English-speaking accountant in Prague from 990 CZK a month

Most people who write to us are running something here and hit the language wall at the accounting layer:

• Foreign OSVČ and freelancers with clients or platform income abroad.
• Owners of a Czech s.r.o. who need the books, VAT and payroll done, in English.
• Non-residents with Czech-source income that has to be filed here.
• People whose accountant answers only in Czech, or stops answering.

Most people arrive with two or three of these at once. We run them as one job, so nothing gets lost between the trade office, the bank and the notary:

• Trade licence (živnostenské oprávnění). How most freelancers and sole traders start here — the trade licence guide says who qualifies, and the trade office has 5 working days to enter a complete notification in the register.
• s.r.o. formation. A Czech limited company, for owners who want business debts separated from personal assets or who leave profit in the company. The minimum contribution is 1 CZK and members guarantee only up to contributions they have not paid in (§132 and §142 of Act No. 90/2012 Coll.). See opening an s.r.o., or the OSVČ vs s.r.o. comparison if you are still deciding.
• Datová schránka (data box). The mandatory electronic mailbox the state uses to deliver official letters to every OSVČ and s.r.o. We set it up and check it, so nothing sits there unread — the official information is at datovka.gov.cz.
• VAT and identified person. Passing the VAT threshold, or buying ads and software from EU suppliers, puts you into VAT registration or the narrower identified person regime. We tell you which one applies while it is still a registration, not a penalty.
• A1 certificate for EU contractors. If you work temporarily in another EU state and want to stay on Czech social security, you need an A1 certificate. We file it inside the monthly price, not as an extra.
• DAC7 letters. Platforms such as Airbnb, Uber, Bolt or Etsy report seller data to the tax office, and you may get a letter about it. Read what DAC7 means for the self-employed: it is a data exchange, not an audit.
• OSS for e-shops. If you sell goods to consumers in other EU countries, the One Stop Shop scheme lets you report EU VAT in one Czech return instead of registering in every country. We register you and file it with your normal VAT.

You do not have to be in Prague, or in the country, to start. Most clients never come to the office:

1. You write two lines. Whether you have a trade licence or s.r.o. or need one, what you do, and whether you are leaving another accountant.
2. We handle the paperwork remotely. Power of attorney, data-box access and, if you are switching, the handover file from your previous accountant go by e-mail and courier. No appointment, no queue at an office.
3. Then it is monthly. You send documents digitally. We keep the books and watch every deadline — VAT, identified person, A1, DAC7, OSS, payroll — and explain in English what is due before it is due.

If you are in Prague, you are welcome at Příčná 1892/4, Praha for the first conversation. It changes nothing about the price or the process.

Both examples use only figures printed on this page — the monthly prices above, the payroll rates from the "What is billed separately" list, and the statutory fees cited under it. Each total is the sum of the lines above it, so you can check the arithmetic rather than trust it.

A foreign freelancer starting as OSVČ

A foreign-owned s.r.o. with one employee

The register entry is 0 CZK for a template s.r.o. with monetary contributions registered by a notary, which is why it does not add a line here. These are entry prices: we confirm the fixed monthly figure in writing after checking document volume, and from then on it does not move. An accounting takeover, unprepared historical periods and VAT status are the three things that change the picture — all of them priced in the list above.