This profile assumes a self-employed professional providing accounting or bookkeeping services, without employees, so it focuses on the tax and reporting calendar that applies to sole traders and small professional-services providers, plus any anti-money-laundering duties that apply to accountants specifically. It leaves out obligations tied to employing staff or operating in other sectors. If you run your practice through a company, or you also employ staff, check the company profiles instead.
This page assumes a specific starting profile: self-employed accountant, in the EU. It's a starting point, not tailored advice - your actual obligations depend on your exact sector, turnover and how you operate.
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Generative AI systems that were already on the market before 2 August 2026 get until 2 December 2026 to implement machine-readable marking and detection of AI-generated output. From the same date AI systems built to generate non-consensual intimate or sexual imagery are prohibited outright.
Details →Each EU country must provide at least one certified EU Digital Identity Wallet so citizens and businesses can identify themselves, sign documents with qualified e-signatures and share verified attributes (company registration, licences) across the EU. Public administrations must accept it for online services.
Details →From this date cloud and data-processing providers may no longer charge customers for switching to another provider or for exporting their data (egress). Contracts must already allow termination and migration within 30 days, and providers must offer export in machine-readable formats.
Details →Payment providers in EU countries outside the euro area must offer euro instant transfers and the free name/IBAN check (Verification of Payee) from July 2027, completing the roll-out across the EU.
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