Comments for Brilliant Fixer reports on the Estonian economy

Comment on Estonian taxes by Waffa

Waffa — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:50:41 +0000

C Soond – for some reason yes, US and some other banks rob so much money for transfers. Inside Estonia the payments are done almost with a moment and cost few cents as you probably know.

I wonder why was you not able to open bank account in Estonia?? As already long time ago my friend from philipines was able to open up bank account in Estonia (took 15-20 minutes with standing in line) and she received telephone bank, Internet bank access codes + international VISA bank card of course, for free.
You must be IN Estonia to open account as i cant see why should banks who want to stay trustworthy allow opening up bank accounts over Internet. You can paypall the money from your US to Estonia bank account and it does not cost a lot.

I my self do not use SEB or Swedbank but i heard Swedbank should be pretty good. There is many more banks in Estonia and you do not have to have certain bank account to pay for taxes but you just need to pay it to their account, with today’s world it should not be hard to make bank transfer, at least in here.

Opening up bank accounts & receiving all the cards & things is free last time i checked

Comment on Estonian women earn 29 pct less money than men by Andreas Moser

Andreas Moser — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:20:07 +0000

Here is the REAL reason why women earn less than men: http://andreasmoser.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/gender-pay-gap/ They have different expectations in life, and the female preference for rich men forces men to earn more.

Comment on Labour market by Arno

Arno — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:16:15 +0000

In 2010 is unemployment insurance 4,2% of the wage. Employer pays 2,8% of the wage and deduction from employees wage is 1,4%.

Comment on Estonian taxes by Arno

Arno — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:12:45 +0000

During the year 2010 has VAT changed also from 18% to 20%.

Comment on Estonia 32nd country by living conditions by Brilliant Fixer Ltd

Brilliant Fixer Ltd — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:21:55 +0000

An interactive graph http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html

It shows Estonia ranks high in ‘education’ and lower in ‘health’ and ‘quality of life’

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Dental Treatment Abroad — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:41:33 +0000

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Comment on A book about export agents by kairikurm

kairikurm — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:07:56 +0000

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Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:20:14 +0000

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Comment on Estonian taxes by C Soond

C Soond — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:42:45 +0000

Paying Estonian taxes from outside Estonia– now nearly impossible ?

Each year the Maksu-Ja Tolliamet (Estonian Tax Office in Tallin) sends me a property tax bill for land I inherited.
For many years I’ve simply mailed them an international money order in US$ from the US to pay the taxes.

This year, however, the check was returned to me. They no longer accept checks of any kind. All taxes must be paid directly to their account at Swedbank or SEB
Pank.

Swedbank and SEB refuse to open an account for me, a US/Estonian citizen who does not reside in Sweden or Estonia.

My tax bill is only about $200. My US bank charges $40 to transfer money internationally and will not do so in EEK, therefore an additional currency conversion charge.

$ can be sent via Western Union but someone has to pick it up at a Western Union Office. I can send money via paypal.com but only to someone’s e-mail address. The other ways involve someone getting a credit card and putting it into an ATM to withdraw funds.

The practice of paying bills online by transfer from an account which is common all over Europe, is not done as much in the US, and not allowed at all to foreign banks.