International treaty

Estonia: tax treaties

Tax treaties and related documents between the UK and Estonia.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 22 February 2007
• Last updated: 18 January 2017 — See all updates

Documents

1994 Estonia and UK Double Taxation Convention - in force

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Details

The Double Taxation Convention entered into force on 19 December 1994 and is effective in Estonia from 1 January 1995.

The convention is effective in the UK from:

• 1 April 1995 for Corporation Tax
• 6 April 1995 for Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax

Royalties no longer subject to withholding tax

Paragraph 7 of the Exchange of Notes to the 1994 Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) contains a ‘Most Favoured Nation’ (MFN) provision relating to royalties (Article 12). It gives UK residents access to any lower rates agreed by Estonia in a DTA it later agrees with an OECD member country (that was a member when the UK-Estonia DTA was signed in 1994).

The Estonia-Switzerland DTA, which entered into force on 16 October 2015, provides for resident state taxation only of royalties and so the 1994 MFN provision has been triggered. The effect of this provision is that from 16 October 2015 no source state taxation is permitted under the DTA in respect of royalties.

Published 22 February 2007
Last updated 18 January 2017 + show all updates

1. 18 January 2017

   Additional paragraph added - Royalties no longer subject to withholding tax

2. 22 February 2007

   First published.