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📢 𝐃𝐌𝐂𝐂 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫

If your DMCC company’s financial year ended on 31 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, don’t forget that your 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 180 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 30 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞.

𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶

✅ 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘔𝘊𝘊 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

✅ 𝘈𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴

✅ 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘴

As the deadline approaches, now is the right time to ensure your audit is completed and submitted on time.

At .alagbari.cas Ahmad Alagbari Chartered Accountants, our experienced audit professionals provide reliable and efficient DMCC audit services, helping businesses meet regulatory requirements with confidence.

📞 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵.

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VAT. Corporate Tax. E-invoicing mandates. Updated penalty frameworks. FTA inspection visits that crossed 176,000 in 2025.

The UAE tax environment has changed fundamentally, and it is still changing.

Alif Group CEO and Ahmad Alagbari Chartered Accountants Managing Partner Syed Asif Zaman, puts it plainly: businesses that treat compliance as a once-a-year conversation are carrying more risk than they realise.

The businesses we see getting caught out aren’t the ones trying to avoid their obligations. They’re the ones who simply haven’t kept pace with how quickly the rules have evolved. A missed record update here, a delayed de-registration there, a filing that wasn’t quite aligned with the latest decision. It adds up faster than most finance teams expect.

Compliance in the UAE today is a 12-month discipline, not a quarterly checkbox.

At Ahmad Alagbari Chartered Accountants, this is exactly what we’re built for. Year-round advisory, not just filing season support.

If your compliance approach hasn’t been reviewed recently, now is a good time to start that conversation.

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A payment receipt is not a tax invoice.

This is one of the most common invoicing mistakes we see among UAE businesses, and under Cabinet Decision No. 129 of 2025, effective 14 April 2026, it carries a penalty of AED 2,500 per detected case.

The violation is not about whether you collected the right VAT amount. It is about whether you issued the correct document. A payment receipt, regardless of how complete it looks, does not meet the legal requirements of a valid tax invoice under UAE VAT law.

If your business issues receipts, proforma invoices, or any document other than a compliant tax invoice to VAT-registered customers, you are exposed.
A valid UAE tax invoice must include specific mandatory fields. If you are not sure your current invoicing process meets those requirements, that is worth checking before the FTA does it for you.

We are offering free consultations for businesses who want to review their VAT invoicing obligations.

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🌐 www.aaa-cas.com

Most businesses in the UAE don’t realise they’re already exposed.

Cabinet Decision No. 129 of 2025 came into effect on 14 April 2026, and it brought with it a refreshed penalty framework under the Tax Procedures Law. The numbers are significant, and the triggers are more common than you’d think.

Here’s what businesses are being penalised for right now:

- Not maintaining required records and documents: AED 10,000 for a first - violation, doubling to AED 20,000 if it happens again within 24 months. And yes, this applies even if all your tax returns were filed correctly.

- Failing to update tax records with the FTA: AED 1,000 per violation, rising to AED 5,000 on repeat. This includes changes to your trade licence or business activities, something many companies overlook entirely.

- Late deregistration applications: AED 1,000 per month, capped at AED 10,000. This applies across VAT, Excise Tax, and Corporate Tax.

The pattern we see consistently is that businesses focus on filing returns and assume that’s enough. It isn’t. Recordkeeping, timely updates, and proper deregistration are equally part of your compliance obligations, and the FTA is paying attention.

If you’re not sure where your business stands under the new regime, that’s exactly what our free 30-minute compliance review is for. No commitment, just clarity.

Get in touch with our team today.

📞 +971 4 22 877 74
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.aaa-cas.com

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