Tax & Compliance
Risk Advisory
As headcount and transaction volumes grow, informal control breaks down. We design the governance and internal-control frameworks that catch problems while they're still small.
Risk advisory covers the practical middle ground between a startup's trust-based operations and a listed company's control environment: delegation-of-authority matrices, segregation of duties, fraud-risk assessment and the enterprise-risk registers boards actually use.
We assess where your current controls leak, prioritise by exposure and implement fixes with your team, then test that they hold. For regulated entities we align the framework to the regulator's expectations from day one.
What we handle
- Enterprise risk assessment and registers
- Internal-control design and testing
- Delegation-of-authority and approval matrices
- Fraud-risk assessment
- Governance frameworks for boards and family businesses
- Regulatory-readiness reviews
Frequently asked questions
When does a business need internal controls?
When the founder can no longer see every transaction, typically past 15 to 20 staff or when payments authority spreads beyond one person. Controls added at that point cost little; fraud or error discovered later costs multiples.
JRE analysis
Advisory Journal- 2026-09-12UAE Corporate Tax: The 40-Day Window to Challenge an FTA AssessmentBusiness owners facing FTA corporate tax assessments have 40 days to file a reconsideration request. Missing it closes most routes to appeal.
- 2026-09-05UAE's 15% Global Minimum Tax: What Free Zone Companies Must Do Before the Clock Runs OutThe UAE's QDMTT regime means free zone entities in large MNC groups may owe a 15% top-up tax, ending a long-held structural advantage.
- 2026-09-04Indian multinationals face November deadline to comply with UAE's 15% global minimum taxIndian-owned UAE entities must align with Pillar Two top-up tax rules by November 2026 or risk exposure to back-taxation in India.
- 2026-08-26FTA Decision No. 13 of 2026: VAT input tax deductions now require supplier verificationThe FTA has tightened VAT input tax recovery rules, requiring businesses to verify suppliers and supplies before claiming deductions.
Related services
- Corporate TaxUAE corporate tax registration, planning and filing: 9% regime, small-business relief and qualifying free zone treatment.
- VAT ServicesVAT registration, quarterly returns, input-tax recovery and FTA audit support under the UAE's 5% regime.
- Transfer PricingArm's-length documentation, disclosure forms and benchmarking for related-party dealings under UAE corporate tax.