diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/LocalizedDateInput.tsx b/frontend/src/components/common/LocalizedDateInput.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03fe0003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/LocalizedDateInput.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { clsx } from 'clsx';
+import { Calendar } from 'lucide-react';
+import { useLocalizedDate } from '../../hooks/useLocalizedDate';
+
+/**
+ * Date input that displays + accepts values in the admin-configured
+ * format from Settings → General (`general_date_format`), independent
+ * of the browser locale. Stores + emits ISO (YYYY-MM-DD) so the rest
+ * of the form / API surface keeps the canonical shape.
+ *
+ * A native `<input type="date">` always renders in the browser's own
+ * locale (en-US users see MM/DD/YYYY) no matter what the app is
+ * configured for, so it can't be used directly. This component shows
+ * a plain text input in the configured format and parses on blur. A
+ * calendar icon button opens the native date picker (via showPicker())
+ * off a visually-hidden native input, giving the click-to-pick
+ * affordance without rendering a second visible date box.
+ */
+interface LocalizedDateInputProps {
+  label?: string;
+  value: string;
+  onChange: (iso: string) => void;
+  error?: string;
+  /** Forwarded to the native picker so min/max date constraints work. */
+  min?: string;
+  max?: string;
+  disabled?: boolean;
+}
+
+export const LocalizedDateInput: React.FC<LocalizedDateInputProps> = ({
+  label,
+  value,
+  onChange,
+  error,
+  min,
+  max,
+  disabled,
+}) => {
+  const { dateFormat } = useLocalizedDate();
+  const nativeRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const inputId = React.useId();
+
+  // Normalise the configured format down to the four shapes the parser
+  // understands. Defaults to DD.MM.YYYY (the operator's primary locale)
+  // when unknown.
+  const normalisedFormat = ((): 'DD.MM.YYYY' | 'DD/MM/YYYY' | 'MM/DD/YYYY' | 'YYYY-MM-DD' => {
+    const f = String(dateFormat || 'dd.MM.yyyy').toLowerCase();
+    if (f.startsWith('mm/dd')) return 'MM/DD/YYYY';
+    if (f.startsWith('yyyy')) return 'YYYY-MM-DD';
+    if (f.includes('/')) return 'DD/MM/YYYY';
+    return 'DD.MM.YYYY';
+  })();
+  const placeholder = normalisedFormat.toLowerCase();
+
+  // ISO → display
+  const toDisplay = (iso: string): string => {
+    if (!iso) return '';
+    const m = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/.exec(iso);
+    if (!m) return iso;
+    const [, y, mo, d] = m;
+    switch (normalisedFormat) {
+      case 'MM/DD/YYYY': return `${mo}/${d}/${y}`;
+      case 'YYYY-MM-DD': return `${y}-${mo}-${d}`;
+      case 'DD/MM/YYYY': return `${d}/${mo}/${y}`;
+      case 'DD.MM.YYYY':
+      default: return `${d}.${mo}.${y}`;
+    }
+  };
+
+  // display → ISO (accepts variant separators leniently)
+  const toIso = (raw: string): string => {
+    const s = raw.trim();
+    if (!s) return '';
+    if (/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/.test(s)) return s;
+    const parts = s.split(/[./-]/);
+    if (parts.length !== 3) return '';
+    const [a, b, c] = parts;
+    let y: string, mo: string, d: string;
+    if (normalisedFormat === 'YYYY-MM-DD' || a.length === 4) {
+      [y, mo, d] = [a, b, c];
+    } else if (normalisedFormat === 'MM/DD/YYYY') {
+      [mo, d, y] = [a, b, c];
+    } else {
+      [d, mo, y] = [a, b, c];
+    }
+    if (!/^\d{1,2}$/.test(d) || !/^\d{1,2}$/.test(mo) || !/^\d{4}$/.test(y)) return '';
+    return `${y}-${mo.padStart(2, '0')}-${d.padStart(2, '0')}`;
+  };
+
+  const [text, setText] = React.useState(toDisplay(value));
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    setText(toDisplay(value));
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [value]);
+
+  const openPicker = () => {
+    const el = nativeRef.current;
+    if (!el) return;
+    try {
+      el.showPicker();
+    } catch {
+      // showPicker throws on unsupported browsers / outside a user
+      // gesture — the text field stays fully usable for typing.
