Prefer to take it one module at a time? Each module below can be taken on its own at the price shown. Taking the full course saves you AED 300 against buying every module separately.
01Accounting Foundations and the UAE Regulatory MapAED 250
The starting module for a UAE bookkeeper: what accounting actually does, the language of debits and credits, the accrual versus cash question, and the exact regulatory map (FTA, VAT, Corporate Tax, UBO, WPS, e-invoicing) you have to keep records for.
1.1What Bookkeeping Actually Does for the BusinessLocked
1.2The Accounting Equation and the Five Account TypesLocked
1.3Debits and Credits: The Grammar of the BooksLocked
1.4Cash Basis vs Accrual BasisLocked
1.5The UAE Regulatory Map: Who You Keep Records ForLocked
1.6Record-Keeping Rules and Retention PeriodsLocked
1.7Currency, TRN, and the Basics of Getting Set UpLocked
1.8The Bookkeeping Cycle: From Transaction to ReportsLocked
02Building the Chart of AccountsAED 250
Design a clean, UAE-ready chart of accounts for a Dubai real estate brokerage: account types, numbering, VAT and Corporate Tax tagging, commission and escrow structure, and a maintainable setup you can build on Monday morning.
2.1What a Chart of Accounts Actually IsLocked
2.2The Five Account Types and What Belongs in EachLocked
2.3Designing a Numbering SystemLocked
2.4Income Accounts for a Brokerage: Splitting Commission StreamsLocked
2.5Expense Accounts That Match How a Brokerage Really SpendsLocked
2.6Escrow, Trust and Commission-in-Advance AccountsLocked
2.7Tagging Accounts for VAT and Corporate TaxLocked
2.8Keeping the Chart Clean and MaintainableLocked
03Double-Entry Bookkeeping and the General LedgerAED 250
The mechanical heart of accounting: how every transaction hits two accounts, how debits and credits work, and how entries flow through journals into the general ledger and out as a trial balance you can trust.
3.1The Accounting Equation and Why Every Entry Has Two SidesLocked
3.2Debits and Credits: The Rules That Actually WorkLocked
3.3Recording a Transaction as a Journal EntryLocked
3.4From Journal to Ledger: Posting and T-AccountsLocked
3.5The General Ledger and the Role of Sub-LedgersLocked
3.6Building the Trial BalanceLocked
3.7Errors the Trial Balance Catches and the Ones It HidesLocked
3.8Correcting Entries, the General Journal and Your Audit TrailLocked
04Accounts Receivable, Invoicing and Getting PaidAED 300
A practical, UAE-specific walk through the receivables cycle: raising a compliant tax invoice, recording the sale and the debtor, tracking who owes you, chasing payment, matching receipts, and dealing with bad debts so your books stay clean and your cash keeps moving.
4.1What Accounts Receivable Really IsLocked
4.2Raising a Compliant UAE Tax InvoiceLocked
4.3Recording the Sale in Your BooksLocked
4.4Setting and Communicating Payment TermsLocked
4.5The Accounts Receivable Aging ReportLocked
4.6Chasing Payment and Credit ControlLocked
4.7Receiving and Matching Customer PaymentsLocked
4.8Bad Debts, Write-Offs and the VAT AdjustmentLocked
05Accounts Payable, Suppliers and ExpensesAED 250
A practical, UAE-specific walkthrough of running accounts payable in a Dubai brokerage: from setting up suppliers and capturing bills, through recoverable input VAT and the reverse charge, to a clean three-way match, a disciplined payment run, staff expenses and petty cash, and the AP controls that keep your creditors and VAT return honest.
5.1What Accounts Payable Actually Is and Why It Protects YouLocked
5.2Setting Up a Supplier Master File You Can TrustLocked
5.3Capturing Supplier Bills and Recording the JournalLocked
5.4Recoverable Input VAT and the Blocked-Input TrapsLocked
5.5The Reverse Charge on Imported Services and SoftwareLocked
5.6Purchase Orders and the Three-Way MatchLocked
5.7Running a Disciplined Payment RunLocked
5.8Staff Expenses, Petty Cash and Employee ReimbursementsLocked
06Banking, Cash and ReconciliationsAED 250
A practical, UAE-grounded guide to running business bank accounts, controlling petty cash, and reconciling every account cleanly so your books match reality every month.
6.1Why the Bank Reconciliation Is the Backbone of Clean BooksLocked
6.2Setting Up and Structuring UAE Business Bank AccountsLocked
6.3Recording Bank Transactions as They HappenLocked
6.4The Step-by-Step Bank ReconciliationLocked
6.5Handling Reconciling Items and Common DiscrepanciesLocked
6.6Petty Cash and Physical Cash ControlsLocked
6.7Reconciling Beyond the Bank: Credit Cards, PDCs and Payment GatewaysLocked
6.8Month-End Cash Sign-Off and Getting Ready for E-InvoicingLocked
07UAE VAT Fundamentals and RegistrationAED 250
A practical grounding in how UAE VAT works and how to get a business correctly registered, from the 5% mechanism and supply categories through thresholds, the EmaraTax application, TRN handling, group and voluntary registration, and the record-keeping and e-invoicing obligations a bookkeeper must set up from day one.
