Business Restructuring Consultants

AlAhramat Group is an accounting and financial services firm based in Dubai at Al Murjan Tower on Amman Street in Al Nahda 2.

• Accountants lead the work so every decision rests on your real numbers.
• Bookkeeping and tax advisory and feasibility studies and restructuring sit in one firm.
• Our feasibility study team tests new plans before you commit money.
• You deal with a local team you can visit and message.

What Business Restructuring Services in Dubai Cover

Business restructuring means changing how your company is financed or organized or owned or run. You do it to fix a problem or to prepare for growth. Our restructuring services cover four areas.

Financial Restructuring

We review your cash flow and your debts and your payment terms. Then we build a plan to rebuild working capital. The plan can include new repayment schedules with banks and suppliers and tighter collection from customers. A cash flow forecast shows you where the gap is and how long it lasts.

Operational Restructuring

We learn about where money goes. Then we save you money on waste in your cost structure and streamline your accounting and management processes. Approvals and reporting get simpler. Our team wastes fewer minutes corrects errors. 

Organizational Restructuring

We create an outline of the structure with roles and reporting lines as well as limits of approval. Owners are aware of who is making the decision. Managers understand their chain of command. This is a must have for a company experiencing growth before opening a branch or expanding its team. 

Legal Restructuring

Legal restructuring involves changing the ownership of your company or changing the legal structure. These include the addition or removal of a shareholder, the establishment of a holding company and the merger of two companies and transition from the free zone to the mainland. Legal paperwork needs to be dealt with by a licensed attorney. We do the financial and tax aspects and accompany your lawyer throughout. 

Signs Your Business Needs Restructuring

Most owners wait too long. These signals mean you should act now:

• Cash runs short even when you make a profit.
• Bank or supplier debt grows faster than revenue.
• Margins shrink and you cannot say why.
• Partners or family members disagree about roles or money.
• You run several companies that share one bank account.
• You plan a sale or a new investor or a new branch.
• Your books arrive late and nobody trusts the numbers.

How Corporate Tax Affects Restructuring in the UAE

Moving assets or a business between companies can trigger the 9% corporate tax. Two reliefs can remove that cost when you meet their conditions. We check both before you sign anything.

Qualifying Group Relief

Article 26 of the Corporate Tax Law lets two taxable persons under at least 75% common ownership transfer assets and liabilities at book value. The transfer creates no taxable gain. The transferor must elect for the relief.

Business Restructuring Relief

Article 27 covers the transfer of a whole business or an independent part of a business to another company in exchange for shares or ownership interests. Ministerial Decision No. 133 of 2023 sets the conditions. The transferor elects for the relief and recognizes no gain or loss. The relief is clawed back if the business or the ownership interests move again within two years. The Federal Tax Authority guide on business restructuring relief explains the conditions in full.

Tax Groups and Tax Losses

Companies with at least 95% common ownership can form a tax group and file as one taxpayer. Tax losses carry forward when at least 50% of ownership stays the same or the business continues. A restructuring that changes shareholders can put those losses at risk. Our tax advisory team reviews these rules with you before any transfer.