You don't need a 'full time accountant' for the VAT mess, I've been doing this for years (decades) and it took about 2500 euros / year / company for the full administrative burden, including payroll for up to 25 employees.
You don't need a privacy person either (I suspect you mean DPO), but you do need to know what you are doing.
> I am all for fair taxation and privacy, but the EU should start creating the mechanisms that make it easy and automatic for startups to comply with stringent requirements instead of leaving the burden upon them.
That I agree with, it can still be better. But VAT/MOSS took the sting out of the VAT reporting and the privacy law is entering a shake out period now and will also end up to be manageable.
