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Corporate Tax · Transfer Pricing · Succession · Cross-Border Structuring
Dubai advisory with six decades of chartered accountancy behind it.
Corporate tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, accounting, succession and US tax advisory — delivered in the UAE by a practice that has handled cross-border work for Indian promoters, family businesses and multinational groups since 1958.
1958
Established
450+
Professionals
29
Partners & Directors
5
Office Locations
What we do
All services →Tax Consultancy Advisory
End-to-end tax advisory, planning, compliance, and FTA representation across corporate tax, transfer pricing, VAT, and international tax.
Accounting & Governance
Accounting advisory, bookkeeping, and governance support aligned to IFRS, UAE VAT, and corporate tax record-keeping requirements.
Transaction & Strategic Advisory
Advice across the deal lifecycle: from strategy and structuring to diligence, market entry, and employee incentive design.
Succession & Wealth Advisory
Helping families and founders plan succession, protect legacy, and build wealth with independent, conflict-free judgment.
US Tax Advisory
US estate, mobility, transaction structuring, treaty, and international tax advisory for clients with US connections — coordinated with your UAE footprint.
The bench behind the desk
Five advisors in Dubai. Four hundred and fifty behind them.
You work with a small, senior Dubai team. When a matter needs a transfer pricing economist, an indirect tax specialist or a Fortune-500-grade audit partner, they are already inside the firm — not a referral.
Dubai Team05
Suril Mehta
Partner, Strategic Advisory
Stuti Trivedi
Partner, Transfer Pricing
Chitransh Kanungo
Senior Manager, M&A
Shivang Shirvani
Manager, M&A
Jigisha Mankad
Assistant Manager, M&A
K C Mehta & Co LLP — India Bench450+
Find your situation
i.
Promoters and family businesses
Structuring ownership, tax and succession across India and the Gulf.
ii.
Corporate groups and finance leaders
Managing UAE corporate tax, related-party flows and group reporting.
iii.
Cross-border investors and HNIs
Who want one team across tax, compliance and structuring.
iv.
US-connected individuals and families
Who need to stay compliant on both sides without overpaying.
Heritage
Global heritage. Dubai practice.
KCM Consultants LLC brings the discipline of one of India's most established chartered accountancy practices into the UAE. K C Mehta & Co LLP was founded in 1958 by Prof. K C Mehta in Vadodara, and over six decades has grown to offices in Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Dubai.
For clients, that means real depth on call: more than 450 professionals and partners who have handled cross-border tax, transfer pricing and succession work for decades.
- Leading Tax FirmRecognised by International Tax Review since 2014
- 2 of 9Indian Fortune 500 companies audited by the firm
- ISO 9001:2015Bureau Veritas quality certified
- Category 1CAG-empaneled audit firm
- Peer-ReviewedICAI peer review since 2003
A straightforward engagement model
No black box.01
Discovery
We map your entities, year-ends, and FTA and free zone elections before recommending structure.
02
Scope & plan
A clear written scope, deliverables, and milestones. You know what to expect and when.
03
Delivery
Technical work, documentation, and FTA or authority liaison, executed with senior oversight.
04
Handover
Files, memos, and a path for annual cycles, updates when law changes, and dispute support.
We work with promoter-led groups, multinationals and family offices across retail, trading, real estate, broadcasting, automotive, education, hospitality, energy and petrochemicals, manufacturing, commodity markets, e-commerce, financial and insurance services, shipping, and technology — with group connections spanning the world.
Knowledge Hub
View all insights →Unlock the Full Potential of the UAE Free Zone 0% Tax Rate
Substance, de minimis and qualifying income — where free zone entities lose the benefit without realising it.
Tax Guide for UAE Residents Earning Income from India
Treaty relief, TRC mechanics and withholding — the practical sequence for residents with Indian income.
Contact
Talk to our Dubai team.
Tell us briefly what you are dealing with — a UAE corporate tax question, a structuring decision, a succession plan, or something cross-border — and the right advisor will come back to you.
Arrange a Conversation- Office
- Al Saqr Business Tower – 3001A,
Trade Centre Second, Dubai, U.A.E. - connect@kcmehta.ae
- Telephone
- +971 58 596 6471
+971 55 509 2621 - Hours
- Monday–Friday, 9:30–18:30 GST