Nexora PrimeConsulting

Financial Services & Advisory — United Arab Emirates

Senior-led finance, tax & advisory for every UAE business.

Corporate Tax, VAT, e-invoicing, accounting and CFO-level advisory for SMEs and groups in any industry — plus specialist desks for real estate, built on nine years running a $250m+ property portfolio, and for trade through Dubai. Led by the senior professional you meet, not a junior you never will.

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No obligation. You’ll leave the call knowing your e-invoicing phase, your Corporate Tax exposure, and what fixing both costs.

FTA Registered Tax Agent9+ years senior UAE finance leadership$250m+ portfolio ledFCPA · FMVA · MBARAKEZ licensed

If any of this sounds familiar

You’re not behind because you’re careless. The rules changed fast.

Corporate Tax arrived, VAT tightened, e-invoicing is landing — and most UAE businesses are running finance functions built for a pre-tax era. These are the three conversations we have most often.

“I don’t actually know if we’re compliant.”

Filings went in, but nobody has tested whether the free-zone position holds, whether registrations were complete, or what happens if the FTA asks a question.

“My books tell me nothing useful.”

The accounts close eventually, but you still can’t answer which unit, project or client is actually making money — so decisions get made on instinct.

“My accountant does what I ask. That’s the problem.”

You need someone who tells you what you haven’t thought to ask — deadlines coming, exposures building, decisions that need numbers behind them.

$250m+real-estate & hospitality portfolio led as Head of Finance
9+years in senior UAE finance leadership
2holiday-homes operators merged and integrated end-to-end
100%senior-led — the person you meet does the work

What we do

One core practice for every business. Two specialist desks.

Financial Services is what we do for everyone — a complete finance, tax and compliance function without the headcount. Real Estate Advisory is where our deepest operating experience sits. Trade & Supply Chain applies the same financial discipline to goods: sourcing, import and export managed from Dubai, with the numbers settled before the order is placed.

Practice 01 · Core practice — all industries

Financial Services

For SMEs, start-ups and groups across the Emirates, in any sector, that need their finance function handled properly.

  • Accounting, bookkeeping & IFRS financial statements
  • Corporate Tax & VAT — registration through filing, FTA correspondence
  • E-invoicing readiness & implementation oversight
  • Fractional CFO, cash-flow & feasibility models, company setup advisory
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Practice 02 · Specialist team — real estate

Real Estate Advisory

For developers, holiday-homes operators, brokerages, property and facility managers and investors — led by people who ran the numbers inside a property group.

  • Feasibility & investment appraisal models
  • OTA reconciliations and owner statements that tie out
  • Unit-level P&L and portfolio reporting
  • Brokerage & property-management setup, RERA-side compliance, transaction support
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Practice 03 · Specialist desk — trade

Trade & Supply Chain

For importers, exporters, manufacturers and distributors who want goods sourced and moved through Dubai without guessing the cost.

  • Sourcing and supplier connections across the UAE, Asia and Europe
  • Import and export management, from order to delivery
  • Landed cost, duty, VAT and Corporate Tax worked out before you order
  • Specialist lines: food and dairy inputs, packaging materials
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Digital & systems

Runs through all three practices: accounting-system deployment (Zoho, QuickBooks, Xero), e-invoicing integration, online-store and marketplace operations, and finance automation. It is how the work gets done, so we don’t sell it as a separate practice.

Who we work with

Built for every industry. Specialised in two.

The rules — Corporate Tax, VAT, e-invoicing, WPS, AML — are the same whatever you sell. What differs is how your business makes money, and that’s what we learn first.

Trading & distributionE-commerce & retailProfessional & business servicesTechnology & start-upsHospitality & F&BHealthcare & clinicsLogistics & transportConstruction & contractingManufacturing & industrialEducation & trainingFamily businesses & holding groupsFree zone & mainland SMEsReal estate — specialist practiceTrade & supply chain — specialist desk

What you actually get

Four outcomes, not a list of services

Sleep at night

Registrations complete, positions tested, deadlines tracked. No unpleasant letters.

Numbers you can decide on

Unit, project and client-level profit — so you stop guessing which parts of the business work.

Your time back

Filings, reconciliations and FTA correspondence handled — you run the business instead.

Documents that hold up

Statements your bank, auditor, escrow agent and the FTA all accept without argument.

The deadlines are already set

UAE e-invoicing — where you stand today

  • 01 JUL 2026System live — pilot & voluntary adoption open
  • 30 OCT 2026Revenue AED 50m+: appoint an Accredited Service Provider
  • 01 JAN 2027Revenue AED 50m+: mandatory go-live
  • 01 JUL 2027All remaining in-scope businesses: mandatory go-live

Which deadline applies to you?

Select your annual revenue — we’ll show your phase and what to do next.

Missing your phase carries a penalty of AED 5,000 per month until you comply. The risk is rarely the software — it’s the invoice data underneath it.

How it works

Three steps to a clean position

No long onboarding, no discovery theatre. Most clients go from first call to a written position within two weeks.

  1. Consultation — free, 20 minutes

    Tell us your structure and what’s worrying you. You leave with your e-invoicing phase, an initial read on your Corporate Tax exposure, and an honest view of whether you need us at all.

