VAT charging of electronic services
From the 1st of January 2015 the new VAT order will begin to apply to B2C electronic services providers due to directive 2008/8/EC of the European Commission. The specified services…
Investing into Estonian startups made easier
The draft of the Commercial Code and the Law of Property Act amendment act has been prepared in cooperation of the Development Fund and the Ministry of Justice, with which…
Estonian e-residency announced
Estonia is well known for the continuous development of its e-services. At the end of April the government of Estonia approved the draft of the Estonian e-residency. Basically the wish…
Estonian employment register starts
An important change for all businesses operating in Estonia will take place this summer, namely a nationwide Estonian employment register with the Estonian Tax and Customs Board will start operating…
Finland and Estonia to unite ID-card software
The new version of the Estonian ID-card software now supports the ID-cards of Finnish citizens. This union guarantees convenient information exchange between the authorities of the two countries and the…
Single Euro Payments Area includes Estonia
Estonia started operating within the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) on February 1st, 2014. Reasons for its acceptance were gaining the advantage of an integrated market and simplification of payment…
Additional fees for working on public holidays
Bank holidays this year are from Tuesday to Thursday, December 24th-26th. Working on a bank holiday is based on an agreement between the parties and for double wages. Unlike for…
Declaring transactions of 1000 Euros
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves blocked on 18th of December 2013 an amendment to the Estonian Value-added tax act – which would require all transactions greater than 1,000 euros to…
In 2014 the minimum wage will be 355 Euros
On the 28th of November the Government of the Republic of Estonia decided to raise the minimum wage for 2014 and 2015. The Government also confirmed the unemployment insurance tax…
1Office opens a new office hotel in Tallinn
In November, 1Office will open a new office hotel in Tallinn city centre, on the fourth floor of Foorum Centre. The new office hotel to be open contains 12 private…