Government bills8
- HE 44/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Increasing the forestry deduction
The forestry deduction available in forest owners' taxation will be increased from 60 per cent to 75 per cent. The change will ease the taxation of timber sales income and enable the acquisition costs of a forest property to be deducted more quickly than before.
19 Jun 2025 · 3 votes122 jaa62 ei - HE 75/2024 vpPassed
Land rental income as capital income
Income received from renting out fields and forests will be taxed directly as capital income instead of agricultural income. Rental income from a farm's own buildings and their building sites will remain under agricultural taxation.
25 Oct 2024 · 1 voteOnly vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Joona Räsänen
117 jaa64 ei - HE 158/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Tax relief for forest generational transfers
A person who receives a forest holding as a gift will be able to deduct part of the taxes on their timber sales income on the basis of the gift tax paid. The reform will promote the transfer of forest holdings to younger generations and encourage timber trading.
15 Dec 2016 · 2 votes111 jaa49 ei - HE 124/2022 vpPassed
Repealing Netherlands Antilles savings tax act
Finland will repeal an outdated act concerning the automatic exchange of tax information on interest income with the Netherlands Antilles. Tax information will be exchanged under a broader international standard.
20 Oct 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 275/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Tax reform for equity savings accounts
A new equity savings account will be introduced in Finland, within which gains from share trading and dividends are taxed only when funds are withdrawn from the account. At the same time, the tax treatment of endowment insurance and capitalisation agreements will be reformed so that withdrawals are taxed on the proportional share of the yield.
9 May 2019 · 15 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Timo Harakka 4
96 jaa77 ei - HE 168/2018 vpPassed
Reforming tax information exchange with Aruba
Finland will repeal an outdated agreement with Aruba on the automatic exchange of savings interest information. Tax information exchange between the countries will follow a broader international standard.
13 Nov 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 152/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining tax accounting and data exchange
The procedure for tax remittances to municipalities and other tax recipients will be accelerated by moving to monthly adjustment remittances and abolishing remittance interest. The Finnish Tax Administration will receive pension and benefit data directly from Kela (the Social Insurance Institution), making it easier to determine the correct tax rate.
21 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 31/2015 vpPassed
Tax cuts and smaller mortgage deductions
Taxation on labour will be eased in 2016 by increasing the earned income tax credit and the basic deduction, particularly for low- and middle-income earners. At the same time, the tax deductibility of mortgage interest will be reduced and taxation on high earned and capital income will be tightened.
2 Dec 2015 · 24 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Timo Harakka 2
121 jaa54 ei