with a licensed audit or tax agency firm. Anyone who is vague on this question is not worth hiring.
What does onboarding involve?
A 30-minute review, a fixed-fee proposal, then five working days: we collect your trade licence, bank access, prior filings and existing records, set up or clean the chart of accounts, and agree a monthly reporting date. You get a named accountant and a WhatsApp line, not a ticket queue.
Do you work with companies outside Dubai?
We serve clients across all seven emirates and in every major free zone — DMCC, IFZA, JAFZA, RAKEZ, SHAMS, ADGM and DIFC among them. Most work is done remotely; on-site visits are arranged when the work requires it.
Deadline alerts, before they cost you money
Turn on browser notifications and we will tell you when a VAT return, corporate tax filing, licence renewal or WPS run is due. Roughly one alert a month. No marketing.
Find out what your compliance actually costs
A 30-minute review of your books, filings and deadlines. You leave with a written fixed-fee proposal and a list of anything overdue. No obligation, no sales script.