diff --git a/common/proto/accounting.proto b/common/proto/accounting.proto
index cf9cd00..64ec40d 100644
--- a/common/proto/accounting.proto
+++ b/common/proto/accounting.proto
@@ -39,10 +39,15 @@ service Accounting {
       returns (AccountingPeriod);
 
   // Closing snapshots balances and blocks mutations through the period end.
-  // A closed period may be reopened; approval makes it final.
+  // A closed period may be reopened until the profile is approved.
   rpc CloseAccountingPeriod(CloseAccountingPeriodRequest) returns (AccountingPeriod);
   rpc ReopenAccountingPeriod(ReopenAccountingPeriodRequest) returns (AccountingPeriod);
-  rpc ApproveAccountingPeriod(ApproveAccountingPeriodRequest) returns (AccountingPeriod);
+
+  // Approves the profile's financial statement. One profile is one accounting
+  // period, and approval happens once for it, not once per period inside it.
+  // Every period must be closed first, and none may be reopened afterwards.
+  rpc ApproveProfile(ApproveProfileRequest) returns (ProfileApproval);
+  rpc GetProfileApproval(GetProfileApprovalRequest) returns (ProfileApproval);
 
   rpc GetAccountingPeriod(GetAccountingPeriodRequest) returns (AccountingPeriod);
   rpc ListAccountingPeriods(ListAccountingPeriodsRequest)
@@ -56,11 +61,12 @@ enum JournalSide {
   JOURNAL_SIDE_CREDIT = 2;
 }
 
+// A period is only ever open or closed. Approval is a fact about the whole
+// profile, because the profile is the accounting period being reported on.
 enum AccountingPeriodStatus {
   ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
   ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_OPEN = 1;
   ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_CLOSED = 2;
-  ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_APPROVED = 3;
 }
 
 // How long one accounting period lasts. MONTH and YEAR span whole months, so
@@ -261,7 +267,6 @@ message ConfigureAccountingPeriodRequest {
   string profile_name = 1;
   // First day of the period, YYYY-MM-DD. Must be the first day of a month.
   string period_start = 2;
-  reserved 3;
   // Optional link to the preceding period in a carry chain.
   optional int64 previous_period_id = 4;
   // Required. Decides the length of the period.
@@ -279,8 +284,21 @@ message ReopenAccountingPeriodRequest {
   int64 period_id = 1;
 }
 
-message ApproveAccountingPeriodRequest {
-  int64 period_id = 1;
+message ApproveProfileRequest {
+  string profile_name = 1;
+}
+
+message GetProfileApprovalRequest {
+  string profile_name = 1;
+}
+
+// Approval state of one profile's financial statement.
+message ProfileApproval {
+  string profile_name = 1;
+  bool approved = 2;
+  // Empty while the profile is unapproved.
+  string approved_at = 3;
+  string approved_by_user_id = 4;
 }
 
 message GetAccountingPeriodRequest {
@@ -304,8 +322,6 @@ message AccountingPeriod {
   int64 previous_period_id = 6;
   string closed_at = 7;
   string closed_by_user_id = 8;
-  string approved_at = 9;
-  string approved_by_user_id = 10;
   AccountingPeriodType period_type = 11;
 }
 
