Registration as a VAT payer

The obligation to register as a person liable to VAT arises if the supply of the transactions specified in subsection 3 of § 19¹ of the Value Added Tax Act, the place of supply of which is Estonia, exceeds 40,000 euros from the beginning of the year. An economic operator whose intra-Community acquisition of goods exceeds 10,000 euros as calculated from the beginning of a year is registered as liable to value added tax with limited liability. A parent undertaking and its subsidiaries can be registered as a value added tax group. For both registration and deletion from the register, an application must be submitted to the Estonian Tax and Customs Board.

 Useful links

Handbook “Registration as a VAT payer”

Deletion of the VAT group from register

The VAT group shall be deleted from the register if:

  • the circumstances specified in subsection 1 of § 26 of the Value Added Tax Act no longer exist — as of the first day of the month following the month in which such circumstances cease to exist;
  • the representative of the VAT group submits an application for the deletion of the VAT group from the register if any changes are made in the composition of the VAT group or for any other reasons — as of the first day of the month following the month of receipt of the application;
  • a company belonging to the VAT group is declared bankrupt or it is deleted from the Commercial Register — as of the date of declaration of bankruptcy or deletion from the Commercial Register.

The decision of the deletion of the VAT group from the register shall be made by the tax authority and VAT payers belonging to the VAT group shall be notified about this decision during 30 days after the receipt of the application.

As of the date of the deletion of a VAT group from the register, the VAT payers are deemed to be re-registered as separate VAT payers, i.e. the personal VAT ID number of the member of the VAT group is valid from the same date.

Last updated on 06.08.2025

Last updated: 20.02.2026

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