7.1What VAT Is and How the 5% Actually FlowsLocked
7.2Standard, Zero-Rated and Exempt: The Three Supply CategoriesLocked
7.3Taxable Supplies and the Registration ThresholdsLocked
7.4Registering on EmaraTax: The Application Step by StepLocked
7.5Your TRN and the VAT Certificate: What to Do Once RegisteredLocked
7.6Tax Groups, Multiple Entities and Voluntary Registration DecisionsLocked
7.7Imports, Reverse Charge and Cross-Border ServicesLocked
7.8Record-Keeping, Penalties and the e-Invoicing HorizonLocked
08VAT in Daily BookkeepingAED 250
How to record VAT correctly on every transaction as it happens, so your books are always return-ready: output and input tax entries, tax codes, valid tax invoices, partial and blocked input tax, reverse charge and imports, adjustments, and the VAT control accounts you reconcile each month.
8.1Output VAT and Input VAT: the two sides you post every dayLocked
8.2Tax codes: mapping every line to the right VAT treatmentLocked
8.3What makes a valid tax invoice you can postLocked
8.4Recording output VAT on sales and mixed invoicesLocked
8.5Input VAT recovery, blocked input tax and apportionmentLocked
8.6Reverse charge on imported services and goodsLocked
8.7VAT adjustments: credit notes, bad debts and correctionsLocked
8.8VAT control accounts and the monthly reconciliationLocked
09Preparing and Filing the VAT ReturnAED 250
A practical, box-by-box walkthrough of preparing, reconciling, submitting and paying a UAE VAT return (Form VAT201) on the FTA EmaraTax portal, so a beginner bookkeeper can file a correct return on time and know what to do when something goes wrong.
9.1Your VAT return in plain terms: what VAT201 actually asks forLocked
9.2The 28-day deadline and the penalties for getting it wrongLocked
9.3Building the return from your books: the VAT control account reconciliationLocked
9.5Reverse charge and imports: the boxes people forgetLocked
9.6The input tax boxes: recoverable, blocked and apportioned VATLocked
9.7Filing on EmaraTax: the step-by-step submissionLocked
9.8Paying, refunds, corrections and getting ready for e-invoicingLocked
10Payroll Accounting and the WPSAED 300
A practical, Monday-morning guide to running UAE payroll for a real estate brokerage: building the payroll register, booking salaries and commission through double entry, paying staff through the Wages Protection System, accounting for end-of-service gratuity and leave, handling deductions and health-insurance costs the compliant way, and reconciling payroll every month. Grounded in Federal Decree-Law 33/2021 and current 2025-26 rules.
10.1What UAE payroll actually involves for a brokerageLocked
10.2Building the monthly payroll registerLocked
10.3Booking salaries with double entryLocked
10.4Paying through the Wages Protection System (WPS)Locked
10.5Accounting for end-of-service gratuityLocked
10.6Leave, maternity and other paid-absence costsLocked
10.7Deductions, advances and the wage-protection capsLocked
10.8Employer-borne costs: health insurance, visas and EmiratisationLocked
10.9Reconciling and closing payroll each monthLocked
11Fixed Assets, Inventory and the Balance Sheet AccountsAED 250
A practical, UAE-grounded guide to recording and controlling the balance sheet accounts a bookkeeper touches most: fixed assets and their register, depreciation, inventory and cost of sales, prepayments and accruals, and the reconciliation habits that keep the balance sheet trustworthy at close.
11.1What the balance sheet accounts actually areLocked
11.2Capital versus revenue: deciding what becomes a fixed assetLocked
11.3Building and running the fixed asset registerLocked
11.4Depreciation: spreading an asset's cost over its lifeLocked
11.5Disposals: selling, scrapping and writing off assetsLocked
11.6Inventory and cost of salesLocked
11.7Prepayments, accruals and other balance sheet accountsLocked
11.8Reconciling the balance sheet at closeLocked
12Month-End Close and Clean RecordsAED 250
A practical, repeatable month-end close for a UAE brokerage: a dated checklist, reconciliations, accruals and prepayments, VAT and payroll ties, and audit-ready records that hold up under FTA and Corporate Tax scrutiny.
12.1Why Month-End Close Exists and What Good Looks LikeLocked
12.2Building Your Month-End Close ChecklistLocked
12.3Cut-Off: Getting Transactions in the Right MonthLocked
12.4Bank, Card and Petty Cash ReconciliationsLocked
12.5Accruals and PrepaymentsLocked
12.6Tying Out VAT and Payroll in the CloseLocked
12.7Reviewing the Trial Balance and Chasing AnomaliesLocked
12.8Locking the Period and Keeping Audit-Ready RecordsLocked
12.9Reporting the Month and Building Toward Year-EndLocked
