Dr Kaido Künnapas

Professional highlights

Keeping the Estonian tax system competitive. I have had the opportunity to contribute to the modernisation of taxation of participation options in Estonia together with the leading players in the technology sector. Frequent work with novel tax issues in the field of crypto and digital economics provides me with the opportunity to play a role in designing taxation law. Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications nominated me as a representative of Estonia in the Employee Share Options Working Group managed by the European Innovation Council and European Commission.

Integrating technology into taxation and tax advice. As a Fulbright scholarship holder at the University of San Diego, I have researched the logic of automisation and applications related to international tax treaties. My mission is to find technological solutions that could help to simplify the “user experience” of tax law and allow to integrate taxation with products and services.

Promoting R&D through taxation. My participation in a working group of scholars representing acknowledged European universities discussing the current status and further development of research and development (R&D) tax incentives led to a comprehensive report and a chapter in a book reaching global audiences.

Educating the new generation. Lecturing on tax and business law as well as procedural law at TalTech, the University of Tartu, the Estonian Business School and our own Sorainen Student Academy has improved my ability to put complex issues into simple terms.