Yrityksen perustaminen
The stages of establishing a business, in brief:
- A good business idea
- Preliminary business plan
- Arranging of finance
- Choice of company form and name
- Clarification of licence to trade
- Declaration of association to the trade register and the tax authorities
- Statutory insurances
- Organising of book-keeping
If you want to establish a business, consider carefully whether your business idea is a good one. Consider too, whether you have sufficient professional skill and experience, and how you will arrange the financing. New enterprise centres provide help and expert advice from the shaping of the business idea onwards.
After this a preliminary business plan is drawn up, the purpose of which is to establish the profitability of the intended business and its chances of success. This is of benefit both to the entrepreneur and to the expert who is assisting with the business evaluation. A thorough business plan is always required when seeking finance.
Other matters to be considered when establishing a business include the company form, the name of the company and choice of the field of activity, declarations to the authorities and fees payable, organisation of book-keeping and payment of share capital in the limited company.
Factors influencing the choice of company form include the number of founders, capital requirement, division of responsibility and decision-making, financing and taxation. The various company forms in Finland are: proprietorship (toiminimi); partnership (avoin yhtiö); limited partnership (kommandiittiyhtiö); limited company (osakeyhtiö) and cooperative association (osuuskunta). If you want to establish a business larger than a proprietorship and are considering the various company forms it is highly advisable that you contact your business advice centre.