Employer Obligations Lithuania September 2026 · 1Office Lithuania Key Points · 2 minute read From 1 October 2026, no daily allowance is payable for one-day domestic business trips in Lithuania. Only documented expense reimbursement applies. First or last trip days lasting under 4 hours now carry only a 20% daily allowance rate, down from the…
Finland Briefing 2026 July 2026 · 1Office Finland Four developments from Verohallinto and the Finnish parliament are directly relevant to foreign founders and international companies with Finnish operations right now. A key employee tax rate reduction that most English-language guides have not yet covered. A VAT rate change on common business categories. An updated compliance…
Tax Intelligence Sweden July 2026 · 1Office Sweden Sweden’s 3:12 rules govern how dividends and capital gains are taxed for owners who are active in their own closely held companies. They determine whether income taken out of a Swedish AB is taxed at 20% as capital, or at rates reaching 55% as employment income. On…
Compliance UK July 2026 · 1Office UK Companies House identity verification applies to every director of a UK company, regardless of where they live. The guidance published for it, however, was written with a UK resident in mind: a biometric passport, a UK smartphone, and a UK financial history. For the international founders and non-resident…
Employer Intelligence UK July 2026 · 1Office UK The cost of employing someone in the UK has changed more in the last eighteen months than in the previous decade. Two employer National Insurance changes, a new minimum wage level, the Employment Rights Act 2025 introducing day-one statutory rights, Statutory Sick Pay from the first day…
Finland Tax Insights: The Worker Classification Ruling That Changes How Finnish Contractors Are Taxed | 1Office Finland Tax Intelligence Finland July 2026 · 1Office Finland Two rulings from the Finnish Tax Administration and Supreme Administrative Court this spring have direct consequences for foreign-owned Finnish companies. The first changes how Verohallinto treats gig-style and contractor arrangements,…
Industry Intelligence Sweden July 2026 · 1Office Sweden If your company works in Sweden’s installation, electrical, or HVAC sector and you are not already operating through a Swedish aktiebolag, a major industry decision has just been made on your behalf. Installatörsföretagen, the Swedish Installation Federation representing over 4,500 member companies, changed its membership requirements on…
A Finnish installation company works in Sweden for eight months. Has it created a taxable permanent establishment in Sweden? The answer is: it depends on which set of rules you apply. Under Swedish domestic tax law, a business presence exceeding six months can create a permanent establishment. Under the Nordic Tax Treaty, construction and installation…
From 7 June 2026, every employer in Lithuania must comply with the EU Pay Transparency Directive (Directive EU 2023/970), transposed into Lithuanian law through amendments to the Labour Code. This is not a large-company regulation. It applies to every employer in Lithuania regardless of size: one employee or one thousand. If you have anyone on…
Making Tax Digital 2026: Why Self-Employed People Are Switching to a Limited Company | 1Office UK UK Tax Guide · 2026 Updated March 2026 10-minute read By 1Office UK From April 2026, the UK government’s Making Tax Digital programme will require hundreds of thousands of sole traders and landlords to submit tax information to HMRC…