  2. Readiness check — fixed fee

    A written review of your Corporate Tax, VAT and e-invoicing position: what’s exposed, what it costs to fix, and in what order. Yours to keep whether or not you continue.

  3. Fix, file, then run monthly

    We clear the backlog at fees quoted before work starts, then a retainer keeps books, filings and deadlines handled — with management numbers you can actually act on.

Honest comparison

Where we fit — and where we don’t

There are three ways to solve this problem. We’re the right answer for one kind of business, and we’d rather tell you that up front.

Cheapest bookkeeperNexora PrimeBig-four / large firm
Who does your workA junior, remotelyThe senior professional you meet — every timeA partner sells, associates deliver
Understands property operationsRarelyNine years running it from the insideYes, in the real-estate team — at that price
Tells you what you didn’t askNo — processes instructionsYes, that’s the jobYes, within scope
Typical response timeDaysSame or next business dayThrough account channels
PricingLowest — until something breaksFixed fees quoted before work startsPremium, often hourly
Best forDormant or very simple entitiesSMEs, property and trading businesses that need senior judgement without a full-time CFOLarge groups, statutory audit, complex cross-border

If you’re a dormant entity that needs a filing and nothing more, hire the bookkeeper — we’ll tell you so on the call.

Selected work

Problems we’ve actually solved

Client names withheld for confidentiality; the situations, decisions and outcomes are real.

M&A Integration

Two holiday-homes operators, one finance function

Merging two businesses with different systems, owner structures and reporting into a single, defensible set of books.

Read the case study → Working capital

Supplier advances, brought under control

A proper accounts-payable advance function — approvals, settlement and a payment calendar aligned to receivables.

Read the case study → Corporate Tax

A clean exit for a DIFC entity

Full IFRS statements built from scratch to support a Corporate Tax de-registration that would survive review.

Read the case study →

In their words

What people we’ve worked with say

Umair led our finance digital transformation end to end — from shaping the requirements to rebuilding the chart of accounts and reporting around the new system. What stood out was how he translated between finance and technology: we finished with a team that actually uses the system, not one that works around it.
Masood Saeed KhanCFO, QA Auditing
We build software; Umair made sure our accounting product made sense to accountants. His input on workflows, controls and reporting logic shaped what we shipped — and he explains complex finance requirements in a way a development team can actually build from.
Shoaib MushtaqCTO, ITB Vision
A thorough, dependable professional. On UAE Corporate Tax and VAT matters his positions are well-researched and defensible, and he handles FTA processes with real care. I refer work to him with confidence.
Rashid GhulamSenior Tax Advisor

Before you ask

Straight answers to the awkward questions

You’re a small firm. What happens if you’re unavailable?

Fair question, and the honest answer is that a boutique trades scale for seniority. Filings are calendared well ahead of deadlines rather than left to the last week, your records stay in your own systems so nothing is locked away, and for larger engagements we bring in vetted specialists you’ll be told about in advance. If you need the guarantees of a hundred-person firm, a large firm is the right choice.

How much does it cost?

One-time assignments are fixed-fee and quoted in writing before any work starts. Monthly retainers are tiered by transaction volume and entity count. We don’t publish a price list because a five-unit holiday-homes operator and a fifteen-entity group aren’t the same job — but you’ll have a number before you commit to anything, and it won’t move unless the scope does.

We already have an accountant. Why would we switch?

Often you shouldn’t. If your books close cleanly and your filings are sound, keep them. The common pattern is that the existing bookkeeper stays for data entry while we handle tax positions, e-invoicing readiness and the advisory layer they don’t cover. A readiness check tells you which situation you’re in.

Can you act as our tax agent with the FTA?

Our Managing Director holds FTA Registered Tax Agent status (TAAN 20064143, verifiable on tax.gov.ae). Representing a client formally before the FTA also requires the engagement to sit within a registered Tax Agency, which is in progress. In the meantime we prepare, advise and manage FTA correspondence with filings submitted through your own EmaraTax account — and we’ll be explicit about which capacity we’re acting in on any engagement.

Do you do statutory audit?

No. Statutory audit requires Ministry of Economy auditor registration, which we don’t hold and won’t imply. We do audit-readiness work — clean IFRS statements, supporting schedules and reconciliations that make your appointed auditor’s job straightforward — and we’ll happily work alongside them.

We’re outside the UAE. Can you still help?

Yes, if your business touches the UAE. We serve Saudi groups through their UAE entities, with local-partner delivery for ZATCA-side work, and we support Pakistani businesses entering the UAE with setup, tax and banking guidance. Work that legally requires a licence in another country is referred to a licensed partner there.

What happens on the free consultation?

Twenty minutes, no deck, no pressure. You describe your structure and what’s worrying you; we tell you your e-invoicing phase, an initial read on your Corporate Tax exposure, and whether this is something you can handle internally. If it is, we’ll say so — that conversation costs us nothing and occasionally earns a referral later.

The UAE Compliance Checklist 2026–27

A one-page PDF covering every Corporate Tax, VAT and e-invoicing date that applies to UAE businesses, the five most common filing mistakes, and the eight questions to ask your accountant this quarter. No cost, no call required.

Sent by email, usually same day.
Email me the checklist

One conversation is enough to know where you stand.

Free, 20 minutes, no obligation — and useful even if you never hire us.

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Practice 02 — Real Estate Advisory · Specialist team

Finance that speaks property.

Most accountants learn real estate from your invoices. We ran it — nine years inside a Dubai real-estate, holiday-homes and hospitality group, including the merger and integration of two holiday-homes operators. That operating history is what you’re hiring.

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The problem we’re usually called about

Property businesses generate messy, high-volume, multi-party money: platform payouts arriving netted, owners expecting statements, service charges and utilities landing in the wrong place, and now a tax authority asking questions the old bookkeeping was never built to answer. The result is a portfolio that looks profitable in aggregate while individual units, projects or buildings quietly lose money — and nobody can prove otherwise.

Holiday homes & short-term rental

The full operator finance stack.

  • OTA & channel-manager reconciliations that tie out (Airbnb, Booking, direct)
  • Owner statements & remittances, per unit and per owner
  • Unit-level P&L with occupancy and ADR-linked reporting
  • VAT treatment for short-stay income and mixed supplies

Retainer or per-portfolio

Developers & investors

Decision-grade numbers before and after the deal.

  • Feasibility & investment appraisal models
  • Furnishing & fit-out package modelling for new units
  • Acquisition support, escrow & project accounting
  • Portfolio dashboards for owners and boards

Fixed fee per model / deal

Brokerages & property managers

Clean books for commission businesses.

  • Commission accounting, agent settlements & client-money discipline
  • Brokerage & property-management company setup advisory
  • Service-charge and community-management finance support
  • Management accounts your regulator and bank will accept

Monthly retainer

Interior design & fit-out

Project-based finance for design businesses.

  • Project costing, WIP and stage-billing control
  • Supplier & procurement accounting
  • Margin reporting by project and by client

Retainer or per-project

Why it matters now

Property income is exactly what the new tax era scrutinises.

Corporate Tax on real-estate income, VAT on short stays, e-invoicing on every B2B supply — the rules landed on property businesses harder than most. Unit-level books aren’t hygiene anymore; they’re what keeps assessments, penalties and bank facilities safe.

  • Corporate Tax positions for holding, operating and free-zone structures
  • VAT recovery on mixed residential / commercial supplies
  • E-invoicing readiness for rent, service and management income
  • Audit-ready records for banks, escrow and owner disputes

Try the property rental yield calculator

Gross yield, net yield and payback period for any unit, in ten seconds.

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Common questions

We only have a handful of units. Is this overkill?

Below about five units, a good bookkeeper and a disciplined spreadsheet will do. The tipping point is usually when owner statements start taking real time, or when you can no longer say which units are carrying the others. That’s when unit-level books pay for themselves.

Our channel manager already produces reports. Isn’t that enough?

Channel reports tell you what the platform paid you. They don’t tell you what the unit cost you — cleaning, utilities, maintenance, owner share, replacements and the VAT position. Profitability lives in the gap between those two things.

Can you work with our existing system?

Yes. We work in Zoho, QuickBooks, Xero and most property-management platforms, and we’d rather improve what you have than sell you a migration. If a change genuinely is needed, we’ll show you the cost-benefit before recommending it.

Bring us one building, one portfolio, or one problem unit.

We’ll tell you what the numbers are really saying.

Discuss your portfolio

Practice 01 — Financial Services · Core practice, all industries

Your finance function, without the headcount.

Whatever your industry, the finance function has to work: books that close, filings that hold, numbers you can decide on. A full-time Head of Finance in Dubai costs upwards of AED 400,000 a year — most growing businesses need senior judgement a few days a month and reliable execution in between. That’s exactly what this is.

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Accounting & bookkeeping

  • Monthly bookkeeping & management accounts
  • IFRS financial statements & audit-readiness support
  • Payroll & WPS support
  • Backlog clean-ups and system migrations (Zoho, QuickBooks, Xero)

Monthly · tiered by volume

Tax — Corporate Tax & VAT

  • Corporate Tax registration, computation & filing
  • VAT registration, returns & refund support
  • De-registrations and FTA correspondence handled end-to-end
  • Tax health checks & free-zone qualifying-income reviews

Fixed fee or retainer

E-invoicing readiness

  • Phase mapping — which deadline applies to you
  • Invoice, VAT-position and systems gap assessment
  • Accredited Service Provider selection support
  • Implementation oversight through go-live

Fixed-fee assessment

CFO & advisory

  • Fractional CFO & board reporting
  • Cash-flow, feasibility & investment models
  • Company setup advisory — free zone vs mainland, banking support
  • Transaction and cross-border structuring guidance

Day rate or retainer

How we price

You’ll know the number before you commit

Three principles, applied to every engagement.

  1. Fixed fees for defined work

    Registrations, filings, statements, readiness checks and models are quoted as a fixed fee in writing. If the scope genuinely changes, we tell you before doing the work — never after.

