M-10, Mussafah, Abu Dhabi - U.A.E
+971 50 567 3469
Prudence Consultancy ~ adding VALUE to your business ~
PRUDENCE undertakes all VAT related services, our prudent advice will assist our clients in reducing cost, improving performance and avoiding fines & penalties, besides legal challenges and violation of relevant regulatory provisions.
Value Added Tax (VAT) is an indirect tax, also known as Consumption Tax as it is applied on consumption of taxable goods and services. VAT is applied on goods and services decided by the authorities, with the exception of food items, essential medicines, exports of goods and international services. Other Services such as healthcare, education, sale and lease of residential property and finance are VAT-free.
We assist and take charge of VAT registration of your business entity with the relevant authorities. We ensure proper and timely registration in accordance with the requirements of the VAT Law to avoid penalties and fines.
Our world-class professional consultants are here to provide your business with their valuable services to make your business VAT-ready with regard to new VAT-regime, conduct VAT-Impact Analysis including Business Processes, Costing & Accounting records, Calculations & VAT Assessment, IT/Computer System modifications, Policies & Procedures, Sales Invoicing, Import & Export Invoicing, VAT-record keeping to align them with the requirements of VAT Law.
We also provide post-VAT implementation consultancy to continue supporting your business at every juncture of VAT process, which requires continuous and untiring efforts. Our consultants are available 24x7 to guide you.
VAT Calculations require careful computation of input and output VAT figures on all commodities & services on which VAT is compulsory. Accountants, Sales & Purchase Executives need to understand the complications involved in calculation of VAT. As wrong calculations may lead to operational losses due to non-collection of VAT on account of Sales and failure to claim VAT credit on Purchases and also result administrative fines/penalties.
VAT Accounting needs a great deal of care and caution, debit and credit to wrong accounts may lead to improper reflection of gross, net and operating profits in accounts. Moreover, assets and liabilities may reflect wrong positions in the balance sheet. Therefore, accounting entries and ledger accounts as per international accounting standards and tax authorities are to be maintained to reflect the true position of income, expenditure, assets and liabilities.
In order to accommodate the provisions of VAT in computer application systems for invoicing, generating purchases and sales orders in including accounting softwares, our consultants will help you amend/modify your business systems to comply with the requirements of VAT regime.
The authorities require the businesses to record and maintain record of all transactions of VAT-charged on Sales and paid on Purchases to ensure that proper amount of VAT is collected and reimbursed to tax authorities and to assess the VAT credit. With our knowledgeable consultants, who has previous experience of VAT laws in European and Indian subcontinent, we make it easy for you to comply with this requirement of VAT law.
Timely filing of monthly/quarterly VAT returns with accurate information is of immense importance, failure to file VAT return within the stipulated timeline attracts penalties and fines, thus resulting in unnecessary costs and cash outflows. Our consultancy ensures filing of VAT return well before the deadline set by the authorities.
PRUDENCE ensures regular follow-up and accurate assessment of VAT liability and resolution of any VAT litigation.
Reimbursement of VAT collected on Sales and paid on Purchases need accurate calculations and timely deposit of funds with careful assessment of VAT credit to be set-off against the VAT collections. PRUDENCE helps you in payment and credit of VAT.
Prudence provides VAT retainership to ensure continuous consultancy services during the course of your journey as a VAT obligant. We also arrange agency services to represent our clients to FTA for VAT related matters and solve issues relate to VAT assessment, refund and claim related to our client businesses.
We also provide advice about Excise Duty and Corporate taxation to corporates which are under obligations to pay Excise Duty and Corporate Tax.
As per the new VAT law all businesses are required to maintain their records of financial transactions. Therefore, all corporate are required by law to maintain proper books of accounts to assess VAT and other taxes to enable the authorities to correctly assess the VAT liability and VAT credits of the businesses. Book-keeping and Financial Accounts are required to be maintained as per law, PRUDENCE is here to help you keep the books of primary financial entries and ledger accounts to fulfil the requirements of the law. PRUDENCE also undertakes responsibility of completing the accounting work and supporting the organizations where there are no accountants in your business or when the accountants and finance managers are on vacation.
Our responsibilities include Maintenance of Books of Accounts in manual records and accounting software, Accountant Services, Backlog Work Updation, Preparing Manufacturing, Trading, Profit & Loss Statement, Balance Sheet, Management of Receivables & Payables, Receivables/Stock Ageing and Ratio Analysis etc.
Accounting at managerial levels needs background in accountancy to master the Preparation of Budgets, Capital/Revenue Budgets, Cash Flow & Fund Flow Statements / MIS Reports, Projections & Forecasting & Investment Decisions. Improper and lack of expertise would make all these efforts futile. You can avail of our services and judge the difference in your business.
Very few corporate derive the benefits of cost accounting due to lack of knowledge and expertise in this crucial branch of Accountancy. Cost Accounting facilitates assessment proper cost of manufacturing products at each level of production activity, cost of providing services, avoiding wastages and damages, identifying fraud and errors etc. Businesses which apply Cost Control & Costing Techniques benefit a lot compared to their peers and remain competitive in the markets. Cost Calculations, Cost Accounting & Records, Process & Output Costing, Job & Contract Costing and Break-Even Analysis if done in a timely manner would increase return on capital.