diff --git a/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin b/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin
index d16f322..bc4d217 100644
Binary files a/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin and b/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin differ
diff --git a/common/src/proto/komp_ac.accounting.rs b/common/src/proto/komp_ac.accounting.rs
index 8f82501..c038859 100644
--- a/common/src/proto/komp_ac.accounting.rs
+++ b/common/src/proto/komp_ac.accounting.rs
@@ -280,10 +280,28 @@ pub struct ReopenAccountingPeriodRequest {
     #[prost(int64, tag = "1")]
     pub period_id: i64,
 }
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
-pub struct ApproveAccountingPeriodRequest {
-    #[prost(int64, tag = "1")]
-    pub period_id: i64,
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct ApproveProfileRequest {
+    #[prost(string, tag = "1")]
+    pub profile_name: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+}
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct GetProfileApprovalRequest {
+    #[prost(string, tag = "1")]
+    pub profile_name: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+}
+/// Approval state of one profile's financial statement.
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct ProfileApproval {
+    #[prost(string, tag = "1")]
+    pub profile_name: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    #[prost(bool, tag = "2")]
+    pub approved: bool,
+    /// Empty while the profile is unapproved.
+    #[prost(string, tag = "3")]
+    pub approved_at: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    #[prost(string, tag = "4")]
+    pub approved_by_user_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
 }
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
 pub struct GetAccountingPeriodRequest {
@@ -318,10 +336,6 @@ pub struct AccountingPeriod {
     pub closed_at: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
     #[prost(string, tag = "8")]
     pub closed_by_user_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
-    #[prost(string, tag = "9")]
-    pub approved_at: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
-    #[prost(string, tag = "10")]
-    pub approved_by_user_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
     #[prost(enumeration = "AccountingPeriodType", tag = "11")]
     pub period_type: i32,
 }
@@ -382,13 +396,14 @@ impl JournalSide {
         }
     }
 }
+/// A period is only ever open or closed. Approval is a fact about the whole
+/// profile, because the profile is the accounting period being reported on.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord, ::prost::Enumeration)]
 #[repr(i32)]
 pub enum AccountingPeriodStatus {
     Unspecified = 0,
     Open = 1,
     Closed = 2,
-    Approved = 3,
 }
 impl AccountingPeriodStatus {
     /// String value of the enum field names used in the ProtoBuf definition.
@@ -400,7 +415,6 @@ impl AccountingPeriodStatus {
             Self::Unspecified => "ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED",
             Self::Open => "ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_OPEN",
             Self::Closed => "ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_CLOSED",
-            Self::Approved => "ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_APPROVED",
         }
     }
     /// Creates an enum from field names used in the ProtoBuf definition.
@@ -409,7 +423,6 @@ impl AccountingPeriodStatus {
             "ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED" => Some(Self::Unspecified),
             "ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_OPEN" => Some(Self::Open),
             "ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_CLOSED" => Some(Self::Closed),
-            "ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_STATUS_APPROVED" => Some(Self::Approved),
             _ => None,
         }
     }
@@ -790,7 +803,7 @@ pub mod accounting_client {
             self.inner.unary(req, path, codec).await
         }
         /// Closing snapshots balances and blocks mutations through the period end.
-        /// A closed period may be reopened; approval makes it final.
+        /// A closed period may be reopened until the profile is approved.
         pub async fn close_accounting_period(
             &mut self,
             request: impl tonic::IntoRequest<super::CloseAccountingPeriodRequest>,
@@ -849,11 +862,14 @@ pub mod accounting_client {
                 );
             self.inner.unary(req, path, codec).await
         }
-        pub async fn approve_accounting_period(
+        /// Approves the profile's financial statement. One profile is one accounting
+        /// period, and approval happens once for it, not once per period inside it.
+        /// Every period must be closed first, and none may be reopened afterwards.
+        pub async fn approve_profile(
             &mut self,
-            request: impl tonic::IntoRequest<super::ApproveAccountingPeriodRequest>,
+            request: impl tonic::IntoRequest<super::ApproveProfileRequest>,
         ) -> std::result::Result<
-            tonic::Response<super::AccountingPeriod>,
+            tonic::Response<super::ProfileApproval>,
             tonic::Status,
         > {
             self.inner
@@ -866,14 +882,40 @@ pub mod accounting_client {
                 })?;
             let codec = tonic_prost::ProstCodec::default();
             let path = http::uri::PathAndQuery::from_static(
-                "/komp_ac.accounting.Accounting/ApproveAccountingPeriod",
+                "/komp_ac.accounting.Accounting/ApproveProfile",
+            );
+            let mut req = request.into_request();
+            req.extensions_mut()
+                .insert(
+                    GrpcMethod::new("komp_ac.accounting.Accounting", "ApproveProfile"),
+                );
+            self.inner.unary(req, path, codec).await
+        }
+        pub async fn get_profile_approval(
+            &mut self,
+            request: impl tonic::IntoRequest<super::GetProfileApprovalRequest>,
+        ) -> std::result::Result<
+            tonic::Response<super::ProfileApproval>,
+            tonic::Status,
+        > {
+            self.inner
+                .ready()
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| {
+                    tonic::Status::unknown(
+                        format!("Service was not ready: {}", e.into()),
+                    )
+                })?;
+            let codec = tonic_prost::ProstCodec::default();
+            let path = http::uri::PathAndQuery::from_static(
+                "/komp_ac.accounting.Accounting/GetProfileApproval",
             );
             let mut req = request.into_request();
             req.extensions_mut()
                 .insert(
                     GrpcMethod::new(
                         "komp_ac.accounting.Accounting",
-                        "ApproveAccountingPeriod",
+                        "GetProfileApproval",
                     ),
                 );
