Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut van Registeraccountants

Royal NIVRA The Netherlands’ main professional accounting and external auditing organization. The Registeraccountant is the Dutch equivalent of the * Certified Public Accountant, and the institute (commonly referred to as Royal NIVRA) was established in 1967 through the merger of pre-existing accounting institutes. Headquartered in Amsterdam, Royal Nivra had approximately 13,000 members in 2003. It enjoys a high international reputation for its work in both accounting and external auditing, and it is notably open to cosmopolitan influences - the latter may be a reflection of the Netherlands’ long history of international trade and colonial activity. Web site (some material in English): www.nivra.nl