Accountants are on strike in Estonia.
Estonian accountants started a warning strike. On November 10-11 they will not submit payroll tax reports in protest of the new declaration procedure.
According to striking experts, submitting a statement is unreasonably complicated, and some of the necessary technical systems are not working. In addition, accountants accuse the state of collecting data that is not necessary for tax accounting.
Most accountants say that under the new rules they have not been able to complete their statement tasks in a reasonable amount of time.
The media point out that accountants are a critical link in the economy between the state and the taxpayers. In Estonia, more than 89,000 employers declare and pay payroll tax, concerning 674,000 employees. Each quarter, 2.2 billion euros in payroll taxes are declared and paid.
It was reported that until the submission of accountants' reports in the new format, the state will not be able to use tax amounts.