Estonian tax and accounting news
What changed, what it means and what you need to do about it. Written by accountants who file these declarations every month.
Accounting for IT freelancers and consultancies
Few documents, high margins and almost every counterparty in another country. That combination makes this the simplest kind of bookkeeping and th…
Read moreAccounting for construction companies
Construction has two features that most accounting setups handle badly: VAT that works backwards, and a workforce that is a different size every …
Read moreAccounting for product resellers
Reselling is the business model where the difference between good and bad bookkeeping shows up directly in the price you set.
Read moreEstonian tax deadlines in 2026
Four dates cover almost every obligation an Estonian company has. Here they are, with what happens if you miss them.
Read moreYour dormant Estonian company is not obligation-free
No customers, no invoices, no bank movements - and still an annual report, a public register entry and a board member who is personally exposed i…
Read moreDropshipping accounting problems, and how to fix them
The tax rules are the easy part. The hard part is that nothing in a dropshipping business produces a clean number, and the figure that lands in y…
Read moreWhat the Estonian Tax Board actually checks
Estonian tax administration is largely automated, which means most scrutiny does not begin with a suspicious human. It begins with two numbers th…
Read moreDropshipping taxes in Estonia
Dropshipping looks simple until the first customs invoice lands on a customer's doormat. Almost every tax problem in this model comes from the sa…
Read moreWhat an Estonian invoice must contain
An invoice missing a required field is not a formatting problem. It is the reason your customer loses their VAT deduction, and the reason yours c…
Read moreBoard member fees paid to non-residents
One of the most common questions from e-residents, and one where a confident answer from a forum is usually wrong.
Read moreThe first year of an e-Residency company: what you actually have to do
Registration takes an afternoon. The obligations start the same day and do not pause for anything.
Read moreWhere is your Estonian company actually taxed?
This is the question that decides whether the Estonian structure works or quietly costs you more than it saves. It is also the one most people an…
Read moreHow to close an Estonian company
Closing a company is a procedure, not a decision. It takes six to eight months, most of which is waiting, and the waiting cannot be shortened by …
Read moreOSS and IOSS for Estonian e-commerce sellers
Two acronyms that decide whether selling across the EU is administratively trivial or a registration in every country you ship to.
Read moreEstonia's "0% corporate tax", honestly explained
The claim is repeated everywhere and it is half true. Understanding which half saves people a great deal of money.
Read moreWhat an Estonian company actually costs to run
The setup figures are easy to find. The number people get wrong is the second year, when the excitement is over and the invoices keep arriving.
Read moreDividend or salary: which is better for an Estonian company owner in 2026?
The arithmetic favours dividends. The arithmetic is not the whole answer.
Read moreWhat you can and cannot put through an Estonian company
In most countries a wrong expense is simply not deductible. In Estonia it can be taxed as if you had paid yourself a dividend. That difference is…
Read moreThe Estonian annual report: deadline, contents and consequences
Every Estonian company files one, including companies with no activity at all. Here is what it involves and what actually happens when it is late…
Read moreEstonia's minimum wage in 2026: €946 from April
The headline is simple. The date is the part that catches employers out.
Read moreEstonian payroll taxes in 2026
Estonia's payroll system is simple in structure and unforgiving in execution. Here is what each euro of gross salary actually costs, and what has…
Read moreVAT in Estonia in 2026: a practical guide
The rate is 24%, the threshold is €40,000, and the return is due on the 20th. Everything else about Estonian VAT is detail - but the detail is wh…
Read moreThe basic exemption in 2026 and the end of the tax hump
For years, a pay rise in Estonia could push an employee into an effective marginal tax rate far above 22%. From January 2026 that mechanism is go…
Read moreEstonian tax changes in 2026: what actually changed
2026 is the year several announced increases quietly did not happen - and one long-hated feature of the income tax finally disappeared. Here is t…
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