Entity and licence selection
Mainland, free zone or offshore, matched to customers, ownership and cost. Activity codes, name approval and initial approvals.
United Arab Emirates
Set up and run a UAE business with a CFO who has done it from Dubai.
Company formation, bank account support, VAT and corporate-tax registration, bookkeeping and monthly reporting for Indian promoters, exporters and founders expanding to the UAE. Structured properly from day one, so the entity is useful rather than just incorporated.
Why BizFractional for the UAE
Finance leadership that has run the region, not a formation agent.
Our founder spent six years in Dubai as regional controller and CFO for Schlumberger and Weatherford, running finance, tax and treasury across the Middle East. We set your UAE entity up the way a CFO would: licence matched to the revenue model, tax structure thought through, books designed for reporting back to India.
- Mainland and free-zone formation, with the trade-off explained in writing
- Bank account file preparation and process management
- VAT and 9% corporate-tax registration, structuring and filings
- Bookkeeping, monthly MIS and audit-ready year-end
- Group reporting aligned with the Indian parent, including transfer pricing
6 yrs
running regional finance from Dubai
5% / 9%
VAT and corporate tax, handled end to end
4–8 wks
typical formation to bank account
1
engagement for setup, compliance and accounting
What we do
Setup, compliance and accounting under one engagement.
Formation and visas
Licence issuance, memorandum and shareholder documents, establishment card, investor and employee visas, office or flexi-desk.
Bank account support
Business plan, KYC and compliance pack prepared to bank standards, and the opening process managed to decision.
VAT and corporate tax
Registrations, tax-group and free-zone qualification analysis, quarterly VAT and annual corporate-tax filings, economic substance.
Bookkeeping and reporting
Monthly books on a cloud ledger, management reporting, payroll and WPS, audit-ready year-end with a UAE auditor.
India–UAE group structure
Intercompany agreements, transfer pricing, repatriation and FEMA considerations, with reporting that consolidates cleanly in India.
How it works
From decision to operating entity.
- 01
Structure
A 30-minute call, then a written recommendation: jurisdiction, licence, ownership, tax position and the all-in cost for year one and year two.
- 02
Form
We run the formation, visas and bank file. You sign; we chase. Typically four to eight weeks to an operating account.
- 03
Run
Monthly bookkeeping, VAT and corporate-tax compliance, MIS and year-end, on a fixed monthly fee, with the Indian parent's reporting aligned.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Mainland or free zone: which should we choose?
It depends on who your customers are and where. Mainland licences allow unrestricted trade inside the UAE; free zones offer 100% ownership, simpler setup and sector clusters but restrict onshore trading. We map your revenue model to the licence first, then the jurisdiction, then the cost.
What taxes apply to a UAE company?
VAT at 5% on most supplies once you cross the registration threshold, and corporate tax at 9% on taxable profits above AED 375,000, with qualifying free-zone income potentially at 0%. Transfer pricing and economic-substance rules apply to groups. We register, structure and file.
Can you open the bank account?
We prepare the file, the business plan and the compliance pack banks ask for, and manage the process with the bank. Account opening remains the bank's decision, and a clean, well-documented application is what gets it approved.
Do you handle ongoing accounting?
Yes. Monthly bookkeeping, VAT and corporate-tax filings, management reporting and audit-ready year-end books, with the same MIS discipline we bring to Indian clients. For Indian groups we align the UAE entity's reporting with the parent.
Next step
Expanding to the UAE?
Book a 30-minute call. We will tell you which structure fits, what it costs all-in, and whether the UAE entity will actually do the job you need it to.