Estonia: Parliament approves law to increase income tax rates
On 19 June 2023, the Estonian Parliament approved Income Tax Act and Defense Service Act Amendment Act 148 SE which increases both the personal income tax and corporate income tax rates by 2 percentage points to reach 22% from 20%. Also, the income
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On 20 October 2022, the Estonian Government approved Law regarding new reporting obligations Council Directive (EU) 2021/514 for digital platform operators (DAC7) into domestic law. This directive has been published on 25 March 2021, entered into
See MoreEstonia deposits new notifications under Article 35(7)(b) of the BEPS MLI
On 1 June 2022, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced that the Republic of Estonia notified the confirmation of the completion of its internal procedures for the entry into effect of the provisions of the
See MoreEstonia deposits new notifications under the BEPS MLI
On 25 November 2021, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has announced that Estonia deposited new notifications under the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and
See MoreOECD: Peer review reports on making tax dispute resolution more effective
On 25 May 2021 the OECD released a further batch of eight Stage Two peer review reports in relation to making dispute resolution mechanisms more effective under BEPS Action 14. The minimum standard under BEPS action 14 is concerned with
See MoreEstonia: BEPS MLI enters into force
On 1 May 2021, the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) entered into force for Estonia. Estonia deposited its ratification instrument on 15 January 2021. For the
See MoreEstonia deposits BEPS MLI ratification instrument
On 15 January 2021, Estonia has deposited its ratification instrument for the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). The MLI will enter into force for Estonia on 1 May
See MoreEstonia: Parliament adopts Law on deferral of DAC6
On 12 December 2020, the Estonian Parliament has adopted the Tax Information Exchange Amendment Act on its website regarding deferral of DAC6. The Law entered into force on 4 December 2020, and shall be applied retroactively from 30 June
See MoreEstonia: Parliament adopts Bill to amend BEPS Multilateral Instrument (MLI)
On 9 December 2020, the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) has adopted Bill No. 286 SE to amend a Law on the Ratification of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. The Bill
See MoreEstonia: Parliament considers Bill to amend BEPS Multilateral Instrument (MLI)
On 10 November 2020, Estonia’s parliament (Riigikogu) has accepted for consideration Bill No. 286 SE, to amend a Law on the Ratification of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit
See MoreDAC6 Updates: Optional deferral of DAC6 reporting deadlines
On 24 June 2020, the European Council reached agreement on an optional 6-month postponement to the reporting deadlines for relevant taxpayers under EU Directive 2018/822 (DAC6), and a delay to the exchange of information under
See MoreEstonia extends deadlines for DAC6 reporting amid COVID-19
On 26 June 2020, the Estonian Ministry of Finance has proposed for the deferral of reporting on EU cross-border arrangements (DAC6) due to COVID-19 pandemic. All reporting and data exchange deadlines in 2020, the first reporting year, are thus
See MoreEstonia extends individual tax return filing deadline amid COVID-19
On 4 May 2020, the Estonian tax authority has announced that due to the special situation, all offices of the Tax and Customs Board across Estonia will be closed at least on 18 May. The deadline for submitting individual paper tax returns has been
See MoreEstonia: Parliament passes supplementary budget amid COVID-19 pandemic
On 15 April 2020, The Estonian Parliament has issued a press release announcing that the Act on the supplementary budget has been passed to implement the economic measures related to the spread of the COVID-19. The aim of the measures is to
See MoreEstonia suspends interests on tax arrears due to COVID-19 outbreak
On 19 March 2020, Estonia tax authority has suspended the calculation of interests on their tax arrears for the period of emergency with retroactive effect as from 1 March 2020 to 1 May 2020. However, all tax returns must be submitted on time
See MoreEstonia implements EU ATAD 2 from 1 January 2020
Estonia has implemented the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (2017/952) (ATAD 2). ATAD 2 amends the EU Directive 2016/1164 which extends the scope of the Hybrid Mismatches Rules to a wider range of transactions and also to apply to transactions with
See MoreEstonia publishes Tax Information Exchange Act to implement DAC6
Recently, Estonia has published Tax Information Exchange Act (Amendment) in the Official Gazette for the implementation of Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 of 25 May 2018 (DAC6) on reportable cross-border tax planning arrangements
See MoreDTA between Estonia and Hong Kong enters into force
On 18 December 2019, the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Estonia and Hong Kong was entered into force and applies from 1 January 2020 for Estonia and from 1 April 2020 for Hong Kong. The DTA contains Dividends rate 0% if the beneficial
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