small and medium corporates
Attest SMC
Every applicable law, for every entity, on one screen. For small and medium corporates with a lean tax team.
Illustrative data
The product
Built for a small tax team: every applicable law for every entity, on one screen
What you see
- Health, overdue filings and exposure for every entity
- Proof attached to each task; a second person approves
- A Knowledge Hub for the sources behind each obligation
How work flows
- The preparer files and attaches proof
- The reviewer checks it side by side and approves, rejects or asks for more
- Every step goes to a tamper-evident audit trail
One person, several roles
- Menus merge: no role switching
- Segregation of duties is checked item by item
The team
Who does what at Desert Rose Group
Finance director
- Sees every entity on one screen
- Health, exposure and the report
Compliance officer
- Owns the obligation master and the team's allocation
- Also reviews the holding company: three roles, one login
Tax manager
- Reviews the analysts' filings
- Prepares the holding company's own, reviewed by the compliance officer
Tax analysts (two)
- One for the UAE entities, one for Saudi Arabia and India
- Prepare, attach proof, submit
E-invoicing
E-invoicing is a phased plan, and each phase is a task with an owner
Phase 1: revenue of AED 50 million or more
- Appoint an Accredited Service Provider by 30 October 2026
- Implement by 1 January 2027
Phase 2: revenue below AED 50 million
- Appoint an Accredited Service Provider by 31 March 2027
- Implement by 1 July 2027
Source and caution
- Ministerial Decision 244 of 2025, Article 5, as amended by Ministerial Resolution 66 of 2026 (archived texts checked)
- The Suntech townhall of 27 Oct 2026 quoted 31 October for phase 1; the amending text says 30 October
- Which phase an entity falls in depends on its revenue: confirm per entity
1
Finance leadership
The whole company on one screen
Finance lead
The dashboard shows health, exposure, overdue filings and the approval queue
- Risk-weighted health score; a critical overdue item caps it at 70%
- Indicative penalty exposure where a rule is cited (UAE VAT)
- Heat tiles by regulator
Finance lead
The entity-by-regulator grid shows exactly where a problem sits
- Rows are regulators, columns are entities
Finance lead
Entities: each card shows health, overdue items and who prepares and reviews
- Open an entity to see only its filings
Finance lead
One calendar carries every deadline for every entity
Finance lead
The report is ready to print or download
- Per regulator and per entity
Everyone
The Knowledge Hub lists the legal sources behind each obligation
- UAE VAT and e-invoicing sources held
- UAE Corporate Tax and DEWS under pipeline
2
Compliance officer
Several roles, one login
Compliance officer
Master data, users and review sit in one menu, grouped by purpose
- No switching between roles
- Segregation of duties is still checked item by item
Compliance officer
The obligation master is a tree from country to regulator to act to obligation
- Map each obligation to the entities it applies to
Compliance officer
Allocate each entity to a maker and a checker
- The maker and the checker can never be the same person
Compliance officer
Users hold one or more roles
- Scope each person to the entities they handle
Compliance officer
The review queue holds what waits for this person's review
- Nobody approves what they prepared
3
Preparer
Prepare and submit
Maker
Tasks show only the entities allocated to this person, sorted by what is due
- Overdue and returned items first
Maker
Each task states its legal basis, deadline and the proof required
- Owner, maker and checker are named
- Unverified legal bases are marked, not hidden
Maker
Proof is attached and fingerprinted, then submitted for review
- Drag and drop, or attach a sample
Maker
The Customised tab holds the tools the person subscribed to
- For example Merge PDFs, the VAT pre-check and rule packs
Maker
The Marketplace lists tools, rule packs, agents and skills
- Free, freemium, tiered and paid labels
Maker
A phase of the e-invoicing plan is a task with a deadline, an owner and evidence
- ASP appointment letter and onboarding confirmation are the proof
4
Reviewer
Review and approve
Checker
The review queue lists what waits, how long, and who prepared it
- A person cannot approve what they prepared
Checker
A split screen shows the details on the left and the document on the right
- Approve, reject with a reason, or ask for more information
Honest labels
What is shown, what is sample and what is planned
Shown in this demonstration
- Clients or entities, roles and merged screens
- Allocation, maker and checker, review and audit trail
- Browser tools such as Merge PDFs
Sample data
- Every filing, status, user, document and amount
- Pre-check and return reader results
Planned
- Self-service sign-up and billing
- Other GCC countries
- ERP connectors, government interfaces, scheduled agents
- UAE Corporate Tax and DEWS knowledge