The Arvutused.ee blog

Behind every calculation —
everyday life.

Stories from the project, clear examples and explanations of how we check and update the calculators.

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Arvutused.ee updates

Estonian holidays and days off, now in the Arvutused.ee calendar

Our new Estonian holiday calendar brings together six years, shortened working days, long weekends, monthly totals, printing and calendar-file import.

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Useful articles

Social tax and pillar II: what changes in autumn 2026?

I reviewed the new SMS and KoPS editions: when contributions can resume, how to approach board-member sickness compensation, and which rates stay the same.

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Useful articles

Gross, net or total employer cost: which salary figure should you compare?

Three figures in a job offer answer different questions. We compare them using one example under Estonia’s 2026 rules.

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Project updates

Children’s clothing and shoes: less size confusion

Following your suggestions, I added children’s clothing, expanded shoe-size comparisons and made the explanations easier to read.

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Project updates

Your suggestions made the calculators easier to use

Following your requests, I reorganised the catalogue, improved the salary calculator, added loan contract fees and expanded the buy-or-lease comparison.

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Rules update

What changes in our calculators on 1 October 2026

I compared seven forthcoming Estonian legal editions. The key finding concerns maternity parental benefit; no formula change was identified for the other ordinary calculations reviewed.

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How it works

How we verify calculations and prepare updates

Sources, examples and the limits of applicability: what stands behind a result and what role AI plays in development.

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Practice

Three everyday tasks: salary, shopping and clothing sizes

Where to start with the calculators: check your salary, work out a discount and compare sizes before buying.

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Project story

Why I built Arvutused.ee

From family questions and calculations on the phone — to a site for people whose everyday life is connected to Estonia.

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