What are the common tax risks in logistics?
Qualifying international transport treatment, agency versus principal contracting roles, and customs-to-logistics system interfaces.
Logistics: tax, VAT and accounting in the UAE
Freight forwarders, third-party logistics (3PL) providers, international transport companies, warehousing operators, and courier networks.
What are the accounting issues?
Job costing frameworks, accrual of carrier and port costs, demurrage tracking, and customer billing reconciliation by shipment.
What are the VAT issues?
Zero-rating qualification criteria for international transport of goods/passengers and mandatory documentary evidence collection.
What are the Corporate Tax issues?
Margin analysis, related-party carrier agreements, fleet depreciation, and cross-border transport cost allocations.
What are the e-invoicing implications?
Shipment-based e-invoicing, multi-currency transaction handling, and integration with third-party port and custom platform data.
What does Regent do?
Regent tests supply classification, builds bulletproof export/transport evidence files, and reconciles job-level revenues and costs.