  2. Retainers tiered by reality

    Monthly fees are set by transaction volume and entity count, reviewed every six months. If your volumes fall, so does the fee.

  3. Advisory by the day, not the hour

    No six-minute increments and no surprise invoices for a phone call. Strategic work is bought in days or as a monthly advisory retainer.

Check your own numbers first

Corporate Tax, VAT and end-of-service gratuity calculators — free, no sign-up.

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Common questions

How quickly can you take over a messy set of books?

A backlog clean-up is scoped as its own fixed-fee assignment — typically two to six weeks depending on how many months are open and how good the source records are. We’ll tell you the honest range after seeing a sample, not before.

What if the FTA raises a query on work you did?

We handle the correspondence as part of the engagement, at no extra fee where the query concerns work we prepared. Engagement letters set out liability terms clearly — you’ll read them before signing, not after.

Do you lock clients into long contracts?

No. Retainers run month to month after an initial three-month period, which exists only because the first months carry the clean-up work. Leave with 30 days’ notice and your records go with you, in a standard format.

Know exactly what you’re exposed to — this month, not next year.

Fixed-fee readiness check, written and yours to keep.

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Practice 03 — Trade & Supply Chain · Specialist desk

Trade that adds up before the container sails.

Sourcing, import and export managed from Dubai — with the landed cost, the tax position and the cash cycle worked out before you commit to an order. Food and dairy inputs and packaging materials are our specialist lines; a wider supplier and buyer network covers the rest.

Discuss a shipment Work out a landed cost

Customs declarations and freight are carried out by licensed customs brokers and forwarders that we appoint and manage for you. You deal with one named contact from quotation to delivery.

Landed cost slipIllustrative
Goods, 20,000 units at USD 2.50AED 183,625
Sea freight and insuranceAED 7,100
Customs duty, 5% of CIFAED 9,536
Clearing, port and deliveryAED 4,000
Import VAT, reverse-chargedAED 0
Landed in your warehouseAED 204,261
True cost per unit
11.2% above the supplier’s priceAED 10.21

Every shipment we manage starts with a slip like this, agreed before the order is placed.

If any of this sounds familiar

Most trading losses are decided before the goods move.

The wrong Incoterm, an HS code nobody checked, a supplier paid in advance with nothing in writing, a product that needed a registration it didn’t have. None of these show up on the quotation. All of them show up at the port.

“The quote looked cheap. The landed cost didn’t.”

Freight, duty, port charges and delivery added a tenth or more to the price — and the selling price had already been promised.

“The goods arrived. The paperwork didn’t match.”

A label, a certificate or a classification was wrong, and the container sat on demurrage while it was fixed.

“We’re selling well. The cash is at sea.”

Supplier advances out, customer credit in, and three months of working capital tied up in every order with no plan to fund it.

What the desk does

Six things, handled as one job.

Most traders know their product. Most forwarders know their lane. Very few people look at the whole deal — supplier, shipment, tax and cash — as one set of numbers. That is the gap this desk fills.

Trade setup and structuring

The right vehicle before the first order.

  • Licence activities matched to the goods you trade
  • Customs code and importer registrations
  • Free zone, designated zone or mainland — compared on tax and cost
  • Bank account and trade-finance readiness

Fixed fee

Sourcing and supplier connections

Suppliers found, checked and compared on a like-for-like basis.

  • Supplier search across the UAE, China, Europe and Türkiye
  • Quotations compared on landed cost, not ex-works price
  • Supplier verification, samples and specification sheets
  • Introductions to buyers through our network

Per sourcing brief

Import and export management

One named contact from purchase order to delivery.

  • Purchase orders, proforma invoices and Incoterms
  • Freight booking and shipment tracking
  • Document set checked before the cargo sails
  • Delivery, reconciliation and a closed file

Per shipment or monthly programme

Customs clearance, coordinated

Licensed brokers do the filing. We make sure there is nothing to argue about.

  • Broker and forwarder appointed and managed
  • HS classification reviewed at 12-digit level
  • Permits, inspections and product registrations tracked
  • Duty and charges checked against the estimate

Included in shipment management

Landed cost, tax and trade finance

The part an FTA Registered Tax Agent adds that a forwarder can’t.

  • Unit-level landed cost and margin models
  • Import VAT, reverse charge and designated-zone treatment
  • Corporate Tax for free-zone distributors; transfer pricing
  • Letters of credit, payment terms and the cash cycle

Fixed fee or retainer

Online and cross-border selling

For traders adding a direct or marketplace channel.

  • Online-store and marketplace setup advisory
  • Payment gateway, order-to-cash and returns accounting
  • VAT on e-commerce and cross-border sales
  • Stock, orders and accounts connected in one system

Project fee

Specialist lines

Two product areas we go deep on.

General trading is broad by nature. Where the product needs registrations, certificates or tight specifications, depth matters more than range.

Specialist line · Food and dairy

Food and dairy inputs

Ingredients and finished products for dairy processors, food manufacturers and distributors, moved between Europe, the UAE, the wider Gulf and Pakistan. Foodstuff and beverages trading is a licensed activity of Nexora Prime FZ-LLC.

