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I guess you can only do this for some kind of companies? I've got a Belgian company and it's mostly just me doing consulting work. I live in Belgium and most of my clients are other Belgian companies. So I guess Belgian taxes wouldn't allow me to invoice from my Estonian company?

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I don't know anything about Belgium but it's probably similar: If you have a branch located in Germany (which is definitely the case if you are the sole employee permanently living there) you need the pay the same taxes as an equivalent German company for all income derived from there.

The Belgian tax authorities must allow you to invoice from the Estonian company (that's part of EU freedoms) but it probably won't save you much taxes.

In this case you would still be subject to Belgian taxes and regulations, since your principal place of business is in Belgium. Arguing otherwise could be pretty complicated and would probably require an actual office with employees in estonia and a good tax lawyer.

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