An income tax system set five years ago when average wages, not to mention inflation rates, were lower than they are today is seeing more wage-earners hit a 'tax hump', sometimes referred to as 'bracket creep' when their salaries rise than was previously the case ERR reports.
Estonia would ideally wait and see what the outcome of an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-led global tax reform looks like before making any amendments to the European Union's tax code, finance minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (Reform) says.