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Running several licences from one system

Most UAE groups did not plan to have six entities. They accumulated them, each with its own books, and now nobody can answer what the group actually earned.

Pandoratech·26 September 2026

One database, separate books

Multi-company does not mean merged accounts. Each entity keeps its own chart, its own tax registration and its own statutory reporting. What is shared is master data — customers, suppliers, products — so the same partner is not maintained five times with five slightly different addresses.

Intercompany flows that post both sides

When one entity sells to another, both sides of the transaction should exist without anyone entering it twice. Configured properly, a sale in one company raises the corresponding purchase in the other, and the pair is tagged as related-party for the reporting your accountant will need.

Consolidation as a report, not a project

If group figures are assembled in a spreadsheet each quarter, they are late and unverifiable. Generated from the same ledger with eliminations applied, consolidation becomes a report you can run on demand — including partway through a period, which is when the question usually gets asked.

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Frequently asked questions

Does each company need its own licence cost?

Licensing depends on the edition and user count rather than the number of companies, and we quote it transparently. The implementation effort scales with how different the entities are, not simply how many there are.

Can entities have different financial years?

Yes, and different currencies too. That is common for UAE groups holding a free-zone entity alongside mainland companies, and it is a configuration decision made at setup.