The easiest, quickest and cheapest way is to pay the tax arrears that have arisen immediately by transferring the amount of tax arrears into the bank account of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board.
When making a bank transfer, please indicate on the payment order your reference number, which can be found using the search of personal reference number.
In a case where you have a claim for income tax refund, the Estonian Tax and Customs Board has the right to check the claim before satisfying it. If you have a claim for refund of a natural person’s income tax and tax arrears at the same time, we will collect the whole amount of the arrears, regardless of the amount being checked in relation to the claim for refund.
Useful information
The current state of the tax liabilities and the amount of tax arrears can be checked:
- through the public inquiry of arrears
- or in the e-services environment e-MTA, by selecting Accounting – Claims – Overview of claims.
If tax arrears are neither paid on time nor scheduled for payment in instalments, the Estonian Tax and Customs Board will initiate compulsory execution of tax arrears, which involves, for example:
- the seizure of bank accounts
- attachment of monetary rights,
- blocking securities or securities accounts
- adding restraining notes on disposition of property,
- transmitting the tax arrears to the bailiff for the performance of enforcement actions, if necessary.
In the case of transmitting tax arrears to the bailiff, the bailiff’s remuneration and other related costs will be added to the tax arrears payable by the debtor.
Please note that the bailiff’s remuneration and costs must be paid even if the tax liability has decreased due to later corrections in the tax return. Therefore, it is important to make sure that information entered in tax returns is accurate.
Last updated: 07.09.2022