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="w-full">
+      {label && (
+        <label htmlFor={inputId} className="block text-sm font-medium text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300 mb-1.5">
+          {label}
+        </label>
+      )}
+      <div className="relative">
+        <input
+          id={inputId}
+          value={text}
+          placeholder={placeholder}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          onChange={(e) => setText(e.target.value)}
+          onBlur={() => {
+            const iso = toIso(text);
+            if (iso) {
+              onChange(iso);
+              setText(toDisplay(iso));
+            } else if (!text.trim()) {
+              onChange('');
+            }
+          }}
+          className={clsx('input pr-10', error && 'border-red-500 focus-visible:ring-red-500')}
+          aria-invalid={error ? 'true' : 'false'}
+          aria-describedby={error ? `${inputId}-error` : undefined}
+        />
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={openPicker}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          tabIndex={-1}
+          aria-label={label}
+          className="absolute inset-y-0 right-0 pr-3 flex items-center text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 hover:text-neutral-700 dark:hover:text-neutral-200 disabled:opacity-50"
+        >
+          <Calendar className="w-5 h-5" />
+        </button>
+        {/* Visually hidden native picker — its only job is to provide
+            the calendar popup the icon button triggers. Value stays in
+            ISO so it's always parseable. */}
+        <input
+          ref={nativeRef}
+          type="date"
+          value={value || ''}
+          min={min}
+          max={max}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
+          tabIndex={-1}
+          aria-hidden="true"
+          className="sr-only"
+        />
+      </div>
+      {error && (
+        <p id={`${inputId}-error`} className="mt-1.5 text-sm text-red-600 dark:text-red-400">
+          {error}
+        </p>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/index.ts b/frontend/src/components/common/index.ts
index 46702452..dc5984ea 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/common/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export { Button } from './Button';
 export { CMSContentBlock } from './CMSContentBlock';
 export { Input } from './Input';
+export { LocalizedDateInput } from './LocalizedDateInput';
 export { Card, CardHeader, CardContent, CardFooter } from './Card';
 export { Loading, LoadingSkeleton } from './Loading';
 export { ErrorBoundary, PageErrorBoundary } from './ErrorBoundary';
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/admin/CreateEventPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/admin/CreateEventPage.tsx
index 99cd4422..e5df23f7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/admin/CreateEventPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/admin/CreateEventPage.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 import { addDays } from 'date-fns';
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify';
 
-import { Button, Input, Card, PasswordGenerator } from '../../components/common';
+import { Button, Input, Card, PasswordGenerator, LocalizedDateInput } from '../../components/common';
 import { ThemeCustomizerEnhanced, GalleryPreview, WelcomeMessageEditor, FeedbackSettings } from '../../components/admin';
 import { CustomerAccountPicker } from '../../components/admin/CustomerAccountPicker';
 import { useMutation, useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
@@ -587,13 +587,11 @@ export const CreateEventPage: React.FC = () => {
                 leftIcon={<Calendar className="w-5 h-5" />}
               />
 
-              <Input
-                type="date"
+              <LocalizedDateInput
                 label={requireEventDate ? t('events.eventDate') : `${t('events.eventDate')} (${t('common.optional')})`}
                 value={formData.event_date}
-                onChange={handleInputChange('event_date')}
+                onChange={(iso) => setFormData(prev => ({ ...prev, event_date: iso }))}
                 error={errors.event_date}
-                leftIcon={<Calendar className="w-5 h-5" />}
               />
             </div>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/admin/bills/BillEditorPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/admin/bills/BillEditorPage.tsx
index ff6d0258..38edc81e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/admin/bills/BillEditorPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/admin/bills/BillEditorPage.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useNavigate, useParams, useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { ArrowLeft, Eye, Save as SaveIcon } from 'lucide-react';
-import { Button, Card, Loading, Input } from '../../../components/common';
+import { Button, Card, Loading, Input, LocalizedDateInput } from '../../../components/common';
 import { billsService, type InvoiceCreatePayload, type InvoiceQrFormat } from '../../../services/bills.service';
 import { quotesService } from '../../../services/quotes.service';
 import { contractsService } from '../../../services/contracts.service';
@@ -488,8 +488,8 @@ export const BillEditorPage: React.FC = () => {
         <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-3">
           <Input label={t('bills.field.eventName', 'Event') as string}
             value={eventName} onChange={(e) => setEventName(e.target.value)} />
-          <Input type="date" label={t('bills.field.eventDate', 'Event date') as string}
