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# Working as an accountant in Iceland

Accountant is a regulated profession in Iceland. Foreign qualifications go through: To obtain statutory-auditor authorization, satisfy the education and experience conditions and pass the professional examination; the Auditors Oversight Board issues the licence certificate. The Ministry says examinations are generally held once a year.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: To obtain statutory-auditor authorization, satisfy the education and experience conditions and pass the professional examination; the Auditors Oversight Board issues the licence certificate. The Ministry says examinations are generally held once a year.
- Recognition authority: Auditors Oversight Board (Endurskoðendaeftirlitið), under the Ministry of Industries, for the statutory-auditor licence.

## Sources

Auditing; definition of licensed auditors and audit-licensing section. — https://www.stjornarradid.is/verkefni/atvinnuvegir/vidskipti/endurskodun/

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Accountant in Iceland: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8cd464162ac7e61e49dc34524573ecb3]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/iceland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Accountant in Iceland: recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
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  version = {8cd464162ac7e61e49dc34524573ecb3},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/iceland/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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