Authorisations and compliance

Who authorises, who supervises

Two distinct authorities are involved, and the distinction matters. The Ministry of the Economy issues the business permit: it is the act that authorises the activity of accountant in Luxembourg, after checking professional standing and qualification.

The Administration de l'enregistrement, des domaines et de la TVA (AED) is the supervisory authority for anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing (AML/CFT) for accounting professionals other than chartered accountants. In other words: the Ministry authorises, the AED supervises. The firm never states that it is “supervised by the Ministry of the Economy”, as that would be inaccurate.

Our authorisations

These permits cover bookkeeping, the preparation of annual accounts, tax and VAT, payroll, domiciliation and corporate secretarial work, together with the associated ancillary activities.

Legal identity

AML/KYC and beneficial owner

As a subject professional, the firm applies the obligations of the amended law of 12 November 2004: client identification and verification (KYC), beneficial-owner identification, risk assessment and record keeping. These checks condition onboarding; as an accounting professional, the firm falls under the AML/CFT control of the AED.

Verify our authorisations

Our authorisations and registration can be checked with the official sources: permit 10077274 (guichet.public.lu) · RCS B213987 (LBR).

What the firm does not do

The firm holds no statutory audit mandate. In Luxembourg, statutory audit is reserved for the réviseur d'entreprises agréé, a separate profession supervised by the CSSF. These permits confer neither the title of chartered accountant nor that of statutory auditor.

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