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Estonian state must provide compensation to bus operators for providing free rides
We represented Lux Express and several other Estonian bus operators in a dispute with the Estonian state. The crux of the matter concerned the obligation, as stipulated by the Public Transport Act, to provide free transportation for preschool children and disabled individuals on commercial lines without corresponding compensation from the state. Unconstitutional obligation In August […]
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Is the Riigikogu about to hike the tax burden of consumers?
Estonians have not yet recovered from this fall’s electricity price shock, while the 2022 state budget already aims to considerably hike traffic fines and state fees. As if that was not enough, the government introduced a bill in late September that promises to increase the tax burden further, our partner Allar Jõks and counsel Piibe […]
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Allar Jõks sues government over coronavirus restrictions
Our partner and former Estonian chancellor of justice, Allar Jõks, filed an action with the Tallinn Administrative Court over the government’s order extending coronavirus-related restrictions on Monday. “The action was bought in the interests of one family cafe of Kalamaja, but it concerns everyone with regard to whom restrictions were extended at the beginning of […]
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Taxes in a Nutshell 2021
Main comparative corporate tax principles for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus. Available here: TAXES IN A NUTSHELL 2021
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Estonia needs unaffected, free discussion, not self-censorship
Does Estonia deserve a coalition who considers public health more important than a marriage referendum, our partner and former Chancellor of Justice Allar Jõks asks. Pointing out the legal shortcomings of the government’s order to wear masks brought complaints last week that the defenders of a state of law do not care for public health […]