ERK raises level-6 re-certification fee, sets level-7 terms

Holders of the vanemraamatupidaja, tase 6 certificate now pay 101,68 € for re-certification, up from 100,04 €ERK. The restructured Eesti Raamatupidajate Kogu (ERK) re-certification page also publishes terms for juhtivraamatupidaja, tase 7 re-certification for the first time — a 147,56 € feeERK — while stating that no level-7 certificates will be re-certified in 2026 or 2027ERK. A paper certificate still attracts a 9 € postage charge, in place since 1 January 2026.

For level 6, the autumn 2026 round covers certificates expiring in autumn 2026 and certificates that lapsed un-renewed in spring 2026 or autumn 2025ERK; applications close on 9 November 2026 and assessment takes place in November 2026. The spring 2027 round covers certificates expiring in spring 2027ERK and lapses from spring or autumn 2026ERK; applications close on 30 April 2027, with assessment in May 2027.

Level-6 re-certification requires a certificate whose expiry is no more than one year past at the moment of re-certificationERK, at least 40 academic hours of erialane täienduskoolitus within the previous five yearsERK, and three years of erialane töökogemus within the previous five yearsERK. When level-7 re-certification opens, applicants will need a level-7 certificate expired by no more than one yearERK, at least three years of erialane töökogemusERK, and at least 60 academic hours of erialane täienduskoolitus within the previous five yearsERK.

Documentary evidence is required for the training entries listed in the form, with a single exception. The certificate must show the organiser's details, the participant's name, the topic and its connection to accounting knowledge, the date, and the volume in hours or academic hours. Training completed through Eesti Raamatupidajate Kogu courses or information days needs no separate evidence; completing the form fields is enough. An invoice counts as evidence only if it carries all five details, and where an ERK web training is watched as a team, the academic hours count only for the person registered on the ERK website. Volume conversions are fixed: 1 CPE equals 50 minutes or 1,11 academic hours, while 1 EAP and 1 EKAP each equal 26 hours or 34,7 academic hours.

Applicants download the level-specific form, rename it with their own name, save it in XLS, XLSX, SXC or ODS format, and sign it together with all evidence in the DigiDoc4 Klient application, unencrypted and not packed as a ZIP file, then attach the signed container to the application at the bottom of the web page. Registered Töötukassa clients should call the kutsekoordinaator before applying: Annely Tammai, telephone 5645 6566. The raamatupidaja, tase 5 certificate remains indefinite and needs no re-certification. The restructured page no longer carries the earlier allowance for trainers to count their own teaching toward up to 20 academic hours of the training requirement.

Legal basis: re-certification follows the Kutse andmise kord for the accounting professions, last amended by the Äriteeninduse ja Muu Äritegevuse Kutsenõukogu decision of 7 May 2026, with the detailed qualification requirements stated on the ERK re-certification page.