Learn about Estonian companies
Free calculators, plain guides, the tax treaties of Estonia and dated comparisons, in one place. Each guide and calculator names the law it rests on and the date of that law.
Tools
Work out a salary, a tax or a deadline with the current rates.
Work out the net pay and the employer's total cost of an Estonian salary or board member fee, with income tax, the basic exemption, social tax, unemployment insurance and the funded pension.
Work out the annual motor vehicle tax (mootorsõidukimaks) and the one-time registration fee (registreerimistasu) of a passenger car or van in Estonia, from its CO2, mass and age.
Add VAT to a net price or take it out of a gross price at the Estonian rate of the date: 24, 22 or 20 percent standard, 13 percent accommodation, 9 percent reduced.
The working-hour norm of each month for a full-time employee in Estonia, with the public holidays and the shortened days before them.
Guides
Plain answers on taxes, payroll, VAT and the annual report.
What an Estonian OÜ must do before its first employee starts: the written contract, fixed terms and probation, the employment register, the minimum wage and the employer cost, family members, board members, non-EU staff and interns.
What Estonian e-Residency lets a foreign founder do and what it does not give, what happens when the card expires, when an OÜ needs a contact person, a legal address abroad or at a virtual office, how documents are served by e-mail, how to choose a service provider, and why e-Residency does not make you tax resident.
The Estonian minimum wage is 946 euros a month and 5.67 euros an hour from 01.04.2026. What the employer pays on top, the minimum social tax, what the employee keeps, and a worked example.
What an Estonian company that owns or leases cars and vans must know: the annual motor vehicle tax, the registration fee, late payment, deregistration, a sale or scrapping, the Traffic Insurance Fund, parking and camera fines and how fines are taxed.
Tax treaties
What the tax treaty says when you own an Estonian company and live in another country.
Your Estonian OÜ while you live in Finland. How the Finland - Estonia double tax treaty, Finnish law and Estonian law apply to a Finnish resident who owns an Estonian OÜ: residence, place of effective management, permanent establishment, board fees, YEL, dividends, CFC rules, the three-year rule and more.
Your Estonian OÜ while you live in France. How the France - Estonia double tax treaty, French law and Estonian law apply to a French resident who owns an Estonian OÜ: residence, place of management, permanent establishment, board fees, dividends, the French CFC rule, article 155 A, exit tax and more.
Your Estonian OÜ while you live in Germany. How the Germany - Estonia double tax treaty, German law and Estonian law apply to a German resident who owns an Estonian OÜ: residence, place of management, permanent establishment, board fees, dividends, CFC rules, exit tax and more.
Your Estonian OÜ while you live in Spain. How the Spain - Estonia double tax treaty, Spanish law and Estonian law apply to a Spanish resident who owns an Estonian OÜ: residence, place of management, permanent establishment, board fees, dividends, the Spanish CFC rule, the Beckham regime, RETA, modelo 720, exit tax and more.
Comparisons
Oscar beside other accounting services and accounting firms, with dated and sourced prices.
An alternative to Xolo Leap for an Estonian company that already exists: the prices and limits of the equivalent plans, the automation of each, a worked example, where Oscar is the better fit, and where Xolo Leap is.
An alternative to Enty accounting for an Estonian company: the prices and limits of the equivalent plans, billed monthly and yearly, the automation of each, a worked example, where Oscar is the better fit, and where Enty is.
An alternative to Companio for an Estonian company that already exists: the prices, limits and terms of the equivalent plans, the automation of each, a worked example, where Oscar is the better fit, and where Companio is.
An alternative to Unicount accounting for an Estonian company: the prices, limits and terms of the equivalent plans, the automation of each, a worked example, where Oscar is the better fit, and where Unicount is.