Vat Consultancy Services
VAT Consultancy Services in UAE
VAT is a tax applied on the usage of services and products. Organizations in the UAE need to register under VAT legislation in order to be authorized by the government, get access to a wide market, improve their firm profile, and receive other benefits. If you are a business owner finding for VAT consultant services in the UAE, Al MERAK can guide you with a number of VAT-related services, including VAT registration, deregistration, accounting, and return filing.
UAE VAT Consultants
The implementation of VAT tax is new for UAE. The Excise Tax was applied by government on October 1, 2017 and Value Added Tax (VAT) since January 1, 2018. Excise tax is paid at 50% for carbonated beverages and 100% for tobacco and energy drinks. At the same time, the VAT rate is fixed at a minimum of 5%.
Why you Need a VAT Consultant in UAE?
Businesses needed to avail the advice of expert and skilled tax experts to guarantee compliance with the legislation throughout the starting stages of its implementation. Because, VAT is a new implementation in the UAE. Many companies are not aware of the requirements for VAT registration, as well as the rules and regulations that govern VAT computation and payment processing.
Some are the following advantages of hiring a VAT consultant: –
• Precision
VAT specialists take special effort to guarantee data accuracy. They cross-check the VAT files using innovative technology and manual assessments.
• Increased knowledge
The greatest VAT expert has extensive understanding of all VAT-related topics. As a novice, you may use this information to comprehend various VAT rates, calculate the amount, and pay on time.
• Accurate
A professional VAT consultant’s extensive expertise and competence will ensure that your VAT return is error-free, saving you both time and money.
• Use less time
A well-experienced VAT specialist may save you time on investigation, valuation, and risk calculation for the organization.
• Enable simple VAT registration and filing
VAT registration is required for enterprises that exceed the threshold limit, thus VAT experts can give clear information on the VAT registration and filing process.
• Maintain proper records
A VAT professional can assist you in preparing files and maintaining necessary records to ensure you are ready for a VAT audit. They can also give competent financial guidance.
• Lower risk
A skilled VAT specialist has more industry expertise and is better equipped to deal with various company hazards. He can provide you greater guidance on how to mitigate the risks related with VAT.
VAT Filing and Processing
You must file your tax return electronically via the FTA site, eservices.tax.gov.ae. Before submitting the VAT return form 201 via the site, you must ensure that all tax return criteria are completed.
When are businesses required to file VAT return?
Taxable enterprises must submit VAT returns to the FTA on a regular basis, generally within 28 days of the end of the ‘tax period’ as established for each kind of business. Standard tax period is:
• Quarterly for enterprises with annual turnover under AED150 million.
• Monthly for firms with an annual revenue of AED150 million or above.
What is the form VAT 201?
The VAT 201 is the VAT Return form that will be filled by taxpayers and submit in order to file their VAT returns. The details of Form VAT 201 are as follows:
• Taxpayer details
• The VAT return period.
• VAT applies to sales and all other outputs.
• VAT applies to all costs and inputs.
• Net VAT due or payable for the period.
• Additional reporting requirements for Profit Margin Scheme applicants.
• Authorized signatories and declarations
Once you’ve carefully filled out all of the required information, click the submit button. You will get a confirmation message from the FTA via your registered email address.
Al Merak's VAT Consultancy Services
Al Merak’s VAT consultation services in UAE are tailored to match the specific needs of the customers. Al Merak’s conducts in-depth analyses to comprehend your business’s difficulties, which include accounting, taxation, auditing, and VAT services. Our VAT professionals, who have significant industry-specific taxes knowledge in accordance with worldwide standards, can assist you perform all of your VAT tasks without fail.
Al Merak’s VAT consultants in UAE will assist you with:
• Provide timely, accurate, and cost-effective VAT advice services on VAT-related concerns.
• Detailed instructions on VAT compliance in the UAE.
• Analyze the VAT impact on your ongoing initiatives.
• Provide VAT consulting services through seminars and conversations.
• On-call VAT advisory services.
• Our VAT Consultants provide personalized service by visiting clients’ offices.
• Providing industry-specific assistance to ensure compliance with VAT laws.
• Vat filing and processing.
• Provide a comprehensive VAT impact assessment • Train staff to ensure VAT compliance.
• Advice on data upkeep for VAT compliance.
• Prepare paperwork for business authorization, such as POA and MOA.
• Properly describe business activity in a statement.
• Financial specialists calculate the import and export values.
• Pay taxes and deposit them on time with the government.
• Advice on Reverse Charge Mechanism
• Effective VAT Application for Cash Flow Management
• Recommend modifications to your invoice structure, such as using a Simplified Tax Invoice or Standard Tax Invoice.
A Simplified Tax Invoice has fewer information and issues: –
• If the receiver is not registered for VAT or
• The registered recipient’s supply should not exceed AED 10,000.
A Standard Tax Invoice comprises detailed information on the VAT-registered individual and is provided when the supply exceeds AED 10,000.
• Provide guidance on accounting system modifications and updates, such as ensuring accurate VAT invoices, returns, and statistical reports.
Exclusion of financial services with the opportunity to recover input VAT at a certain rate
Submission of intra-GCC transactions.
How proper bookkeeping & accounting helps VAT filing?
• Closing books of accounts quarterly provides a clean VAT report.
• Proper bookkeeping ensures accurate facts for future tax audits.
When it comes to VAT, UAE businesses face a lot of issues. The Al MERAK team comprises professional chartered accountants as tax consultants who have necessary industry-specific knowledge in taxes and comply with UAE laws to satisfy their VAT filing obligations. We are motivated to give the best VAT consultation services in UAE to our clients as per FTA’s laws and regulations.
By using Al Merak VAT consultancy services all over UAE, you get access to the best possible means of fixing the VAT structure, which helps the entire VAT process, including VAT registration, VAT record keeping and maintenance, VAT return filing, VAT accounting, VAT deregistration, and everything else related to value-added tax in the UAE.
Al MERAK provides a maximum range of services, consisting CFO services, auditing services, accounting and bookkeeping services, accounting software, due diligence services, VAT return filing, and VAT consultancy services.
Please contact us, if you have any query concerning your firm’s VAT concerns or your existing operation. Al MERAK is available to help you!
Our specialist will provide you with a one-hour free consultation to eliminate your doubts!
faq
Frequently Asked Questions on Vat Consultancy Services
Is VAT charged on the import of services?
If the provider is in Saudi Arabia and the IT services are exported to a UAE-based firm, how is UAE VAT regarded in this case?
How is VAT applied to the export of products by suppliers via vessels/ships and the export of services?
If certain requirements are satisfied, it will be regarded a supply subject to zero-rated VAT. In the case of services, the service recipient's place of abode shall not be in an implementing state and should be outside the state when the service is provided. Furthermore, the services shall not be directly related to real estate or movable personal assets (at the time of performance) in the UAE.
What VAT criteria must be satisfied for indirect export of goods?
Are yearly maintenance payments for services performed to residential and commercial properties taxable supplies?
Are specific medical services like cosmetics, dentistry, and plastic surgery taxed at zero percent?
Why is the site of supply significant in intra-GCC transactions?
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