Estonia E-Residency vs Physical Residency: Compare Benefits
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The company pays Estonian corporate tax (0% on retained, 20% on distributed profits) and you personally pay tax in your home country on income received from the company.
AfterThe company pays Estonian corporate tax (0% on retained, 22% on distributed profits) and you personally pay tax in your home country on income received from the company.
Why: Estonia's distribution tax was raised from 20% to 22% in 2025 (with the reduced 14% rate abolished), so the article's dividend-tax rate, salary tax rate, and worked dividend example still using the pre-2025 20% figures needed updating to the current 22% rate used consistently across the rest of the corpus.
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