Audit & Dispute Resolution

Tax authorities across the UAE and globally are increasing audit activity, expanding information requests, and applying greater scrutiny to complex tax positions, transfer pricing arrangements, and cross-border transactions.

Businesses that are unprepared for authority reviews often face challenges in responding to technical queries, reconciling documentation gaps, and defending historical positions — increasing the risk of adjustments, penalties, and prolonged disputes.

SBC helps businesses proactively assess exposure, strengthen documentation frameworks, and prepare technically defensible positions before regulatory challenges arise.

Effective dispute management begins long before an audit notice is received. We assist businesses in identifying potential risk areas, assessing technical vulnerabilities, and strengthening supporting documentation to improve audit preparedness and regulatory defence.

Our approach combines technical analysis, risk assessment, and practical implementation support to help businesses manage disputes from a position of preparedness and control.

From pre-audit reviews and technical memoranda to risk assessments and remediation planning, we support businesses in building structured defence frameworks aligned with regulatory expectations.

Regulatory disputes today increasingly involve detailed technical reviews, financial analysis, and extensive supporting documentation requirements. Businesses facing tax disputes require not only technical advice, but also strategic guidance on how to respond, negotiate, defend, or escalate matters effectively.

Poorly managed disputes can create prolonged regulatory exposure, reputational risk, operational disruption, and significant financial impact.

SBC helps businesses assess dispute exposure objectively and develop commercially practical resolution strategies supported by technical analysis and evidence-based defence.

When disputes arise, businesses require clear assessment of authority positions, financial exposure, and available technical arguments before determining the appropriate course of action.

We assist businesses in evaluating authority challenges, quantifying risk exposure, and developing structured response strategies aligned with regulatory procedures and commercial objectives.

Our approach focuses on balancing technical defensibility, dispute management practicality, and long-term regulatory positioning.

Corporate Tax audits are becoming increasingly data-driven and documentation-focused under evolving UAE regulatory frameworks. Authorities now expect businesses to provide timely, technically accurate, and operationally consistent responses during audit proceedings.

Weak coordination, incomplete submissions, or inconsistencies between filings and supporting documentation can significantly increase audit exposure.

SBC supports businesses throughout the audit lifecycle through structured technical assistance, regulatory coordination, and response management.

Corporate Tax audits require coordinated management across finance, tax, legal, and operational teams. We assist businesses in preparing structured audit responses, managing authority interactions, and strengthening technical defence positions during regulatory proceedings.

Our support focuses on improving response quality, maintaining procedural consistency, and reducing unnecessary escalation risk.

Transfer Pricing disputes have become significantly more technical and economically intensive as authorities increasingly challenge benchmarking studies, pricing methodologies, intercompany arrangements, and documentation quality.

Businesses undergoing TP audits often require specialized economic analysis, technical defence strategies, and detailed documentation support to respond effectively to authority scrutiny.

SBC helps businesses defend Transfer Pricing positions through technically robust, evidence-based, and commercially aligned audit and litigation support.

Transfer Pricing disputes require a combination of technical expertise, economic analysis, and practical dispute management capabilities.

We support businesses during TP audits, adjustment reviews, litigation proceedings, and cross-border dispute resolution processes by strengthening documentation frameworks, reassessing benchmarking positions, and supporting authority interactions.

Our approach focuses on improving pricing defensibility, reducing adjustment exposure, and supporting long-term regulatory consistency.

Tax disputes increasingly extend beyond isolated audits and require ongoing governance, monitoring, and defence planning. Businesses today must maintain structured frameworks capable of supporting consistent regulatory positions across multiple years and jurisdictions.

Strong governance frameworks improve response readiness, reduce recurring disputes, and strengthen long-term regulatory credibility.

SBC helps businesses establish sustainable defence and governance frameworks designed to support ongoing compliance and dispute resilience.

Regulatory defence requires continuous alignment between documentation, operational conduct, tax filings, and internal governance processes.

We support businesses in strengthening long-term dispute preparedness through governance reviews, monitoring frameworks, and implementation-focused support.

Our approach focuses on improving consistency, transparency, and regulatory readiness across tax and transfer pricing functions.