April 30 is the last day to declare income

April 30 is the last day to declare income

To date, 739 thousand tax returns have been submitted to the Estonian Tax and Customs Board (ETCB). Of these, 98 percent were submitted in the e-services environment e-MTA, of which 37 percent were submitted using a smart device. By now, 182 million euros of overpaid income tax has been refunded, 75 million euros is to be paid additionally by taxpayers.

People who have received taxable income must file income tax returns. For example, people who have:

People who are entitled to an income tax refund are also expected to submit their income tax returns. These are people who have paid training costs, made donations or contributions to the third pension pillar, or used the basic income less than allowed.

Riina Randver-Sõer, service owner at the ETCB, points out that the tax rate in the income tax return of 2024 submitted this year is 20%. “The calculation of the so-called tax hump and the basic exemption did not change last year. This means that the overall basic exemption is up to 7848 euros per year, but it depends on the size of the taxpayer's income. If the annual income is above 25 200 euros, the basic exemption is 0. For people of pensionable age, the basic exemption is 9312 euros per year, regardless of the size of income," said Riina Randver-Sõer.