For self-employed persons

If you already are or are planning to become a self-employed person (in Estonian: füüsilisest isikust ettevõtja, FIE), you can find all the information about entrepreneurship, registration as a self-employed person and tax liabilities on this page. You may also find the self-employed person's tax calendar and advice about keeping accounts, submitting declarations and paying taxes helpful.

Useful link

Handbook “The ABCs for a self-employed person”

Registration of self-employed person's spouse

Self-employed persons registered in the commercial register can register their spouses who are engaged in their business in the employment register under the employment type „Self-employed person's spouse with the obligation of social tax".

If a self-employed person has registered in the commercial register a temporary activity, it is necessary to indicate start and end dates of the activity in the employment register (the same dates as in the commercial register).

If a self-employed person suspends business activity in the commercial register, it is also required to suspend the registration of a spouse as at the same date. The grounds for suspension to be selected is „Suspension of employment relationship for other reasons".

If a self-employed person terminates business activity in the commercial register, it is also required to terminate the registration of a spouse in the employment register and the grounds for termination to be selected is „Other reasons“.

The register entries of self-employed persons' spouses who were registered in the register of taxable persons on the basis of the application by a self-employed person, have been transferred into the employment register as of 1 January 2019.

The history of the register entries of self-employed persons' spouses remain in the register of taxable persons as of 31 December 2018.

The health insurance of spouses who have been registered in the employment register under the employment type „Self-employed person's spouse with the obligation of social tax" is valid from 1 January 2019 on the basis of an entry in the employment register.

Last updated on 08.01.2025

Last updated: 05.11.2025

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