Estonian actors take large dividends

Many Estonian actors also have their own companies, from where the most successful ones are taking millions of kroons in dividends. For example, Jan Uuspõld’s company Monoteater turnover totaled EEK 500,000 and profit EEK 122,378 in 2007. Uuspõld does not want to betray what exactly brought such income and what he expects from this year, Äripäev writes. Another actor Ivo Uukkivi has established an advertizing company U8, which earned EEK 1 mln profit in 2007 and the turnover amounted EEK 2.3 mln. In addition, Uukkivi owns 1,260 Arco Vara shares. Marko Matvere’s company posted an EEK 998,906 profit last year. In 2006, Matvere took out EEK 1 mln in... [read full story]