Every Czech accountant would have to retrain under a new law planned for 2028

Payroll offices already had to rework their software this year for a new monthly report.cssz.gov.czJednotné měsíční hlášení zaměstnavatele (Act 323/2025) (another site)Since 1 April 2026 every Czech employer files one monthly electronic report to the social-security administration in place of up to 25 forms, a live, recurring load on payroll work.Regulation · The planned law would also change the software firms keep their books on.ey.comNew Czech Accounting Act (draft) (another site)Submitted to parliament in December 2025 with planned effect from 1 January 2028. It moves Czech rules towards IFRS, the international accounting standards, which forces rewrites of the Pohoda, Money, ABRA and Helios accounting programs. Not yet enacted, so the date can slip.Regulation ·

Good for Accountants who like software, or engineers with an accountant co-founder.

Draft law New Czech accounting law, still before parliament.ey.comNew Czech Accounting Act (draft) (another site)Submitted to parliament in December 2025 with planned effect from 1 January 2028. It moves Czech rules towards IFRS, the international accounting standards, which forces rewrites of the Pohoda, Money, ABRA and Helios accounting programs. Not yet enacted, so the date can slip.Regulation · Based on a law that is not passed yet, so this may change.

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The opportunity

0/2 · Unclear pain

A new Czech accounting law, planned for 2028, would force every accountant to retrain and the main bookkeeping programs to be rewritten.ey.comNew Czech Accounting Act (draft) (another site)Submitted to parliament in December 2025 with planned effect from 1 January 2028. It moves Czech rules towards IFRS, the international accounting standards, which forces rewrites of the Pohoda, Money, ABRA and Helios accounting programs. Not yet enacted, so the date can slip.Regulation ·

  • The law is still before parliament, so its planned date can slip.ey.comNew Czech Accounting Act (draft) (another site)Submitted to parliament in December 2025 with planned effect from 1 January 2028. It moves Czech rules towards IFRS, the international accounting standards, which forces rewrites of the Pohoda, Money, ABRA and Helios accounting programs. Not yet enacted, so the date can slip.Regulation ·
  • Employers now file one monthly payroll report instead of up to 25 forms.cssz.gov.czJednotné měsíční hlášení zaměstnavatele (Act 323/2025) (another site)Since 1 April 2026 every Czech employer files one monthly electronic report to the social-security administration in place of up to 25 forms, a live, recurring load on payroll work.Regulation ·
  • Czech firms already sell bookkeeping done by software and checked by licensed accountants.Market checkuctarna.aiÚčtárna.ai and the Czech AI-accounting field (another site)A Czech-language sweep finding the model already trading here: Účtárna.ai, E-Consulting's AI Accounting, Trivi and MyÚčto.cz all sell AI-assisted bookkeeping with licensed accountants behind it.Market check ·

Suggested solution

Build an accounting firm where software reads client documents and licensed accountants check the work, starting with payroll.

Why now

1/3 · Soft deadline

Payroll offices already carry a new monthly report, and the accounting law would add retraining from 2028 if it passes.2 sourcesey.comNew Czech Accounting Act (draft) (another site)Submitted to parliament in December 2025 with planned effect from 1 January 2028. It moves Czech rules towards IFRS, the international accounting standards, which forces rewrites of the Pohoda, Money, ABRA…Regulation · cssz.gov.czJednotné měsíční hlášení zaměstnavatele (Act 323/2025) (another site)Since 1 April 2026 every Czech employer files one monthly electronic report to the social-security administration in place of up to 25 forms, a live, recurring load on payroll work.Regulation ·

  • Payroll offices had to rework their software this year for the monthly report.cssz.gov.czJednotné měsíční hlášení zaměstnavatele (Act 323/2025) (another site)Since 1 April 2026 every Czech employer files one monthly electronic report to the social-security administration in place of up to 25 forms, a live, recurring load on payroll work.Regulation ·
  • Every accountant would have to retrain for the new law.ey.comNew Czech Accounting Act (draft) (another site)Submitted to parliament in December 2025 with planned effect from 1 January 2028. It moves Czech rules towards IFRS, the international accounting standards, which forces rewrites of the Pohoda, Money, ABRA and Helios accounting programs. Not yet enacted, so the date can slip.Regulation ·
  • The main bookkeeping programs would have to be rewritten for it.ey.comNew Czech Accounting Act (draft) (another site)Submitted to parliament in December 2025 with planned effect from 1 January 2028. It moves Czech rules towards IFRS, the international accounting standards, which forces rewrites of the Pohoda, Money, ABRA and Helios accounting programs. Not yet enacted, so the date can slip.Regulation ·

