How trust is recorded
Every Guide shows what has been checked, and what has not.
OpenAccountants does not use one vague “verified” badge. Each Guide records its sources, version, review status, the named accountant who reviewed it, the review date and maintenance responsibility.
How a review happens
A review is not a form. It is a working accountant putting their professional experience on the record, with the help of the AI they already use.
1. Download the review kit
Any accountant who does this work downloads the kit from the Guide's page: the complete Guide plus an interview prompt.
2. Review with your AI
They paste the kit into the AI they already use. It interviews them like a colleague: what to ask a client first, the order of operations, the traps everyone misses, how filing actually works.
3. Hand the write-up back
They return the write-up on the Guide's hand-back page. Once their credentials are confirmed, what they added publishes under their name, and the public review record carries their name, credentials and review date.
Prefer to start small? Any Guide can be read and given a quick verdict first; the kit is the step up that puts your method, not just a thumbs-up, on the Guide.
Every status, in plain terms
Draft
Work in progress. Not ready for general use.
Source-cited draft
Sources identified and linked. No named accountant review completed.
Accountant-reviewed
A named accountant reviewed the complete Guide as general reference content.
Update required
A possible change, conflict or error has been reported.
Superseded
Retained for audit history but no longer current.
What an accountant review means
A named accountant worked through the complete displayed Guide version with the AI they already use, checked it against how they actually do the work, and handed their write-up back. The public review record carries their name, credentials and review date.
What it does not mean
- ·The accountant checked every possible fact pattern
- ·The Guide is guaranteed error-free
- ·The accountant accepted every OpenAccountants user as a client
- ·The accountant approved a user-specific filing or tax position
- ·The content will remain current without future maintenance
Who can review a Guide
The accountant who reviews a Guide should be qualified for its content. Material tax interpretation, regulated filing obligations and high-risk areas call for a locally authorised specialist.
Every accountant-reviewed record shows the accountant's qualification, local authorisation where relevant, demonstrated expertise and the review date.
When the output needs a human behind it
Reviewing a Guide vs. reviewing your situation.
Everything above is about the public Guides. When your own facts, a filing responsibility or a material tax position are involved, the work can move to a qualified practitioner under a separate engagement.
1. Prepare the draft
Your AI organises the facts, applies the relevant rules, cites the sources and produces a draft working paper for review.
2. Route to a practitioner
A named accounting professional in the relevant jurisdiction reviews the work, can ask you questions and agrees the scope and terms of a separate engagement before relying on anything.
A public Guide review is not a review of your circumstances. A professional engagement begins only when the practitioner and client expressly agree the scope and terms.
Open does not mean unreviewed.
Read the open Guides and see exactly what a named accountant has checked, or help review the work for a jurisdiction you know.