Technical information of services

Here you can find links to the technical specifications of tax and customs systems, including format requirements for electronically delivered documents and the way data is structured and installed in a document.

Complex X-Road

The document describes the general protocol for exchanging

messages with the ETCB via the X-Road. This specification is

common to all services offered and describes the technical

aspects of communication

Title ETCB X-Road interface specification | pdf

Technical description of the WSDL of the service

(in the XML format)

X-tee TolliOperatsioon v. | xml

The document describes the services relates to the customs

declarations and offered to businesses through the X-Road

Complex X-Road interface | pdf
List of messages in the Complex Complex system to system interface message composition | pdf
Definitions of XML schemas of messages xsd | zip

The document describes activities related to testing that a

company needs to undertake if it wishes to start submitting

documents in the customs information systems of the

Estonian Tax and Customs Board using a machine-machine interface

Code of practice for the company for the performance of tests for the machine-machine interface of the customs information systems | pdf

Renewed codelist for ECS

codelist_snapshot_02072013.zip | 2.38 MB | zip

Technical specifications for ECS

ecs_tehnilised_spetsifiktasioonid_en.zip | 2.24 MB | zip

Code of practice for the company for the

performance of tests for the machine-machine

interface of the customs information systems

tegevusjuhis_ettevottele_tolli_infosusteemide_masin_-_masin_liidese_testimiseks_en.pdf | 251.86 KB | pdf

Technical specifications for ECS 

(Export and Exit Services)

export_and_exit_services_specification_en.pdf | 109.64 KB | pdf
Specification of X-Road Interface of ETCB emta-x-tee-eng.pdf | 1.74 MB | pdf
Scenarios for testing of the X-Road interface ecs_x-road_scenarios.pdf | 51.59 KB | pdf

ICS technical specifications 01122015

37858-icstechnicalspecificationseng01122015.zip | 473.68 KB | zip

Code of practice for the company for the

performance of tests for the machine-machine

interface of the customs information systems

tegevusjuhis_ettevottele_tolli_infosusteemide_masin_-_masin_liidese_testimiseks_en.pdf | 251.86 KB | pdf

Scenarios for testing of the X-Road

interface

xtee-eng1.pdf | 32.71 KB | pdf

Machine-to-machine interface description related documents

WSDL files of X-tee v6 services

The VAT return and its annex can be submitted conveniently by machine-to-machine interface via X-tee. This means that you can safely send the data necessary for submitting the return directly from the company’s accounting software to the Estonian Tax and Customs Board.

Documents concerning with description of XML format

Description of System’s VAT return (KMD) XML Format | pdf
XML Schema
vatdeclaration.xsd
(from 1 July 2025)
XML Schema
vatdeclaration.xsd
(from 1 January 2025)
XML example
vatdeclaration_example.xml
(from 1 July 2025)
XML example
vatdeclaration_example.xml
(from 1 January 2025)
XML example (VAT group)
vatdeclaration_group_example.xml
(from 1 July 2025)
XML example (VAT group)
vatdeclaration_group_example.xml
(from 1 January 2025)

Documents concerning with description of CSV format

Description of System’s VAT return (KMD) CSV Format | pdf
(from 1 July 2025)
Description of System’s VAT return (KMD) CSV Format | pdf
(from 1 January 2025)
CSV model file
vatdeclaration_example6.csv
(from 1 July 2025)
CSV model file
vatdeclaration_example5.csv
(from 1 January 2025)
CSV model file (VAT group)
vatdeclaration_group_example6.csv
(from 1 July 2025)
CSV model file (VAT group)
vatdeclaration_group_example5.csv
(from 1 January 2025)

Video guide "Preparing CSV files for uploading KMD INF through e-MTA"

Last updated: 19.03.2026

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