-            value={eventDate} onChange={(e) => setEventDate(e.target.value)} />
+          <LocalizedDateInput label={t('bills.field.eventDate', 'Event date') as string}
+            value={eventDate} onChange={setEventDate} />
           <Input type="time" lang={timeInputLang} label={t('bills.field.eventTimeStart', 'Start time') as string}
             value={eventTimeStart} onChange={(e) => setEventTimeStart(e.target.value)} />
           <Input type="time" lang={timeInputLang} label={t('bills.field.eventTimeEnd', 'End time') as string}
@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@ export const BillEditorPage: React.FC = () => {
       <Card>
         <h3 className="font-semibold mb-2">{t('bills.section.details', 'Details')}</h3>
         <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-3">
-          <Input type="date" label={t('bills.field.issueDate', 'Issue date') as string} value={issueDate} onChange={(e) => setIssueDate(e.target.value)} />
-          <Input type="date" label={t('bills.field.dueDate', 'Due date') as string} value={dueDate} onChange={(e) => setDueDate(e.target.value)} />
+          <LocalizedDateInput label={t('bills.field.issueDate', 'Issue date') as string} value={issueDate} onChange={setIssueDate} />
+          <LocalizedDateInput label={t('bills.field.dueDate', 'Due date') as string} value={dueDate} onChange={setDueDate} />
           <Input type="datetime-local" label={t('bills.field.scheduledSendAt', 'Scheduled send (optional)') as string}
             value={scheduledSendAt} onChange={(e) => setScheduledSendAt(e.target.value)} />
           <div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/admin/bills/BillsListPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/admin/bills/BillsListPage.tsx
index cba0e2e5..a4c413f8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/admin/bills/BillsListPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/admin/bills/BillsListPage.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Link, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { Plus, Search, Upload, X } from 'lucide-react';
 import { billsService, type InvoiceStatus, type InvoiceSort } from '../../../services/bills.service';
-import { Button, Card, Input, Loading } from '../../../components/common';
+import { Button, Card, Input, Loading, LocalizedDateInput } from '../../../components/common';
 import { formatMoney } from '../../../components/admin/LineItemsTable';
 import { customerAdminService } from '../../../services/customerAdmin.service';
 import { useLocalizedDate } from '../../../hooks/useLocalizedDate';
@@ -329,12 +329,12 @@ const ImportHistoricalInvoiceModal: React.FC<ImportModalProps> = ({ onClose }) =
               value={currency}
               maxLength={3}
               onChange={(e) => setCurrency(e.target.value.toUpperCase())} />
-            <LocalizedDateField
+            <LocalizedDateInput
               label={t('bills.field.issueDate', 'Issued') as string}
               value={issueDate}
               onChange={setIssueDate}
             />
-            <LocalizedDateField
+            <LocalizedDateInput
               label={t('bills.field.dueDate', 'Due') as string}
               value={dueDate}
               onChange={setDueDate}
@@ -392,113 +392,3 @@ const ImportHistoricalInvoiceModal: React.FC<ImportModalProps> = ({ onClose }) =
     </div>
   );
 };
-
-/**
- * Date field that displays + accepts values in the admin-configured
- * format from Settings → General (`general_date_format`). Stores
- * + emits ISO (YYYY-MM-DD) so the rest of the form / API surface
- * keeps the canonical shape.
- *
- * Native `<input type="date">` always renders in the browser's
- * locale (en-US users see MM/DD/YYYY), which mismatched what
- * customers + the rest of the app see elsewhere. This component
- * uses a plain text input + parses on blur, with the configured
- * format shown as both placeholder and helper text. A small
- * shadow native date input next to the field gives the click-to-
- * open calendar without affecting the displayed format.
- */
-interface LocalizedDateFieldProps {
-  label: string;
-  value: string;
-  onChange: (iso: string) => void;
-}
-const LocalizedDateField: React.FC<LocalizedDateFieldProps> = ({ label, value, onChange }) => {
-  const { dateFormat } = useLocalizedDate();
-  // Normalise the configured format down to the four shapes our
-  // parser understands. Defaults to DD.MM.YYYY (the maintainer's
-  // primary locale) when unknown.
-  const normalisedFormat = ((): 'DD.MM.YYYY' | 'DD/MM/YYYY' | 'MM/DD/YYYY' | 'YYYY-MM-DD' => {
-    const f = String(dateFormat || 'dd.MM.yyyy').toLowerCase();
-    if (f.startsWith('mm/dd')) return 'MM/DD/YYYY';
-    if (f.startsWith('yyyy'))  return 'YYYY-MM-DD';
-    if (f.includes('/'))       return 'DD/MM/YYYY';
-    return 'DD.MM.YYYY';
-  })();
-  const placeholder = normalisedFormat.toLowerCase();
-
-  // ISO → display
-  const toDisplay = (iso: string): string => {
-    if (!iso) return '';
-    const m = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/.exec(iso);
-    if (!m) return iso;
-    const [, y, mo, d] = m;
-    switch (normalisedFormat) {
-    case 'MM/DD/YYYY': return `${mo}/${d}/${y}`;
-    case 'YYYY-MM-DD': return `${y}-${mo}-${d}`;
-    case 'DD/MM/YYYY': return `${d}/${mo}/${y}`;
-    case 'DD.MM.YYYY':
-    default:           return `${d}.${mo}.${y}`;
-    }
-  };
-
-  // display → ISO (accepts variant separators leniently)
-  const toIso = (raw: string): string => {
-    const s = raw.trim();
-    if (!s) return '';
-    // Already ISO?
