Paying Taxes in Estonia

The table below addresses the taxes and mandatory contributions that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year in Estonia, as well as measures of administrative burden in paying taxes.

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Tax or mandatory contributionPayments (number)Notes on PaymentsTime (hours)Statutory tax rateTax baseTotal tax rate (% profit)Notes on TTR
Social security contributions0paid jointly3433.0%gross salaries37.2 
Income tax on actual and deemed distributions (dividends tax)1online filing2021/79distributed dividends8.1 
Land tax1 -1.5%property value1.5 
Fuel tax1 - included in price of fuel1.1 
Fringe benefit tax0paid jointly-68.4%fringe benefits0.8 
Unemployment insurance contributions0paid jointly-0.3%gross salaries0.3 
Heavy vehicle tax4 -fixed fee (EEK 4300) 0.1 
Value added tax (VAT)1online filing2718.0%value added not included
Advertising tax1 -6 EEK /m2 / day  small amount
Stamp duty1 -fixed fee contract value small amount
Totals:10 81  49.1 


Notes:

Name of taxes have been standardized. For instance income tax, profit tax, tax on company's income are all named corporate income tax in this table.
The hours for VAT include all the VAT and sales taxes applicable.
The hours for Social Security include all the hours for labor taxes and mandatory contributions in general.