Trademark is used to protect a brand, but not all brands are registered as one. But should your brand be? The purpose of a trademark is to distinguish your goods or services from the ones of your competitor and protect your brand. We recommend, that the registration should take place as soon as possible…
As you probably know already, the new EU Data Protection Act, widely known as GDPR is enforced on 25th of May. In one way or another it concerns all businesses who have access to personal data of their clients. All companies should make sure they are GDPR compliant and we in 1Office have been working…
Margo is born and raised in Estonia but has been living in Finland for most of his grown-up life. Professionally he comes from a background of banking and financial services. For 6 years he has worked at OP Corporate Bank Plc as an account manager for Leasing and Factoring clients in Finland and Baltic States…
Estonia’s government in connection with the e-residency project has implemented several amendments to Estonian legislation. The latest amendment coming into force from 15th of January 2018 unties the location of the company from the location of the management and allows to run an Estonian company completely from abroad. Currently both – the company and its management…
In 2018 several changes come into force in Estonian tax system and almost every company and person will be influenced by the changes to some extent. Changes for companies Starting next year companies will have tax rates of 20% and 14% for taxable distributable profit and non-taxable profit. Read more here. For company…
In today’s world, most of the business is international. This means that the tax rules of several countries should be considered. It can be a little difficult at the beginning and it makes sense to get a tax consultation before making any decisions, but in this article we answer some of the questions our clients…
From the 26th of June 2017 companies in the UK will no longer update their PSC information annually via the Confirmation Statement.
Most workers who work a 5-day week must receive 28 days paid annual leave per year (5 days x 5.6 weeks = 28 days).
On July 1st more than 250 acts came into force or were changed in Estonia. Some of those are also important for entrepreneurs and in the following article we outline the most important points related to changing of the Income Tax Act and other related Acts.
In the following article, we will take a look at how employee vacation pay is calculated in Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia.