Temporary reduction in gambling lottery tax
Act temporarily amending section 4 of the Lottery Tax Act
The lottery tax on gambling will be temporarily reduced in 2022 and 2023. This will secure the funding received by science, arts, sports, youth work, and health and social services organisations despite the decline in gambling revenue.
- Status
- Rejected
- Submitted
- 27 Sep 2021
- Latest event
- 10 Dec 2021
- Votes
- 0
- Source
- eduskunta.fi ↗
What is proposed
The lottery tax rate for gambling operated under an exclusive licence will be reduced to 5.0 per cent for 2022 and 2023. In 2021, the temporary tax rate was 5.5 per cent, and prior to that it was 12 per cent.
What it means
The change applies to Veikkaus Oy in mainland Finland and to Paf in Åland. As a result of the tax cut, approximately 80 million euros more per year will be freed up from Veikkaus in 2022 and 2023 to be distributed to beneficiary ministries and grant recipients. The central government's annual lottery tax revenue will decrease by just under 90 million euros. The amount of lottery tax returned to the region of Åland will decrease by approximately 6 million euros as the tax paid by Paf decreases. The act will be in force from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023.
How Parliament voted
No plenary votes were held on the bill.
Stages of consideration
The bill's path from the preliminary debate to the decision, as recorded by Parliament.
- 27 Sep 2021Eduskuntakäsittelyn vireilletulo · Valtiovarainministeriö
- 29 Sep 2021Lähetekeskustelu · Täysistunto
- 30 Nov 2021Valiokunnan mietintö tai lausunto · valtiovarainvaliokunta
- 1 Dec 2021Ensimmäinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 7 Dec 2021Toinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 8 Dec 2021Eduskunnan vastaus ja kirjelmä
Decisions by law proposal1
- 1Laki arpajaisverolain 4 §:n väliaikaisesta muuttamisestaHylätty
Proposed law text
The law proposals in the bill as the Government presented them. The final act may differ after committee consideration.
The law text is shown in Finnish or Swedish from Parliament's official documents; it is not translated into English.
Laki arpajaisverolain 4 §:n väliaikaisesta muuttamisesta
Eduskunnan päätöksen mukaisesti muutetaan väliaikaisesti arpajaisverolain (552/1992) 4 §:n 1 momentti, sellaisena kuin se on laissa 1315/2011, seuraavasti:
4 §Veron peruste ja verokanta
Yksinoikeudella toimeenpantavista arpajaisista arpajaisvero on 5,0 prosenttia tuotosta.
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Tämä laki tulee voimaan päivänä kuuta 20 ja on voimassa vuoden 2023 loppuun.
Main content of the bill (official)
The summary and title were produced with AI on 13 Sep 2026. They are not official documents – check the details in the original bill. The title and summaries are machine translations of the Finnish AI summaries. Speeches and quotations are always shown in their original language.