To meet the requirements of companies and taxation acts of the country, corporates are required to get their books of accounts audited to provide assurance to owners and other stakeholders on position of business. Moreover, in terms of compliance proper practices are to be followed and reports submitted to the regulatory authorities on periodic basis. Our services in this regard include arrangement for external audits and auditors to carry out the external, internal audits, internal control review and compliance assessment. Specific functional and unit audits also are conducted to provide assurance on the functioning of the units.
Internal audit in functional areas, operational units, risk management, credit control, financial and human resources management including administrative areas and IT are conducted to provide assurance. Our staff also conduct stock taking and physical verification of assets. Fraud investigation and inspection of specific areas/concerns are taken care including money laundering issues.
We have a tie-up with the suppliers of various accounting software applications to computerize your accounting function and provide ERP solutions along with networking. We assist you fully automate the accounting and related aspects of your business. Some of the accounting we deal are Tally ERP 9, FirstBIT ERP, Focus, Sage 50 (PeachTree), QuickBooks, PACT, Zoho, and Other Accounting, Point of Sales & Business softwares and hardware solutions. In-house Practical Trainings & Workshops
- VAT Accounting, Calculations & Return Filing
- Practical Accounting using software
- Financial/Business Analysis
Staff need continuous training and practice to equip themselves with latest technology, best practice and changing regulations. We conduct in-house practical training and workshops at your premises or any designed places to training your staff and improve and update them about the latest technology, laws and dynamic practices being adopted in this everchanging world.
PRUDENCE Consultants are qualified professionals to undertake the work of business related consultancy services. If you are undertaking any project or has undergoing project, we can help you in carrying out the necessary work for your useful business decisions. Project Feasibility Study To help you in conducting the feasibility of new projects or investments for short, medium and long time horizons, our experts in this field would provide you with the meaningful studies, analyses and reports to arrive at investment decisions. Project Progress Reports For ongoing projects, the present status of completion, work done, stage of completion, related costs and revenues (cash flows) are studied and provided in the form of reports with analyses for proper control over ongoing project and their timely completion.
Chalking out business strategy plans for future to face any turbulent environment is of utmost importance. It needs great deal of all stake holder efforts to arrive at strategy which is sustainable and able to face the peers. Our expertise in this field, would be of good help in providing assistance.
Valuation of Business in terms of goodwill, assets and liabilities, buying and selling of businesses/units, along with contingencies requires expertise and experience, PRUDENCE in this aspect is professionally equipped with the required skills to carry out accurate assessment of your business.
Policies need alignment with the specific and general corporate strategies and support achievement of organizational goals. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are needed to give proper guidance and direction to operational staff to carry their daily duties in an organized, defined and systematic manner. SOPs adhering to corporate policies minimize the instances of fraud, mistakes, non-compliance to regulatory authorities and help effective implementation of corporate strategies.
PRUDENCE financial consultancy experts carry out extensive assessment of your financial position to determine your financial planning requirements. Restructuring of existing assets portfolio, internal and external liabilities to match your cash flows and risk management in accordance with your risk appetite is done to minimize risks and optimize returns on your investments.
Abu Dhabi Value (ADV) is a procurement driven localisation program that was soft launched on 21 April 2019 and is expected to be implemented shortly by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED). Similar to other localisation programs, ADV focuses on:
- Boosting growth and diversification of Abu Dhabi’s economy; and
- Creating employment opportunities for Emirati nationals in the private sector (Emiratisation)
It is similar to ADNOC’s ICV program, which is procurement led-initiative aims at localizing suppliers and developing UAE Nationals (Emiratisation).
ADNOC, as part of their ICV program, requires all its suppliers to declare their ICV score and submit ICV certificate for previous financial year. ICV evaluation includes evaluation of how the suppliers are helping to deliver the ICV as part of ADNOC’s initiative to derive optimum value from its oil and gas reserves, thereby supporting the growth and diversification of the UAE economy. Therefore, suppliers are required to meet the requirements of ICV program of ADNOC and comply with all the norms as enumerated in the ICV scoring program.
PRUDENCE has decades of experience and expertise in value and compliance initiatives and can help in optimizing the ICV score of suppliers, obtaining the ADV & ICV certificates from the approved agencies as designated by Government of Abu Dhabi and ADNOC.
Corporates today are shifting their management and functional burden to other organizations to cut down cost and enable themselves to concentrate on core business issues. Therefore, outsourcing became a buzz word in today’s corporate world. We provide assistance, guidance and expertise at extremely competitive low cost in the following areas:
Book-keeping & Accounting Services
Business & Financial Management
Registration of new business & PRO services
Human Resources Management
IT maintenance & Services,
Book-keeping & Accounting to Sales and Purchase functions
“ We have presence all over the GCC countries to help you solve all your business issues. ”