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Arakan Advisers

Find a checked vat & tax adviser in the UAE

Registers you for VAT and Corporate Tax, prepares and files returns, and advises on the rules. A registered tax agent can also represent you before the FTA.

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Ledger reads your invoices and bills and prepares the VAT return for you or your adviser to review.

VAT and tax advisers on Arakan

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Ask below and Arakan will introduce you to an adviser as they join. If you do this work yourself, you can be one of the first.

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What Arakan checks

Firms: Arakan checks the firm's trade licence covers tax or accounting work. Where it represents clients before the FTA, Arakan also checks its tax agency registration.

Individual advisers: Arakan checks the adviser's freelance permit or own licence. Where they represent clients before the FTA, Arakan also checks their tax agent registration.

Certified: passed the Arakan Academy exam for this role. Certificates are valid for one year and can be checked by their number.

What they help with

  • VAT registration
  • VAT returns
  • Corporate Tax registration
  • Corporate Tax returns
  • Excise tax
  • Transfer pricing
  • Voluntary disclosures and reconsiderations
  • Bookkeeping

The law behind it

  • Federal Decree-Law 8 of 2017 on Value Added Tax
  • Federal Decree-Law 47 of 2022 on Corporate Tax
  • Federal Law 7 of 2017 on Tax Procedures

Read the law article by article in Lexara, Arakan's UAE regulatory library.

Ask Arakan for a VAT and tax adviser

Tell us what you need. We introduce you to an adviser who does this work and whose licence we checked.

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