About Us
About Us
About VATCentric
Specialist Tax & Accounting for Western Expats in the UAE
Motto: Clarity first. Compliance always. Growth in focus.
Our Story
VATCentric began in 2016, founded by two university colleagues from London who trained as UK Chartered Accountants. Working across audit and tax, they kept meeting the same problem: Western expat business owners moving to the Gulf had ambition and momentum—but lacked specialist, practical tax advice that joined up UK rules with emerging UAE requirements.
Anticipating the introduction of VAT in 2018, they set up VATCentric to help clients across the GCC navigate change with confidence. What started as focused VAT support quickly expanded into corporation tax, bookkeeping, and advisory as clients saw the impact of a hands-on, tailored service: fewer surprises, tighter controls, cleaner filings, and better decisions.
“We believe tax should remove friction—not create it. Get the structure right, keep the records clean, and growth follows.”
UK Experience, UAE Results
Our grounding in the UK—working to HMRC standards, audit trail discipline, and evidence-based reporting— shapes how we deliver in the UAE. The result? FTA-aligned processes, tidy documentation, and submissions that stand up to review.
- Joined-up guidance on UK–UAE residency, split-year and cross-border issues
- Practical application of UAE VAT & 9% Corporate Tax for SMEs
- Templates, controls and reconciliations your finance team can run with
More Than Tax: A Trusted Network
Through our extensive UAE network we help clients set up the right way and optimise operations—from choosing the free zone or mainland structure to implementing cloud bookkeeping, payment flows, and internal controls.
- Company setup coordination and banking introductions
- ERP & e-invoicing readiness, process mapping and dashboards
- Periodic reviews to keep filings clean and cash flow predictable
What We Do
We serve Western expat founders and SMEs across Dubai and the wider GCC—UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia—from our bases in Dubai and London.
Compliance, registration, returns, disclosures—0% to AED 375k, 9% above.
Registration, quarterly/monthly filings, reconciliations, voluntary disclosures.
Cloud ledgers, management accounts, cash-flow and close support.
Workflows that fit the way you operate.
Proactive calendars and reminders.
Fixed-fee SME packages, no surprises.
This Is Why
We Should Work Together
Always on Time
You will get your required service on before deadlines
Hard Working
We always put our all efforts to make our clients successful
24/7 Availability
always available to take queries of our clients
Maximum Profitability
We are always looking to maximize our clients Profit
Classified Transactions
Manage all the business transactions in professional way
Always Accurate
Accuracy is our top priority in accounts management
Few of our clients
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