Tanel Molok has studied tax in Amsterdam, was a lawyer with the Estonian tax authorities for 10 years, and for more than 8 years he was with Sorainen law firm, now working for Bolt. Kaido Kunnapas is a tax partner at Sorainen in Estonia, has been teaching tax at the Tallinn University of Technology.
In this episode you will learn about:
Achievements of Estonian tax system and its tax authorities in facilitating the business-friendly environment:
how and why the tax authorities transformed; o the unique corporate tax system (no tax until distribution of profits),
95% of VAT payers get the refund just in a couple of days, o individuals can file the tax returns just in a couple of minutes,
in some cases the tax of individuals is collected from income automatically.
What could be the reasons for unicorns like Skype, Bolt, Pipedrive, Transferwise to emerge from Estonia?
Danske bank AML scandal impact on the Estonian market.
What is done well in the Latvian tax system from the Estonian perspective?
Why they said that the Latvian startup tax environment is even better than in Estonia?
We compared tax and business environment in all 3 Baltic states.
We dived into the Estonian tax dispute system.
Why the authorities make public turnover and payroll taxes of companies quarterly?
Recorded in 2021. Apologies for a poor sound quality.
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