One interesting aspect of Estonia is the Digital residency: if are you are allowed to live in Estonia (EU citizen or equivalent) you can be asked to be considered a “digital resident”. That means that you can choose to pay tax there. The main advertised advantage is that all your paperwork, including your company’s, can be done entirely on-line, using a super-secure ID card.
That comes with the (welcome) assumption that you are not going to speak Estonian, and would prefer strong encryption and associated protocols.
I haven’t tried it myself, but my experience of paper-based administrations vs. Finnish and Swedish (far more IT-friendly) is night and day.
Estonia sounds great on paper, has a proof of concept (Skype), English skills are good but the ecosystem around their Ltd (OÜ) is not as widespread as eg UK's where you find tons of resources.
You need more than a physical address, you need to live in estonia if you don't want to pay extra taxes. This is true for at least Finland, I have consulted tax lawyers about this.
They are not listed because the extra taxes are not levied by Estonia.
Almost every country in the world taxes their residents' income, even if it arrives from a company abroad. And US (in)famously taxes their citizens' income, even if they do not live in US.
So if you run a company remotely, you still have to check with your local tax rules to see how much tax you may need to pay if this company pays you salary or dividend.
Well of course, but I would pay those tax even if I were working for Google in California or for Ferrari in Italy, at different government, with slightly different rates, but I would still pay...
Those are not "extra" taxes, those are regular taxes on your income...
That comes with the (welcome) assumption that you are not going to speak Estonian, and would prefer strong encryption and associated protocols.
I haven’t tried it myself, but my experience of paper-based administrations vs. Finnish and Swedish (far more IT-friendly) is night and day.