Milk powdersWhey and protein concentratesButter and dairy fatsCheeseEdible oilsProcessing consumables

What we take care of

  • Product registration and label assessment before the goods ship
  • Health, origin and halal certificates where the product requires them
  • Arabic labelling, production and expiry dates, shelf-life planning
  • Chilled and frozen freight, and what cold chain does to the landed cost

Specialist line · Packaging

Packaging materials

Supply programmes for food, dairy and consumer-goods manufacturers: the specification locked first, then sourced from Dubai’s trading base or direct from the mill, and delivered on a monthly rhythm.

Films and laminatesPouches and sachetsCups, tubs and lidsCartons and corrugatedShrink and stretch wrapLabels and sleeves

What we take care of

  • Specification sheets: material, structure, thickness, dimensions, print
  • Food-contact declarations and test reports from the supplier
  • Small orders consolidated into full monthly containers
  • Price compared across UAE stockists and direct-from-origin supply

Why Dubai

One hub between your suppliers and your buyers.

Buying and selling through a UAE company gives you one contract, one currency pegged to the dollar, a banking system both sides trust and a free-zone option that holds duty until the goods reach their final market.

Where it comes from

Suppliers

China and East Asia, Europe, Türkiye, and stockists and manufacturers in the UAE.

Where it is managed

Dubai, UAE

Contracts, payments, documents and consolidation. Goods either enter the UAE market or move on in transit.

Where it goes

Buyers

The UAE and the Gulf, Pakistan and South Asia, and East Africa.

How a shipment runs

Six steps, one file, no surprises.

  1. Brief

    You send the product list with quantities and specifications. A short call fills the gaps.

  2. Sourcing and quotations

    Suppliers shortlisted and verified; quotes laid side by side on the same Incoterm.

  3. Landed cost and structure

    The cost slip, the tax treatment and the payment plan — agreed in writing before any order.

  4. Order and payment

    Purchase order, proforma and payment terms. Advances are released against documents, not promises.

  5. Shipping and clearance

    Freight booked, documents checked before sailing, licensed broker clears the cargo.

  6. Delivery and reconciliation

    Goods delivered, actual cost compared with the estimate, file closed with every document in it.

Trade toolkit · Free

Five tools traders actually open twice.

No sign-up. Indicative results for planning; duty rates depend on the HS code and origin of your goods, so confirm them before you order.

UAE landed cost and pricing calculator

What the goods really cost at your door, and what you need to charge.

Landed cost per unit

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GoodsFreight and insuranceDutyClearing and deliveryVAT cost
Goods value—
CIF value (duty base)—
Customs duty—
Import VAT—
Clearing, port and delivery—
Total landed cost—
Added to the supplier’s price—
Selling price for your margin—

Standard duty is 5% of CIF for most goods; some are 0% and some carry higher or anti-dumping rates. Import VAT is 5% of CIF plus duty. Excise goods, storage and demurrage are not included. Goods held in a free zone or re-exported outside the GCC normally have duty and VAT suspended.

Container load calculator

How many cartons fit, and which container the order really needs.

Usable space allows for gaps, pallets and stacking limits; 80–90% is typical for loose cartons, less on pallets. Capacities are standard dry-container figures — confirm payload and road-weight limits with your forwarder.

Recommendation

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Order volume—
Order gross weight—
ContainerCartons eachNeededFill

Incoterms 2020 — who pays for what

Pick the term on your supplier’s quotation.

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    A summary for planning. The contract wording and the named place decide the detail — always write the place after the term, for example “FOB Shanghai” or “DAP Jebel Ali”.

    Trade cash cycle calculator

    How long your money is out, how much is tied up, and what that costs.

    Assumes the balance is paid to the supplier when the goods ship. Change the lead time to zero if you pay in full at order.

    Cash is out for

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    Order to cash collected—
    Working capital tied up—
    Financing cost per year—
    Cost as % of each order—

    That last figure belongs in your landed cost. Most pricing sheets leave it out.

    Import readiness check

    Ten questions to answer before you pay a supplier. Two minutes.

    Readiness score

    0 / 100

    Answer the questions to see where you stand.

      Email us your result

      Opens your own email with the score and gaps filled in. Nothing is stored on this site.

      Why it matters now

      The rules for traders tightened in 2026.

      Each of these changes what a trading business has to prove, not only what it has to pay.

      12-digit HS codes

      The Gulf’s integrated tariff moved customs declarations from 8 to 12 digits. Old codes on supplier invoices are now a common reason for held cargo.

      Free-zone distributors and the 0% rate

      FTA Decision 6 of 2026 added evidence and verification procedures for free-zone companies claiming 0% Corporate Tax on distribution from a designated zone, for tax periods starting from 1 January 2026.

      Supplier verification for VAT

      Input VAT recovery now depends on documented checks of who you buy from. Traders with long supplier lists carry the most exposure.

      E-invoicing

      Mandatory from 1 January 2027 for businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more, and from 1 July 2027 for everyone else in scope. Every B2B sale of goods is covered.

      Honest scope

      What we do, and what we arrange.