-    if (/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/.test(s)) return s;
-    // Split on . / -
-    const parts = s.split(/[./-]/);
-    if (parts.length !== 3) return '';
-    let [a, b, c] = parts;
-    let y: string, mo: string, d: string;
-    if (normalisedFormat === 'YYYY-MM-DD' || a.length === 4) {
-      [y, mo, d] = [a, b, c];
-    } else if (normalisedFormat === 'MM/DD/YYYY') {
-      [mo, d, y] = [a, b, c];
-    } else {
-      // DD.MM.YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY
-      [d, mo, y] = [a, b, c];
-    }
-    if (!/^\d{1,2}$/.test(d) || !/^\d{1,2}$/.test(mo) || !/^\d{4}$/.test(y)) return '';
-    return `${y}-${mo.padStart(2, '0')}-${d.padStart(2, '0')}`;
-  };
-
-  const [text, setText] = React.useState(toDisplay(value));
-  React.useEffect(() => { setText(toDisplay(value)); /* eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps */ }, [value]);
-
-  return (
-    <div>
-      <label className="block text-sm font-medium mb-1">{label}</label>
-      <div className="flex gap-2">
-        <Input
-          value={text}
-          placeholder={placeholder}
-          onChange={(e) => setText(e.target.value)}
-          onBlur={() => {
-            const iso = toIso(text);
-            if (iso) {
-              onChange(iso);
-              setText(toDisplay(iso));
-            } else if (!text.trim()) {
-              onChange('');
-            }
-          }}
-        />
-        {/* Tiny native date picker shortcut — gives the calendar
-            without polluting the visible text input. Hidden value
-            stays in ISO so it's always parseable. */}
-        <input
-          type="date"
-          value={value || ''}
-          onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
-          aria-label={label}
-          className="text-sm px-2 rounded-md border border-neutral-300 dark:border-neutral-600 bg-white dark:bg-neutral-800"
-          style={{ width: 36 }}
-        />
-      </div>
-      <p className="text-xs text-neutral-500 mt-1">{placeholder}</p>
-    </div>
-  );
-};
-
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/admin/clients/TaxReportPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/admin/clients/TaxReportPage.tsx
index 958ef04c..d60c3ade 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/admin/clients/TaxReportPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/admin/clients/TaxReportPage.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import React, { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { Calculator, Download, FileDown, AlertCircle } from 'lucide-react';
-import { Button, Card, Loading, Input } from '../../../components/common';
+import { Button, Card, Loading, LocalizedDateInput } from '../../../components/common';
 
 // Lightweight native select styled to match Input — the common barrel
 // doesn't export a Select component, and the form pieces here are
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function triggerBrowserDownload(url: string, filename: string) {
 
 export const TaxReportPage: React.FC = () => {
   const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();
-  const { format: fmtDate, dateInputLang } = useLocalizedDate();
+  const { format: fmtDate } = useLocalizedDate();
   const [preset, setPreset] = useState<PeriodPreset>('thisYear');
   const initialPeriod = useMemo(() => periodForPreset('thisYear'), []);
   const [from, setFrom] = useState(initialPeriod.from);
@@ -196,27 +196,21 @@ export const TaxReportPage: React.FC = () => {
 
             <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
               <div>
-                <label htmlFor="period-from" className="block text-xs font-medium text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300 mb-1">
+                <label className="block text-xs font-medium text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300 mb-1">
                   {t('taxReport.filters.from', 'From')}
                 </label>
-                <Input
-                  id="period-from"
-                  type="date"
-                  lang={dateInputLang}
+                <LocalizedDateInput
                   value={from}
-                  onChange={(e) => { setFrom(e.target.value); setPreset('custom'); }}
+                  onChange={(iso) => { setFrom(iso); setPreset('custom'); }}
                 />
               </div>
               <div>
-                <label htmlFor="period-to" className="block text-xs font-medium text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300 mb-1">
+                <label className="block text-xs font-medium text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300 mb-1">
                   {t('taxReport.filters.to', 'To')}
                 </label>
-                <Input
-                  id="period-to"
-                  type="date"
-                  lang={dateInputLang}
+                <LocalizedDateInput
                   value={to}
-                  onChange={(e) => { setTo(e.target.value); setPreset('custom'); }}
+                  onChange={(iso) => { setTo(iso); setPreset('custom'); }}
                 />
               </div>
             </div>