Audit & Assurance: Which PNPC Global Service Do You Actually Need?
Ask PNPC about one Audit & Assurance service and you'll get a straight answer about that service. What's harder to see from a single service page is how 3 sub-practices and 20 distinct engagements under the same pillar actually relate to each other for Dubai businesses — which is what this overview is actually for.
What Sits Under Audit & Assurance
Specialised Audit & Certification
- Special Purpose Audit (UAE) - AUP - External Audit - Stock Audit (UAE) - Liquidation Audit - Real Estate Audit ( RERA ) - Due Diligence Audit (UAE) - ICV Certification Services - IFRS Advisory / IFRS Impact Assessment - Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR) Review - Audit Readiness Review - Free Zone Approved Auditor Credentialing (DMCC, DIFC, JAFZA, etc.) - Sales / Turnover Certificate - Incumbency Certification - Strata / OA Audit (UAE) - RERA Service Charge Audit
Internal & Operational Audits
- Internal Audit (UAE) - Process Audit - Business Process Re-Engineering - Compliance Audit - Management Audit
Information Systems & IT Audit
- Information Systems / Information Security Audit (UAE)
Full detail on each — scope, current process and what PNPC includes — is on the Audit & Assurance practice page, which links through to every individual service listed above.
How to Pick a Starting Point
The 3 sub-practices under Audit & Assurance aren't equally relevant at any given moment. Something concrete usually prompted the search — a filing, a decision, a deadline — and that event, not the pillar name, is what should point to a specific sub-category above.
What Businesses Usually Get Wrong
The failure mode here is rarely "wrong service, right pillar" — it's discovering months later that an earlier Audit & Assurance decision has downstream implications nobody flagged at the time, because a different firm (or a different, disconnected engagement) handled the second half.
Where PNPC Fits In
Since 1986, PNPC Global's approach to Audit & Assurance has been to identify the actual problem before naming a service or a fee. The Audit & Assurance practice page is the starting point if you already know roughly what you need; a direct conversation is the faster route if you don't.
Specific rates, fees, thresholds and deadlines are set by the relevant authority and change over time — this article deliberately does not quote figures that could go stale. Confirm current numbers directly with PNPC or the official source before you act.