      We do this ourselves

      • Sourcing, supplier verification and quotation comparison
      • Landed cost, pricing and cash-cycle models
      • Order, document and shipment management
      • Tax treatment: VAT, Corporate Tax, transfer pricing
      • Trading in foodstuff and beverages under our own licence

      We arrange this through licensed partners

      • Customs declarations — filed by licensed customs brokers
      • Freight, warehousing and cold storage — forwarders and 3PL operators
      • Laboratory testing and inspection — accredited bodies
      • Legal contracts and disputes — a licensed law firm
      • Cargo insurance — placed with insurers through a broker

      Common questions

      Do you clear shipments through customs yourselves?

      No. Customs declarations in the UAE are filed by licensed customs brokers. We appoint and manage the broker and the forwarder, check the documents before the cargo sails, and stay your single contact until the goods are delivered and the file is closed.

      Can you buy and import on our behalf?

      It depends on the goods. Foodstuff and beverages are a licensed trading activity of Nexora Prime FZ-LLC. For other product lines we either manage the shipment under your own licence and customs code, or work through licensed trading partners. You’ll be told which applies before you order.

      Is there a minimum order size?

      No fixed minimum, but the economics change below roughly half a container. For smaller volumes we look at shared-container freight or consolidating several items into one shipment, and we’ll say so if the numbers don’t work.

      How do you charge?

      Advisory and setup work is a fixed fee quoted in writing. Shipment management is either a fixed fee per shipment or an agreed margin on goods we trade. You see which one, and the amount, before any order is placed.

      We already have a freight forwarder. Why would we need you?

      Keep them. A forwarder moves the cargo; they don’t choose your supplier, test your margin or decide how the deal is taxed. We work alongside your forwarder as readily as with ours.

      Which countries do you cover?

      The UAE as the hub, with suppliers mainly in China, Europe, Türkiye and the UAE itself, and buyers in the Gulf, Pakistan and East Africa. Outside those lanes, ask — we’ll tell you honestly whether our network reaches.

      Send us the product list. We’ll send back the landed cost.

      Free first review, usually within two business days.

      Discuss a shipment

      Information on this page is general and for planning only. Duty rates, permits and product requirements depend on the goods, their origin and the port of entry, and should be confirmed with the relevant UAE authority or a licensed customs broker before you ship. Customs clearance, freight and storage are provided by licensed third parties.

      Selected work

      Four problems, four decisions.

      Real engagements from nine years leading finance in UAE real estate, hospitality and financial services. Client and employer names are withheld for confidentiality; situations, actions and outcomes are as they happened.

      M&A Integration · Holiday homes

      Two holiday-homes operators, one finance function

      Challenge

      A Dubai group acquired a second holiday-homes operator. Two finance teams, two charts of accounts, two sets of owner agreements and two reporting rhythms now had to answer to one board — while daily operations across hundreds of units carried on uninterrupted.

      Strategy

      Rather than force one system onto the other, we designed a single target operating model first: one chart of accounts built for group consolidation and unit-level profitability, one owner-statement format, a common reconciliation standard for platform payouts, and a unified budgeting and FP&A cycle — with compliance (including AML controls), transfer pricing for intra-group charges and e-invoicing readiness built into the model rather than bolted on later.

      Execution

      Led the finance workstream end to end — mapping legacy ledgers, harmonising revenue recognition across differing owner contracts, rebuilding OTA and direct-booking reconciliations, digitising core finance processes as part of the group’s wider digital transformation, documenting intra-group service charges for transfer pricing, embedding AML and compliance checks into onboarding and payments, and retraining both teams onto the shared processes.

      Result

      One consolidated finance function reporting on a unified basis — group consolidation, a single budgeting and FP&A rhythm, unit-level visibility across the merged portfolio for the first time, and a compliance posture (AML, transfer pricing, e-invoicing) the board could stand behind.

      • Group consolidation on a single reporting basis — no missed month-end
      • Unified budgeting & FP&A cycle across the merged group
      • Unit-level P&L visibility across the combined portfolio
      • Owner reporting standardised on one format
      • AML & compliance controls embedded in day-to-day finance
      • Digital transformation of core finance processes
      • Transfer pricing documented for intra-group charges
      • E-invoicing readiness built into the target model

      Working capital · Accounts payable & receivable

      Supplier advances, brought under control

      Challenge

      Supplier and contractor advances were being issued ad hoc — approved informally, tracked in scattered spreadsheets, and rarely settled against final invoices on time. Cash was leaving the business ahead of schedule while customer receivables were still outstanding, straining working capital and leaving the advance balances unreconciled at every close.

      Strategy

      Design a proper accounts-payable advance function instead of policing individual payments: a written advance policy with an approval matrix, a dedicated advance ledger, mandatory settlement against invoices — and, critically, a payment calendar linked to the accounts-receivable ageing, so money committed out always took expected money in into account.

      Execution

      Implemented the advance request and approval workflow, built the advance sub-ledger with ageing by supplier, set settlement rules that netted every advance against its final invoice, and introduced a weekly payment run scheduled against AR collections rather than against whoever asked loudest.

      Result

      Every advance approved, recorded, aged and settled through one controlled process — with payables timing consciously matched to receivables, month-end advance balances that reconcile, and a clean audit trail from request to settlement.

