Accountants for businesses in DAFZA
Dubai Airport Freezone sits alongside Dubai International Airport and is oriented towards aviation services, electronics, pharmaceuticals, logistics and high-value trading where proximity to air freight matters.
Dubai Airport Freezone sits alongside Dubai International Airport and is oriented towards aviation services, electronics, pharmaceuticals, logistics and high-value trading where proximity to air freight matters.
DAFZA's member base is weighted towards businesses moving high-value goods quickly, which puts inventory and landed cost at the centre of the accounting. Freight, duty, insurance and clearing belong in the cost of stock rather than in overheads, and goods where risk and title have passed at the point of shipment are inventory while still in transit. Both errors are common and both distort every margin figure the business reports. See trading and logistics accounting.
DAFZA requires audited financial statements as part of its renewal process, and audited statements are separately a condition of Qualifying Free Zone Person status — so the annual audit is a fixed point in the year, and it is far cheaper when the stock count was planned and the file was built through the year rather than in a fortnight.
What we do
- Monthly bookkeeping and bank reconciliation, closed on a fixed date.
- VAT registration and returns reconciled to your ledger.
- Corporate Tax registration, computation and filing, with the elections modelled.
- Payroll and WPS, including end-of-service provisioning.
- Financial statements and audit support, with an independent registered auditor appointed where one is required.
- Management accounts — the monthly pack that tells you what is actually happening.
Reviewed 18 August 2026 by Ahmed Nabil Selim. UAE tax rates, thresholds and deadlines change — confirm the position for your period before relying on it.
DAFZA — frequently asked questions
Audited financial statements are required as part of the licence renewal process, prepared by an auditor acceptable to the free zone. Separately, audited financial statements are a mandatory condition of Qualifying Free Zone Person status for Corporate Tax purposes, so an entity relying on the 0% rate on qualifying income needs an audit on that ground regardless. Neo Finance prepares the statements and audit file and appoints an independent registered auditor.
Export of goods outside the implementing states can be zero-rated where the conditions are met and the required evidence of export is retained within the prescribed time. Evidence is decisive: without official and commercial documentation showing the goods left the UAE, the supply defaults to standard-rated and the VAT comes out of your margin. For a high-volume re-exporter this needs to be a documented process built into fulfilment, not a document hunt when the return falls due. Movements between designated zones and into the mainland follow separate rules again.
Tell us the licence type, roughly how many transactions a month, what systems you use and where things currently stand. From that we can scope the work and quote a fixed monthly fee, usually within a couple of days. If the books are behind, we scope and price the catch-up separately so you can see both numbers before deciding.
Based in DAFZA?
Tell us the licence type, roughly how many transactions a month and where things stand. We will scope the work and quote a fixed monthly fee.
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