UAE audit preparation and coordination
Audit Preparation and Support Services UAE
Prepare schedules, reconciliations and supporting records for your appointed auditor. TaxReady reviews the accounting file, organises supporting evidence and helps your team coordinate factual responses.
- Preparer-side audit support.
- Records, schedules and open items kept visible within scope.
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01Find the right route
Start with the stage your audit has reached
Choose the closest position. TaxReady confirms the preparation scope after reviewing the entity, period and available records.
Your auditor is appointed
Start here — Your auditor is appointedWork from the agreed request list, timetable and current accounting file.
You have received a request list
Start here — You have received a request listOrganise owners, schedules, evidence and open questions around the items requested.
You are preparing before the audit starts
Start here — You are preparing before the audit startsReview the available file and identify gaps before detailed requests begin.
You are unsure whether audited financial statements are required
Start here — You are unsure whether audited financial statements are requiredCheck the entity, period and reason audited financial statements may be needed before scoping preparation.
02Scope and responsibility
Audit support across the preparation process
TaxReady can support three connected parts of the preparation work.
Review readiness
Review the trial balance, available reconciliations, prior statements or audit points and the request list. The output shows ready items, missing evidence and matters needing management input.
Prepare schedules and evidence
Prepare agreed reconciliations and schedules, trace them to the ledger and available subledger or register, and organise the evidence index.
Coordinate requests and factual responses
Track requests by item, owner, target date and status. TaxReady can help team members prepare factual responses.
03Is an audit required?
Review the audit requirement, scope and timetable
Start with the entity, jurisdiction, reporting period and purpose.
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Company law
Article 27 of Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2021 provides for annual audit requirements for joint stock companies and limited liability companies within its scope.
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Corporate Tax
Ministerial Decision No. 84 of 2025 applies to tax periods beginning on or after 1 January 2025. It covers a non-Tax-Group Taxable Person whose Revenue exceeds AED 50 million in the relevant Tax Period, every Qualifying Free Zone Person, and a separate audited special-purpose financial-statement requirement for Tax Groups.
For entity-specific Corporate Tax analysis, use Corporate Tax Services.
Scope, timing and fees
What shapes scope, timing and fees
- Condition of the accounting records and available support.
- Number and complexity of accounts or entities.
- Reporting period and unresolved prior points.
- The auditor's request list and timetable.
- Availability of people who can explain transactions and approve decisions.
04Traceable preparation
Build one working file around records, schedules and open items
The working file links each agreed balance to its reconciliation, schedule and available support. A tracker shows what has been supplied, what remains open, who must act and which questions depend on management or the auditor. It keeps gaps visible instead of making an incomplete file look finished.
- LedgerRecorded balance
- ReconciliationBalance explained
- ScheduleAgreed working paper
- EvidenceAvailable support indexed
- Open itemMissing support stays visible
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| Item | Owner | Due date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank reconciliation | Finance | Review date | Review needed |
| Fixed-asset schedule | Accounting | To confirm | Open item |
| Supporting-document index | Records owner | Agreed date | Available |
| Inventory support | Operations | Agreed date | Open item |
Prepared schedules. Indexed evidence. Visible open items.
05Working sequence
From an agreed scope to an organised audit response
Confirm the entity, period and audit position
Record whether an auditor is appointed, whether a request list exists and what information is available first.
Who does thisTaxReady + management
Review the accounting file
Identify missing reconciliations, schedules, support, owners and dependencies.
Who does thisTaxReady review
Prepare the agreed working file
Link schedules to the accounting records and available evidence with management input.
Who does thisTaxReady preparation + management input
Track questions and approvals
Keep requests and open items visible while management reviews explanations and proposed changes.
Who does thisTaxReady coordination + management approval
06Practical questions
Audit support questions, answered
Scope, responsibility and timing questions that come up before a preparation scope is agreed.
What do audit support services include?
Depending on scope, support can include an accounting-file review, reconciliations, schedules, evidence organisation, request tracking and help preparing factual responses.
Can TaxReady work with our existing auditor?
Yes. The scope can be based on the appointed auditor's request list, timetable and queries.
What if records are incomplete?
Missing records and unresolved balances are recorded as open items.
07Audit support enquiry
Tell us where the audit stands
Tell us the audit stage, reporting period and any target date.