Willing to pay

1/2 · Some signs

Yes: small Czech firms already pay a monthly fee for bookkeeping done by software and checked by licensed accountants.Market checkuctarna.aiÚčtárna.ai and the Czech AI-accounting field (another site)A Czech-language sweep finding the model already trading here: Účtárna.ai, E-Consulting's AI Accounting, Trivi and MyÚčto.cz all sell AI-assisted bookkeeping with licensed accountants behind it.Market check ·

  • One Czech seller claims more than 300 client firms.Market checkuctarna.aiÚčtárna.ai and the Czech AI-accounting field (another site)A Czech-language sweep finding the model already trading here: Účtárna.ai, E-Consulting's AI Accounting, Trivi and MyÚčto.cz all sell AI-assisted bookkeeping with licensed accountants behind it.Market check ·
  • Another says more than 1,000 entrepreneurs use it.Market checkuctarna.aiÚčtárna.ai and the Czech AI-accounting field (another site)A Czech-language sweep finding the model already trading here: Účtárna.ai, E-Consulting's AI Accounting, Trivi and MyÚčto.cz all sell AI-assisted bookkeeping with licensed accountants behind it.Market check ·
  • Payroll is sold on top, priced per employee.Market checkuctarna.aiÚčtárna.ai and the Czech AI-accounting field (another site)A Czech-language sweep finding the model already trading here: Účtárna.ai, E-Consulting's AI Accounting, Trivi and MyÚčto.cz all sell AI-assisted bookkeeping with licensed accountants behind it.Market check ·

Validated abroad

1/3 · Early abroad

Young AI accounting companies are funded in Germany, Sweden, Britain and the US, and none has traded three years.2 sourcesTech Funding Newstechfundingnews.comSkalar (another site)Munich, €12M seed led by Headline — an AI-native tax and accounting firm where agents do the bookkeeping, payroll and tax grunt work so one professional serves 100+ clients.Company abroad · Y Combinatorycombinator.comBillow AI Labs (another site)A YC Summer 2026 'AI-native accounting firm to replace the Big-4' — with Bluebook (Stockholm) and Combinely (London), the wedge is funded across the US, the Nordics and the UK.Company abroad ·

Where it works: DE, SE, GB — operating markets: DK, NO, FI — home market CZDESEGBCZ
  1. Skalar (another site)Based in Germany
  2. Finto (another site)Based in Germany
  3. Bluebook (another site)Based in SwedenAlso sells in Denmark, Norway, Finland
  4. Combinely (another site)Based in United Kingdom
  5. Integral (another site)Based in Germany

Market gap

0/2 · Crowded

The AI-first accounting firm already trades in Czechia, run by firms that have traded for over a decade.Market checkuctarna.aiÚčtárna.ai and the Czech AI-accounting field (another site)A Czech-language sweep finding the model already trading here: Účtárna.ai, E-Consulting's AI Accounting, Trivi and MyÚčto.cz all sell AI-assisted bookkeeping with licensed accountants behind it.Market check ·

New, selling this: E-Consulting (AI Accounting) (since 2013), MyÚčto.cz. Established, selling this: Trivi (since 2008), Účtárna.ai (since 2012), Adconta (since 2023). New, selling something nearby: Digitoo (since 2019). Established, selling something nearby: STORMWARE (POHODA) (since 1996), Seyfor (Money) (since 2013).

Execution difficulty

1/3 · Hard

Makes it easier

  • Small firms buy without a tender.
  • No licence is needed to sell bookkeeping.

Makes it harder

  • The firm needs outside money to hire licensed accountants before its first client's books close.
  • It files the monthly employer report to the state social-security system.
  • Two established Czech firms sell this now.

Suggested first moves

  1. Call a handful of payroll bureaus and small accounting firms, and ask what filing the new monthly employer report costs them.
  2. Automate the monthly employer report from start to finish for one payroll bureau, before touching the rest of the bookkeeping.
  3. Hire one licensed Czech accountant as the founding professional, to check what the software posts.