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In Finland, all income is taxed income. The Tax Office will supply you with a tax card, which you must present to your employer as soon as you start in a job. You will be taxed 60% of everything you earn while working without a tax card. Remember to take to the Tax Office your employment contract, which indicates your salary. Your tax card has your tax percentage written on it. If you do other work simultaneously with your primary employment, you must obtain a tax card for additional income, which you must also immediately disclose to your employer. Your tax percentage depends on your income and it can be altered during the year if your income changes. Keep an eye on your income and your tax percentage, as if you pay too little tax, you will have to pay more tax the next year. Your local Tax Office will give you more information on this.

Tax returns on income must be filed annually. In April the Tax Administration sends a pre-completed tax return form to all wage-earners. The pre-completed information is obtained from, for example, employers, banks, insurance companies and the Social Insurance Institution.

 If the pre-completed tax return form contains faulty or deficient information, you must correct the information yourself. After correcting the information, you need to sign the form and return it to the Tax Administration. If all of the information is correct, you do not need to return the pre-completed tax return form.

More information on taxation is available on the Tax Administration Website.

The Expat Finland website contains information in English about taxation in Finland.