The legal landscape of doing business in Estonia will get a new chapter from the 1st of September from which date it is possible and an obligation to declare the beneficiaries of a company (as well as foundations and non-profit organizations with a few exceptions). While assessing and determining the beneficiaries is easy in most cases, it could be nearly impossible in others. The information will also become publically available in the Commercial Registry. The beneficiarie

Company registration/formation (most commonly in the form of "osauhing") in Estonia is straightforward and with a digital ID can be done 100% online. However, in practice there are a few important things you need to consider before creating a company and also things to think about to be able to run the company smoothly afterwards. Please bear in mind that liquidating a company is far from as easy as creating it so you might want take a few moments to be sure that an Estonian