Outsourced accounting, United Arab Emirates
Bookkeeping that keeps your books audit-ready every month
ECPA's accountants record every transaction, reconcile your banks, and close your books each month, to the accounting standard your company must follow in the UAE. You get monthly reports you can run the business on, and year-end statements ready for your auditor.
- Monthly close and reports
- Audit-ready year-end statements
- 11 years in the UAE
- 148 UAE clients
Find your package
4 taps, about 30 secondsAnswer 4 quick questions to see your package. The team then calls you to understand your business before quoting.
Trusted by 148 companies in the UAE, and 1,270+ across the region
What you get
Included in every package
Every package starts from the same core. The packages differ in the depth of reporting and the support around it.
- Monthly bookkeepingEvery sales invoice, purchase bill, and expense recorded from source documents, in a chart of accounts built for your business.
- Bank reconciliationsEvery bank and card account reconciled each month.
- Monthly closeAccruals, prepayments, and depreciation posted, so each month's figures are complete.
- Customer and supplier accountsReceivables and payables kept up to date, so you know who owes what.
- Fixed asset registerAssets recorded and depreciated, with a register that matches the books.
- Year-end financial statementsAnnual financial statements prepared and ready for an external auditor where one is needed.
Four packages, matched to your company's size and set-up
- REVENUE UP TO AED 3 MILLION
Small Business
Start-ups and service companies with light monthly activity.
- Books on a cash or accrual basis, as the law allows at this size
- Quarterly management report
- Remote review call each quarter
- Most chosenREVENUE AED 3 MILLION TO 50 MILLION
SME
Trading, contracting, and service companies with staff and regular suppliers.
- Accrual books under IFRS for SMEs
- Monthly management reports and receivables ageing
- Payroll and WPS
- Monthly review call
- COMPANIES LICENSED IN A FREE ZONE
Free Zone
Free zone companies whose books must keep income streams and related parties apart.
- Income streams recorded separately, as free zone rules require
- Related-party transactions tracked
- IFRS statements ready for audit
- Monthly review call
- REVENUE ABOVE AED 50 MILLION, OR SEVERAL ENTITIES
Large and Group
Groups with mainland and free zone companies, and larger companies.
- Full IFRS books and a monthly close
- Consolidated management reports
- Intercompany reconciliations
- Partner review each quarter
Your package follows your company's size and set-up. The work your books need each month sets the price inside it.
Add when you need them
- Backlog clean-upBooks brought up to date for past periods, before the monthly service starts.
- Accounting system set-upZoho, Odoo, or Capital ERP set up so the books run on a proper system.
- Extra payrollPayroll and WPS beyond the employees your package includes.
- Stocktake supportPeriodic or year-end stocktakes counted and reconciled to the books.
Answer four questions
Four one-tap questions at the top of this page show your package. No documents needed yet.
Short call
The team calls you to understand your business and confirm the package, then sends the monthly price in AED.
Set-up
Your chart of accounts and access are set up. Any backlog is brought up to date first.
Monthly cycle
Books, reconciliations, the monthly close, and the reports your package includes.
Year end
Year-end financial statements, ready for your auditor.
Why ECPA
Why outsource your UAE books to ECPA
- Built around your companySmall businesses, SMEs, free zone companies, and groups each need different books. Each package is built for one of them.
- A firm, not one personYour books stay with ECPA's team, so the work carries on through holidays and staff changes.
- Your system or oursBooks kept on your current software, or on Capital ERP, Zoho, or Odoo, which ECPA also implements.
- 11Years in the UAEMore than eleven years keeping books for UAE companies on the mainland and in the free zones.
Why are the packages based on my company's size and set-up?
Because the books have to follow different standards. Companies with revenue up to AED 3 million can keep cash-basis books; up to AED 50 million can use IFRS for SMEs; larger companies and groups follow full IFRS. Free zone companies also need certain income streams and related-party transactions kept apart.
Which package do I need?
Answer the four questions at the top of the page. Your package appears straight away, and the team confirms it on a short call before quoting.
How is the price set?
The package follows your company's size and set-up. The price depends on the work your books need each month, mainly invoice volume and whether you hold stock or run projects. The rest, such as bank accounts, payroll, and the state of your records, is covered on the call.
Our books are behind. Can you still take us?
Yes. The backlog is brought up to date first as a one-off piece of work, then the monthly service starts.
Which software do you use?
ECPA works on your existing system, or on Capital ERP, Zoho, or Odoo, which the firm also implements.
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Four quick questions show your package. The team then calls you to understand your business and sends the monthly price.