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Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone · Sharjah

Audit services for SPC companies, ready before your licence renewal.

SPC Free Zone began as a hub for publishers and printers and now licenses a very wide range of trading, consulting and service activities at competitive prices. Quick Ashford audits SPC companies, files their corporate tax and VAT returns and keeps their books, for a fee agreed before we start.

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Emirate
Sharjah
Established
2017
Audited statements filed with the authority
Every year
Sharjah skyline across the lagoon
SPCAl Zahia, Sharjah

About SPC

What SPC is known for.

SPC Free Zone began as a hub for publishers and printers and now licenses a very wide range of trading, consulting and service activities at competitive prices.

Known for
The world’s first publishing free zone, with a broad list of general business activities
Location
Al Zahia, Sharjah

Typical SPC businesses

  • Publishing and printing
  • Consultancy
  • General trading
  • E-commerce
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Audit requirements

Does an SPC company need an audit?

Four situations make audited financial statements necessary. Most companies meet at least one.

  • Licence renewal

    SPC Free Zone states that audited accounts are generally required at licence renewal, whatever the size of the company.

  • 0% corporate tax

    A Qualifying Free Zone Person must have audited financial statements, whatever its revenue. Without them the 0% rate is lost.

  • Banks and investors

    Banks ask for audited accounts for facilities, account reviews and large transfers. Buyers and investors ask for two or three years.

  • Closing the company

    Free zone authorities ask for a liquidator’s or auditor’s report and final accounts before they cancel a licence.

Authorities update their filing rules from time to time. We confirm the current requirement for your licence before we quote.

Approved auditors

SPC approved auditors: how it works.

SPC Free Zone states that audited accounts are generally required at licence renewal, whatever the size of the company. It does not publish an approved auditor list, so we confirm with you what SPC accepts for your licence type before we quote.

Audited statements
Filed with SPC every year
When they are due
With the licence renewal

Closing a company

How to liquidate an SPC company.

Closing an SPC company means settling its obligations, cancelling visas and permits, getting the authority’s clearances, cancelling the licence and deregistering the company with the Federal Tax Authority. We handle the liquidation from the shareholders’ resolution to the final tax deregistration.

  • Shareholders’ resolution to dissolve the company and appoint a liquidator
  • Notice to creditors, where the authority requires it
  • Employee visas, establishment card and permits cancelled
  • Lease, utilities and bank account closed, with clearance letters
  • Liquidator’s report and final financial statements
  • Licence cancelled and the company removed from the register
  • VAT deregistration within 30 business days, and corporate tax deregistration within 3 months

Company liquidation services

What we do

Services for SPC companies.

One team for the audit, the tax filings and the books behind them.

  • SPC audit report

    Annual audit of your financial statements to International Standards on Auditing, in the format SPC and your bank expect.

  • Corporate tax return

    Registration, Qualifying Free Zone Person assessment, tax computation and the annual return.

  • VAT registration and returns

    Registration when you pass the threshold, quarterly returns, refunds and voluntary disclosures.

  • Bookkeeping

    Monthly books and IFRS financial statements, so the audit and tax return start from clean numbers.

  • New company setup

    Licence application, visas and bank account for a new SPC company or branch.

  • Liquidation

    Liquidator’s report, clearances, visa cancellation and tax deregistration when an SPC company closes.

How we work

From first call to signed report in four steps.

  1. Free consultation

    A 20 minute call or WhatsApp chat about your company, your licence and what is due.

    Day 1

  2. Fixed-fee proposal

    A written scope, timeline and price. No hourly billing and no surprises later.

    Within 24 hours

  3. Fieldwork

    Share records by secure upload. We test, reconcile and keep you posted on every open point.

    Agreed timeline

  4. Signed report

    Your signed audit report or filed return, delivered in the format your authority requires.

    Before your deadline

SPC FAQ

Questions from SPC companies.

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Do SPC companies need an audit?

SPC does not routinely collect audited statements from every company, but the corporate tax rules require them for any company claiming the free zone 0% rate, and banks usually ask for them. Separately, every Qualifying Free Zone Person must have audited financial statements under the corporate tax rules, whatever its size.

Do SPC companies pay corporate tax?

Yes, they are within the UAE corporate tax regime and must register and file a return. A SPC company that meets the Qualifying Free Zone Person conditions pays 0% on qualifying income and 9% on other income.

How long does an audit of a SPC company take?

For most small and medium companies, one to three weeks once the accounting records are complete. If your licence renewal is close, tell us on the first call and we plan the work around it.

Can you keep the books and file tax returns for a SPC company too?

Yes. Many clients use us for monthly bookkeeping, VAT returns and the corporate tax return as well as the annual audit, so the numbers are consistent across all of them.

Can you help set up a new company in SPC?

Yes. We handle the application, licence, visas and bank account for new SPC companies, and then look after the accounting, tax and audit each year.

Who can audit an SPC company?

SPC Free Zone states that audited accounts are generally required at licence renewal, whatever the size of the company. It does not publish an approved auditor list, so we confirm with you what SPC accepts for your licence type before we quote.

Services

The work behind a clean audit.

Other free zones

We also work with companies in these zones.

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