      • AP advance policy, approval matrix and sub-ledger implemented
      • Advances settled against final invoices — no unreconciled balances at close
      • Payment calendar linked to the AR ageing and collections
      • Full audit trail from advance request to settlement

      Corporate Tax · DIFC entity

      A clean exit for a DIFC entity

      Challenge

      A DIFC financial-services entity needed to de-register for UAE Corporate Tax, but lacked a complete, defensible set of financial statements to support the application — and an incomplete file risked rejection and prolonged exposure.

      Strategy

      Build the supporting file to a standard that would survive scrutiny rather than merely satisfy the form: full IFRS statements from source records, with every balance traceable and every judgement documented.

      Execution

      Constructed a complete set of IFRS financial statements from scratch, supported by eleven explanatory notes and a liquidator’s report, then ran iterative reviews until the file was internally consistent and every figure could be evidenced.

      Result

      A de-registration application submitted with a clean, audit-quality supporting file — the entity’s tax affairs closed properly rather than left as a lingering exposure.

      • Full IFRS statements built from source records
      • Eleven supporting notes plus liquidator’s report
      • Every balance traceable and evidenced
      • De-registration file submitted complete

      Compliance · Real estate group

      One group, five property businesses, full compliance

      Challenge

      A group operating across real estate brokerage, property management, facility management, interior design and construction development had grown entity by entity — and its compliance had grown the same way. Payroll ran differently in each business with gaps against WPS requirements, tax registrations and filings were fragmented across the entities, and nobody could say in one sentence whether the group as a whole was compliant.

      Strategy

      One assessment across the whole group rather than five separate clean-ups: map every entity’s WPS payroll position, Corporate Tax and VAT registrations and filing status against a single standard, then fix by priority — payroll first, because salaries touch people, then tax registrations, then a group-wide compliance calendar so it never drifts again.

      Execution

      Standardised the payroll cycle and WPS submission files across all entities, closed the registration gaps and aligned Corporate Tax and VAT positions entity by entity, and built one group compliance calendar with named ownership for every recurring deadline — payroll, VAT returns, CT filings and licence renewals.

      Result

      WPS-compliant payroll running on one standard across the group, tax registrations complete and filings current in every entity, and a single compliance calendar the management team can actually read — the honest answer to “are we compliant?” became yes, in writing.

      • WPS-compliant payroll standardised across five business lines
      • Corporate Tax & VAT registrations completed and aligned group-wide
      • One compliance calendar with named ownership per deadline
      • Group-level compliance position documented for management

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      Insights

      Short reads. Real decisions.

      Practical guidance on the rules reshaping UAE business — written for owners and boards, not for other accountants. New pieces publish on LinkedIn first.

      E-invoicing

      The AED 5,000-a-month question: is your business ready for e-invoicing?

      The system is live for voluntary use, the AED 50m+ tier goes mandatory on 1 January 2027, and everyone else follows by July 2027. The readiness gap is almost never software — it’s the quality of the invoice data underneath. A two-hour review of your invoice fields, VAT positions and system exports tells you how exposed you really are.

      Holiday homes

      Why most operators can’t answer “which unit makes money?”

      Payouts arrive netted, owner splits sit in side spreadsheets, and cleaning or maintenance rarely lands on the right unit. The result is portfolio-level profit that hides unit-level losses. Unit-level books change three decisions: which leases you renew, which owners you renegotiate, and where the next unit comes from.

      Corporate Tax

      Five Corporate Tax mistakes UAE SMEs are making in their first filings

      Registration deadlines missed on dormant entities, free-zone 0% assumed without qualifying-income tests, related-party transactions undocumented, accounting profit filed without adjustments, and no records to defend any of it. Each has a fix — and a deadline.

      Free zones

      Free zone doesn’t mean nothing to do

      The 0% rate applies only to qualifying income, and the tests are specific. Non-qualifying revenue, mainland dealings or thin substance can pull you to 9% — sometimes on everything. You still register, still file, still keep the evidence.

      Working capital

      Supplier advances: the quiet hole in your working capital

      Advances paid without a settlement process become balances nobody reconciles — cash out early, receivables still pending, and a month-end figure no one can explain. An advance policy with an approval matrix and AR-linked payment calendar closes the hole.

      Payroll

      WPS compliance: the payroll check most groups fail quietly

      Multi-entity groups often run payroll five different ways — and at least one of them has WPS gaps. Standardising the cycle and submission files across entities is usually a two-week fix that removes a standing regulatory risk.

      Trade

      Landed cost: the number your supplier’s quote leaves out

      Freight, insurance, 5% duty on the CIF value, port and clearing charges and local delivery routinely add a tenth or more to an ex-works price. Price from the quote and the margin is gone before the goods arrive. Build the cost to unit level first — our free calculator does it in a minute.

      Trade · Corporate Tax

      Free-zone distributors: what the 2026 procedures ask you to prove

      Claiming 0% on distribution from a designated zone now comes with evidence and verification procedures for tax periods from 1 January 2026 — who your customers are, whether they resell, and how the goods entered the country. The records have to exist before the return is filed, not after.

