Accountants for businesses in DMCC
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre in Jumeirah Lakes Towers is one of the largest free zones in the world by company count, with a member base weighted towards commodities, trading, crypto and professional services.
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre in Jumeirah Lakes Towers is one of the largest free zones in the world by company count, with a member base weighted towards commodities, trading, crypto and professional services.
DMCC members face a specific and non-negotiable requirement: audited financial statements are required as part of the licence renewal process, prepared by an auditor approved by the free zone. That makes the annual audit a hard deadline tied to your ability to keep trading rather than a compliance nicety — and it makes audit readiness the practical centre of a DMCC member's accounting year.
Layered on top is Corporate Tax. A DMCC entity may be able to apply the 0% rate to qualifying income as a Qualifying Free Zone Person, but the conditions include adequate substance in the zone, de minimis limits on non-qualifying revenue, transfer pricing compliance and — again — audited financial statements. Members who take onshore mainland business without modelling the de minimis position first are the ones who lose the status.
The commodities and trading focus also means many members have landed cost, goods in transit and multi-currency questions running alongside the tax position.
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.
DMCC — frequently asked questions
Yes — DMCC requires audited financial statements as part of licence renewal, prepared by an auditor approved by the free zone, so the audit is tied directly to your ability to continue trading. Separately, audited financial statements are a condition of Qualifying Free Zone Person status for Corporate Tax purposes, so a member relying on the 0% rate needs an audit on both grounds. Neo Finance prepares the statements and audit file and appoints an approved auditor; we do not perform the audit.
Commercially there are established routes, but for Corporate Tax the question is what it does to your qualifying income. Revenue from mainland customers is generally non-qualifying, and non-qualifying revenue must stay within the de minimis limits — a percentage of total revenue and an absolute cap — or QFZP status is lost for that period and the following four. So the answer is that mainland sales are possible but need to be monitored against the limits during the year, not discovered at year end.
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 DMCC?
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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