             self.inner.unary(req, path, codec).await
@@ -1041,7 +1083,7 @@ pub mod accounting_server {
             tonic::Status,
         >;
         /// Closing snapshots balances and blocks mutations through the period end.
-        /// A closed period may be reopened; approval makes it final.
+        /// A closed period may be reopened until the profile is approved.
         async fn close_accounting_period(
             &self,
             request: tonic::Request<super::CloseAccountingPeriodRequest>,
@@ -1056,13 +1098,17 @@ pub mod accounting_server {
             tonic::Response<super::AccountingPeriod>,
             tonic::Status,
         >;
-        async fn approve_accounting_period(
+        /// Approves the profile's financial statement. One profile is one accounting
+        /// period, and approval happens once for it, not once per period inside it.
+        /// Every period must be closed first, and none may be reopened afterwards.
+        async fn approve_profile(
             &self,
-            request: tonic::Request<super::ApproveAccountingPeriodRequest>,
-        ) -> std::result::Result<
-            tonic::Response<super::AccountingPeriod>,
-            tonic::Status,
-        >;
+            request: tonic::Request<super::ApproveProfileRequest>,
+        ) -> std::result::Result<tonic::Response<super::ProfileApproval>, tonic::Status>;
+        async fn get_profile_approval(
+            &self,
+            request: tonic::Request<super::GetProfileApprovalRequest>,
+        ) -> std::result::Result<tonic::Response<super::ProfileApproval>, tonic::Status>;
         async fn get_accounting_period(
             &self,
             request: tonic::Request<super::GetAccountingPeriodRequest>,
@@ -1673,30 +1719,70 @@ pub mod accounting_server {
                     };
                     Box::pin(fut)
                 }
-                "/komp_ac.accounting.Accounting/ApproveAccountingPeriod" => {
+                "/komp_ac.accounting.Accounting/ApproveProfile" => {
                     #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-                    struct ApproveAccountingPeriodSvc<T: Accounting>(pub Arc<T>);
+                    struct ApproveProfileSvc<T: Accounting>(pub Arc<T>);
                     impl<
                         T: Accounting,
-                    > tonic::server::UnaryService<super::ApproveAccountingPeriodRequest>
-                    for ApproveAccountingPeriodSvc<T> {
-                        type Response = super::AccountingPeriod;
+                    > tonic::server::UnaryService<super::ApproveProfileRequest>
+                    for ApproveProfileSvc<T> {
+                        type Response = super::ProfileApproval;
                         type Future = BoxFuture<
                             tonic::Response<Self::Response>,
                             tonic::Status,
                         >;
                         fn call(
                             &mut self,
-                            request: tonic::Request<
-                                super::ApproveAccountingPeriodRequest,
-                            >,
+                            request: tonic::Request<super::ApproveProfileRequest>,
                         ) -> Self::Future {
                             let inner = Arc::clone(&self.0);
                             let fut = async move {
-                                <T as Accounting>::approve_accounting_period(
-                                        &inner,
-                                        request,
-                                    )
+                                <T as Accounting>::approve_profile(&inner, request).await
+                            };
+                            Box::pin(fut)
+                        }
+                    }
+                    let accept_compression_encodings = self.accept_compression_encodings;
+                    let send_compression_encodings = self.send_compression_encodings;
+                    let max_decoding_message_size = self.max_decoding_message_size;
+                    let max_encoding_message_size = self.max_encoding_message_size;
+                    let inner = self.inner.clone();
+                    let fut = async move {
+                        let method = ApproveProfileSvc(inner);
+                        let codec = tonic_prost::ProstCodec::default();
+                        let mut grpc = tonic::server::Grpc::new(codec)
+                            .apply_compression_config(
+                                accept_compression_encodings,
+                                send_compression_encodings,
+                            )
+                            .apply_max_message_size_config(
+                                max_decoding_message_size,
+                                max_encoding_message_size,
+                            );
+                        let res = grpc.unary(method, req).await;
+                        Ok(res)
+                    };
+                    Box::pin(fut)
+                }
+                "/komp_ac.accounting.Accounting/GetProfileApproval" => {
+                    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+                    struct GetProfileApprovalSvc<T: Accounting>(pub Arc<T>);
+                    impl<
+                        T: Accounting,
+                    > tonic::server::UnaryService<super::GetProfileApprovalRequest>
+                    for GetProfileApprovalSvc<T> {
+                        type Response = super::ProfileApproval;
+                        type Future = BoxFuture<
+                            tonic::Response<Self::Response>,
+                            tonic::Status,
+                        >;
+                        fn call(
+                            &mut self,
+                            request: tonic::Request<super::GetProfileApprovalRequest>,
+                        ) -> Self::Future {
+                            let inner = Arc::clone(&self.0);
+                            let fut = async move {
+                                <T as Accounting>::get_profile_approval(&inner, request)
                                     .await
                             };
                             Box::pin(fut)
@@ -1708,7 +1794,7 @@ pub mod accounting_server {
                     let max_encoding_message_size = self.max_encoding_message_size;
                     let inner = self.inner.clone();
                     let fut = async move {
-                        let method = ApproveAccountingPeriodSvc(inner);
+                        let method = GetProfileApprovalSvc(inner);
                         let codec = tonic_prost::ProstCodec::default();
                         let mut grpc = tonic::server::Grpc::new(codec)
                             .apply_compression_config(
diff --git a/server b/server
index 828c338..7a1a8f9 160000
--- a/server
+++ b/server
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 828c3382b97ceb25c055e7f4d9a7a98f3182477e
+Subproject commit 7a1a8f9742b0f0c18f3106d8b14ad07bb6fd974a