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Accounting and audit firm

Audit, VAT, corporate tax, bookkeeping and company services: client onboarding, step-by-step cases and deadline reminders.

Made for Accountants, auditors, tax advisers and business setup consultants

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What is ready on day one

Accounts added to the chart

  • Government Fees Paid for Clients
  • Client Funds Held
  • Audit Fees
  • Accounting and Bookkeeping Fees
  • VAT and Tax Service Fees
  • Company Formation and PRO Fees
  • Advisory and Consulting Fees
  • Outsourced Audit and Associate Staff
  • and 6 more

Items and services

  • Statutory audit
  • Monthly bookkeeping
  • VAT registration
  • VAT return filing
  • Corporate tax registration
  • Corporate tax return
  • Company formation
  • Company liquidation
  • and 2 more

Departments

  • Audit
  • Accounting
  • Tax and VAT
  • Corporate services
  • Admin
  • Partners

Divisions and locations

  • Audit
  • Accounting
  • Tax
  • Corporate services
  • Advisory
  • Head office

Invoice wording

TAX INVOICE

Thank you for choosing us.

Workflows, step by step

Each workflow turns a job into steps with an owner, a deadline and a reminder when something is late.

New client engagement

7 steps

From the fee proposal to an opened client file, with the identity and conflict checks.

  1. Add client
  2. Send the fee proposal
  3. Engagement letter signed
  4. Identity and risk checks (KYC)
  5. Conflict and independence check
  6. Assign the team
  7. Open the client file

Monthly bookkeeping

7 steps

The monthly cycle for a client: collect, record, reconcile, review, report and bill.

  1. Add client
  2. Collect the month's documents
  3. Enter the transactions
  4. Reconcile bank and cash
  5. Manager review
  6. Send the monthly reports
  7. Invoice the fee

Trade licence renewal

6 steps

Renew a client's trade licence and keep the papers in order.

  1. Add client
  2. Collect the documents
  3. Submit the renewal
  4. Pay the fees
  5. New licence issued
  6. Send to the client and archive

Overdue payment recovery

6 steps

Collect an unpaid balance step by step, from the first statement to a final decision.

  1. Add customer
  2. Send the statement
  3. Call and agree a payment date
  4. Send a final reminder
  5. Decide the next action
  6. Payment received

Audit

8 steps

Statutory audit from client profile to the signed report.

  1. Add client
  2. Assign to audit team
  3. Initial requisition
  4. Draft review
  5. Draft sent to client
  6. Draft signed
  7. LOR signed
  8. Audit report issued

VAT registration

11 steps

Register a company for VAT with the FTA and archive the certificate.

  1. Add client
  2. Assign to staff
  3. Review documents
  4. Requisition for pending
  5. Prepare FTA application
  6. Manager's review
  7. Send to client for approval
  8. Submit to FTA
  9. Await TRN approval
  10. TRN received and client notified
  11. VAT certificate archived

VAT filing

10 steps

Prepare, approve and file a VAT return before the FTA deadline.

  1. Add client
  2. Assign to staff
  3. Data requisition
  4. Prepare return
  5. Manager review
  6. Send to client for approval
  7. Client approval received
  8. Submit return on FTA portal
  9. Payment follow-up
  10. Filing confirmation archived

Corporate tax registration

10 steps

Register for corporate tax on EmaraTax and archive the certificate.

  1. Add customer
  2. Assign to staff
  3. Requisition of documents
  4. Receive and review documents
  5. FTA portal profile check
  6. Prepare CT registration form
  7. Client review and approval
  8. Final submission to FTA
  9. Await CT registration approval
  10. TRN confirmation and archiving

Corporate tax filing

10 steps

Prepare and file the corporate tax return on EmaraTax and follow the payment.

  1. Add client
  2. Assign to staff
  3. Initial requisition
  4. Prepare tax return draft
  5. Manager review
  6. Send to client for approval
  7. Client approval received
  8. Submit return on EmaraTax
  9. Payment instruction sent
  10. Archive confirmation and payment

DED liquidation

10 steps

Company liquidation with the DED, including the 45 day notice period.

  1. Add customer
  2. Assign to staff
  3. Requisition
  4. Documents for initial DED submission
  5. Initial submission in DED
  6. Newspaper advertisement
  7. Preparation of documents for final submission
  8. Manager review
  9. Submission at DED
  10. Final liquidation certificate issued

Tasks that repeat

These start as templates. Turn on the ones you want and they appear on the right day.

VAT returns due this monthEvery monthList every client whose return is due and track each one.
Corporate tax deadlines reviewEvery 3 monthsCheck registration and return deadlines for the next quarter.
Chase client documentsEvery weekFollow up every client who has not sent what we asked.
Work in progress and billingEvery monthBill completed work and review unbilled work.
Client trade licence expiry watchEvery monthTell clients before their licences, visas and contracts expire.
Archive finished filesEvery monthClose and archive finished engagements with all the papers.
Staff training and updatesEvery 3 monthsKeep the team up to date with new tax rules and standards.
Client risk review (KYC and AML)Every 12 monthsReview high-risk clients and refresh the identity documents.

Sales pipeline

  1. Enquiry
  2. Meeting
  3. Fee proposal
  4. Engagement letter
  5. Won
  6. Lost

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