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      Nexora Global BETA

      What does life actually cost, city to city?

      Our clients live and work across borders — Dubai to Riyadh, Lahore to London. This is a preview of a platform we’re building: honest, side-by-side monthly living costs for the cities that matter to Gulf-connected professionals and businesses.

      City ACity B

      Indicative monthly estimates in USD, rounded, for typical mid-range living (city-centre one-bedroom for singles; three-bedroom for families). Beta data for concept preview — verified, regularly updated figures are in development.

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      Free tools

      Answers in ten seconds.

      Ten calculators and tools we built because clients kept asking the same questions. No sign-up, no email required — use them as often as you like. Indicative only: your actual position depends on your structure, and that’s what a consultation is for.

      UAE Corporate Tax calculator

      0% on the first AED 375,000 of taxable income, 9% above it.

      Estimated Corporate Tax

      AED 56,250

      Taxed at 0%AED 375,000
      Taxed at 9%AED 625,000
      Effective rate5.6%

      Excludes Small Business Relief, free-zone qualifying-income rules and group adjustments — each can change this materially. Taxable income is not the same as accounting profit.

      UAE VAT calculator

      Standard rate 5%. Add VAT to a net figure, or strip it out of a gross one.

      Gross (incl. VAT)

      AED 10,500

      Net amountAED 10,000
      VAT at 5%AED 500

      Zero-rated and exempt supplies (certain exports, residential property, some financial services) follow different rules.

      End-of-service gratuity calculator

      Private-sector UAE: 21 days’ basic pay per year for the first five years, 30 days per year after.

      Estimated gratuity

      AED 90,000

      Daily basic wageAED 667
      Total service6.0 years
      Qualifying days135

      Indicative only. No gratuity accrues below one year of service, and total gratuity is capped at two years’ wage. Unpaid leave, contract type and termination circumstances can affect the result.

      Property rental yield calculator

      What that unit actually returns — gross and net of running costs.

      Net yield

      6.00%

      Gross yield7.50%
      Net annual incomeAED 72,000
      Payback period16.7 years

      Costs should include service charges, management fees, maintenance, insurance and vacancy allowance. Short-term rental economics differ — that’s a modelling conversation.

      The trade toolkit

      Landed cost and pricing, container load, Incoterms 2020, trade cash cycle and a ten-question import readiness check.

      Open the trade toolkit

      Global living costs BETA

      Compare monthly living costs between any two of 15 cities, for a single person or a family of four.

      Compare two cities

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      About

      Senior-led. By design.

      Large firms sell you a partner and staff you with juniors. Nexora Prime is built the other way round: the senior professional you meet on day one is the one doing the work on day one hundred.

      Why this practice exists

      For nine years our Managing Director sat on the other side of the table — Head of Finance for a Dubai real-estate and hospitality group, a $250m+ portfolio spanning development, holiday homes, brokerage and interior design. He signed the owner statements. He took the bank covenant calls. He answered the FTA letters. He merged two holiday-homes companies into one and made the numbers agree.

      In that seat you learn something no advisory career teaches: what it feels like when the advice is wrong and your name is on the consequences. You learn that most business owners aren’t looking for technical brilliance — they’re looking for someone who will tell them the truth early, in language they can act on, and then handle it.

      That is the whole premise of this firm. Not the biggest, not the cheapest — the one where a senior person is genuinely accountable for your numbers.

      What we believe

      • Tell people the truth early. Bad news delivered in month one is a problem. Delivered in month nine, it’s a crisis.
      • Plain English, always. If you can’t explain a tax position to the person who has to live with it, you don’t understand it well enough.
      • Fixed fees, quoted first. Nobody should fear opening an invoice from their accountant.
      • Say no when it’s not a fit. Referring you elsewhere costs us one engagement and earns us a reputation.
      • Numbers exist to drive decisions. A report nobody acts on is an expensive archive.

      How we’re different

      Three things, concretely: the work is done by a former Head of Finance rather than delegated down; the practice sits at the junction of operations and tax technicality — in property and in trade — which almost nobody covers well; and pricing is fixed and stated before work begins. If those three things don’t matter to your situation, a cheaper or bigger option is probably right — and we’ll say so.

      Credentials

      • FTA Registered Tax Agent — TAAN 20064143UAE
      • Fellow Certified Public AccountantFCPA
      • Financial Modeling & Valuation AnalystFMVA
      • Master of Business AdministrationMBA
      • BSc Accounting (Hons)BSC
      • Nexora Prime FZ-LLC — licensed free zone entityRAKEZ

      Industries we serve — and the two we know from the inside

      Trading & e-commerceProfessional servicesTechnology & start-upsHospitality & F&BHealthcareConstruction & contractingFamily businesses & holding groupsFree zone & mainland SMEsReal estate development · Holiday homes · Brokerage & property management · Facility management · Interior design — specialist practiceImport & export · Food & dairy inputs · Packaging materials — specialist desk

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      Email

      info@nexoraprime.net

      Phone / WhatsApp

      +971 52 345 5797

      Office

      Nexora Prime FZ-LLC
      Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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      Within one business day, Sunday to Thursday