Submitting to the Business Register
File the Estonian annual report at the e-Business Register: download the validated XBRL from Arvello, upload and sign at ariregister.rik.ee, then lock the year.
Arvello prepares the file; the filing itself happens at the e-Business Register portal. Estonian annual reports must be signed digitally, so the final step always takes place at ariregister.rik.ee — Arvello's job is making sure the file you upload there is complete and valid.
The flow in one line: download the XBRL file from Arvello, upload and sign it at the portal, then come back and tell Arvello it's done.
Download the XBRL file
On the report page, click Download XBRL. Arvello runs a full validation pass first — the same kind of structural checks the portal applies. If errors turn up, the download stops and lists them; the fix belongs in your books, followed by a recalculation (see Preparing the annual report).
You get a single .xbrl file, named after your registry code and the year. Downloading it also moves the report's status from In Review to Generated.
File it at the portal
The same steps appear on the report page itself, with your profit distribution amounts shown alongside so you can copy figures straight across.
Log in at ariregister.rik.ee
Use your ID-card, Smart-ID, or e-Residency card.
Open your company's annual reports
Find your company, open "Annual reports", click "Add new report", and select your reporting period.
Upload the XBRL file and check it
Upload the file you downloaded from Arvello, then click "Check rules" to run the portal's validation. If anything is flagged, the fix belongs back in Arvello: correct the books, recalculate, download a fresh file.
Fill in the profit distribution proposal
Enter the dividend, reserve, and retained amounts from your report's Profit Distribution tab — Arvello displays them next to these steps.
Generate, review, and sign
Generate the PDF at the portal, read it through once more, and sign digitally.
Submit, then confirm in Arvello
Click "Submit" at the portal, then return to Arvello and click I've submitted it.
After filing
Confirming in Arvello moves the report to Submitted and unlocks the final step: Lock Fiscal Year. Locking prevents changes to journal entries, invoices, expenses, and bank reconciliations within the period, so the books can't quietly drift from what was filed. A locked year shows a green tick on the Annual Reports list; if you genuinely need to change something later, it can be unlocked again.
The filed report itself lives with the Business Register, so its processing status is shown at the portal rather than in Arvello. Once the register has accepted it, the report becomes part of your company's public record — the same record Arvello reads when importing financial history.
Corrections after submission
Arvello can reopen a submitted report: unlock the fiscal year if you locked it, then click Reopen for editing. The report returns to review, where you can fix the books, recalculate, and download a corrected XBRL file.
Reopening only changes Arvello's copy — it doesn't recall anything from the register. Replacing or correcting a report that has already been filed is handled at the portal, under the register's own rules; the corrected file from Arvello is what you'd upload there.
💡Lock it and move on