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- HE 116/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting social assistance and tightening conditions
The basic amount of social assistance will be reduced for adults, and recipients will face a stricter obligation to apply for full-time work and primary benefits. Neglecting obligations or facing unemployment security sanctions will lead to social assistance being cut more readily than before.
19 Dec 2025 · 8 votes91 jaa79 ei - HE 177/2026 vpIn progress
Comprehensive reform of student financial aid
The Student Financial Aid Act would be replaced by a new Act on Student Benefits, reforming student grants and loan terms. Among other things, the reform would increase the study grant for families with multiple children, remove student loans for minors living with their parents, and change the terms of the student loan compensation.
1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet - HE 245/2026 vpIn progress
Reforming self-employed pension contributions
Self-employed persons will be able to choose between an overall assessment by the pension company or their actual earned income as the basis for their pension insurance income. At the same time, the fixed contribution discount for new entrepreneurs will be replaced with more flexible contribution options.
20 Oct 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen: puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus JAA / Riitta Kaarisalon ehdotus EI
93 jaa80 ei - HE 74/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening general housing allowance rules
The general housing allowance will be reduced and eligibility criteria tightened to save state expenditure. At the same time, housing allowance paid for owner-occupied homes will be abolished completely.
14 Dec 2023 · 5 votes99 jaa79 ei - HE 64/2026 vpIn progress
More flexible working on disability pension
People on a disability pension will be able to work more flexibly without fear of losing their entire pension. Earned income exceeding the monthly exempt amount and the annual flexibility allowance would reduce the pension only by the excess amount.
24 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 231/2016 vpPassed
Transferring students to general housing allowance
Students living in Finland will be transferred from the separate housing supplement to the general housing allowance. At the same time, the maximum acceptable housing costs under the general housing allowance will be reduced and frozen to achieve savings.
21 Dec 2016 · 9 votes118 jaa45 ei - HE 33/2022 vpPassed
Removing the farm cessation income limit
Recipients of farm cessation support will be able to do paid work without income limits and without losing their support. The change will also ease labour shortages in rural areas and primary production.
20 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 107/2017 vpPassed
Easing earned income taxation in 2018
Earned income taxation will be eased and employer-paid training will be made exempt from tax more broadly from the beginning of 2018. At the same time, the time limit for tax-exempt travel allowances for temporary posted work will be extended to three years.
4 Dec 2017 · 32 votes - HE 214/2021 vpPassed
Temporary increase in student income limits
Students will be able to earn more wage income alongside student financial aid during 2022. The annual income limits for student financial aid will be temporarily increased by 25 per cent.
13 Dec 2021 · 3 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ville Kaunisto
86 jaa63 ei - HE 124/2018 vpPassed
Easing income tax and increasing deductions
The income thresholds of the income tax scale for 2019 and several tax deductions would be increased to ease taxation on earned income. In addition, the maximum amount of the deduction for secondary accommodation for work and tax-exempt travel allowances for voluntary workers would be increased.
3 Dec 2018 · 33 votes - HE 200/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Earnings exemption for military allowance
Conscripts and persons performing non-military service will be able to earn 200 euros a month without it reducing their military allowance. The change encourages persons performing service to work during leave.
1 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 296/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming daily allowance income bases
Kela's sickness and parental allowances as well as rehabilitation allowance will be determined on the basis of the applicant's recent annual income instead of outdated taxation data. The information will be obtained directly from the incomes register, so applicants and employers do not need to submit separate income statements.
8 Apr 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 244/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding the Incomes Register
The national Incomes Register will expand to cover paid pensions and other benefits in addition to wage and salary data. Payers of pensions and benefits will report the data centrally to the Incomes Register, where different authorities will have access to it.
28 Jan 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 135/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Easing taxation of earned income and pensions
Income taxation of wage earners and pensioners will be eased and the household expenses tax credit will be increased from the beginning of 2017. In addition, several tax deductions will be increased and certain benefits will be established by law as tax-exempt.
19 Dec 2016 · 26 votes - HE 150/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Deferring garnishment for debtors finding work
A debtor subject to enforcement who has been unemployed for a long time will be granted the right to defer the garnishment of their wages upon entering employment. The change encourages taking up work and leaves more income at the person's own disposal at the start of employment.
21 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 142/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Earned income and commuting tax relief
An index adjustment corresponding to the rise in earnings levels will be made to the earned income tax criteria for 2021 to prevent the taxation of earned income from tightening with inflation. At the same time, taxation on low-emission company cars, public transport tickets, and company bicycles will be eased.
14 Dec 2020 · 15 votesClosest vote · 2. lakiehdotus, 125 §, mietintö / Sari Essayah
32 jaa23 ei - HE 76/2020 vpPassed
Allowing agricultural early retirees to work
Recipients of agricultural early retirement aid will be able to do paid work without income limits for the remainder of 2020. Payment of the aid will not be suspended or prevented due to work and earnings.
4 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 64/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying earnings-related pension determination and administration
The accrual of earnings-related pension during periods of sickness and parental allowance will be aligned with the new annual earnings system. At the same time, the processing of pension matters will be streamlined and pension accrual from undeclared work will be restricted.
18 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 142/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Revising earned income tax and deductions
An index adjustment will be made to earned income taxation so that the taxation of work and pensions does not tighten as earnings levels and prices rise. In addition, the household expenses tax credit will be temporarily increased for giving up oil heating as well as for household and care services.
3 Dec 2021 · 13 votesClosest vote · 125 §, mietintö / Ville Vähämäki
95 jaa66 ei - HE 77/2021 vpPassed
Suspending relinquishment compensation income limits
Recipients of agricultural relinquishment compensation will be able to engage in paid employment without earned income affecting the payment of the compensation. The rules are intended to ease seasonal labour shortages in agriculture and horticulture during the coronavirus pandemic.
9 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote