Accountants and corporate service providers in Tartu

What the firms in Tartu work with

The sectors the firms name are spread thinly rather than concentrated. E-commerce, construction and manufacturing are each named by two firms, and the rest appear once: healthcare, catering, digital services, housing associations, non-profits and local governments. A few also mention Amazon sellers and crypto investing. Compared with a capital where e-commerce and start-ups dominate, a Tartu firm is more likely to handle a building company, a care provider or a housing association alongside a freelancer’s books.

Client groups follow the same pattern. Start-ups are named by three firms and sole proprietors by two. Six of the 11 firms say they work with clients from abroad, including e-residents and foreign-owned Estonian companies, so a remote founder is not an unusual request. On entity types, three firms handle private limited companies (OÜ) and one handles public limited companies (AS).

Every one of the 11 firms does accounting. Nine handle tax compliance, eight run payroll, seven deal with VAT and seven offer company formation. Four provide corporate secretarial work and three a virtual office. Only two offer audit, so if you need an audit, ask early whether the firm does it or refers it on.

Languages and choosing a firm

Estonian is offered by nine firms and English by eight, so the working language with most firms here will be one of those two. Russian, Finnish, Spanish and Italian are each offered by a single firm. A founder who needs another language should say so in the request.

Practices of this size often depend on one or two partners, so ask who will do your work and what happens during their absence. The annual report must be filed within six months of the end of the financial year, and a missed deadline can end with a fine or, after a further six months, with the company removed from the register, so ask who prepares and submits it. If the firm also offers to be your contact person, it should hold the Financial Intelligence Unit authorisation for trust and company services.

The legal steps of founding the company are in the Estonia guide, and providers that do the whole process are described on the company formation in Estonia page. For a larger and more international market, see the Tallinn page. A single request through Accountanty reaches suitable firms in both cities.