Government bills17
- HE 111/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Medicine savings and deregulating self-care medicines
Prices of prescription medicines and pharmacies' gross margins will be cut, and the basis for determining the pharmacy tax will be reformed. At the same time, certain low-risk self-care medicines will be permitted for sale outside pharmacies and pharmacies will be given the right to deviate from prescriptions in situations of availability disruptions.
18 Dec 2025 · 12 votes90 jaa79 ei - HE 136/2025 vpPassed
Raising taxes on honorary titles
Taxes levied on honorary titles granted by the President of the Republic will be increased due to rising costs. At the same time, the list of public bodies eligible for the reduced tax rate will be updated to include wellbeing services counties, among others.
25 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 154/2026 vpIn progress
Air transport agreement with Peru
Finland will introduce a new air transport agreement with Peru to establish rules for air traffic between the countries. Previously, there has been no corresponding agreement between the countries.
10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 153/2026 vpIn progress
Air transport agreement with Brazil
Finland and Brazil will bring into force the first bilateral air transport agreement between the two countries. The agreement establishes formal rules for organising flight connections, passenger services and cargo between the countries.
10 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 142/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising EU minimum tax returns
Automatic exchange of information between tax authorities in EU countries will expand to cover the minimum taxation of large enterprise groups. Multinational groups will be able to submit the minimum tax information return centrally in a single EU country.
12 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 106/2024 vpPassed
Raising excise duty on spirits
Taxation of spirits and strong intermediate products will be increased in 2025–2027. The increases will raise consumer prices of spirits moderately over the next three years.
28 Nov 2024 · 2 votesClosest vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Joona Räsänen
98 jaa70 ei - HE 39/2025 vpPassed
Simplifying tax payments for businesses
Businesses will be able to pay their various taxes using a single reference number instead of multiple separate payment references. At the same time, the order of application for tax payments and tax refunds will be clarified, and credit interest accrued on payments will be abolished.
12 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 320/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Temporary windfall taxes on energy
A temporary additional tax would be imposed on companies in the electricity sector and the fossil fuel sector on exceptionally high profits in 2023. The tax would channel excess returns accumulated during the energy crisis to the state.
14 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 186/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering broadcasting tax and raising VAT
The public broadcasting tax paid by individuals would be reduced by raising the lower limit of taxable income and lowering the maximum amount of the tax. At the same time, the VAT rate on public broadcasting would rise from 10 per cent to 14 per cent.
29 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 77/2023 vpPassed with amendments
15 per cent minimum tax for large groups
An effective tax rate of at least 15 per cent will be set for large multinational and domestic enterprise groups. If a group's level of taxation in any country falls below this threshold, the shortfall will be levied as a separate top-up tax.
18 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 245/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering medicine costs and reimbursement expenditure
Medicine prices and state medicine reimbursement expenditure will be reduced by obliging doctors to prescribe the most affordable biological medicines and by expanding generic substitution for asthma medicines in pharmacies. In addition, pharmacy sales margins on expensive prescription medicines will be cut and pharmacy tax will be reduced.
13 Dec 2022 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Terhi Koulumies
99 jaa72 ei - HE 183/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Establishing a new environmental damage fund
A new state environmental damage fund will be established in Finland to compensate for environmental damage and response costs when the responsible party is insolvent or unknown. The fund's assets will be collected from companies posing environmental risks through statutory fees.
12 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 185/2022 vpPassed
Raising and expanding the waste tax
The tax on waste delivered to landfill will be increased, and the tax will be extended to cover gypsum waste from construction and demolition sites as well as green liquor dregs from the forest industry. The objective of the amendment is to reduce waste disposal and increase material recycling and recovery.
16 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 190/2021 vpPassed
Digitalising EU transfers of excise goods
The monitoring of excise goods moved commercially between EU countries will move from paper documents to an electronic system. The reform will streamline reporting procedures for businesses and enhance the prevention of tax fraud.
20 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 186/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Increasing tax deductions for R&D cooperation
Companies will receive a significantly higher tax deduction for research and development activities carried out in cooperation with research organisations and higher education institutions. The amount of the deduction will triple, and its validity will be extended by two years.
13 Dec 2021 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Paula Risikko
87 jaa63 ei - HE 178/2021 vpPassed with amendments
User fee for the insolvency system
A user fee of 230 euros will be charged to bankruptcy estates and restructuring debtors for the maintenance of the electronic Kosti case management system. The fee will be imposed only when proceedings progress as far as the confirmation of a distribution list or restructuring programme.
3 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 75/2021 vpPassed
Easing terms for tax payment arrangements
Businesses and individuals experiencing payment difficulties will temporarily be able to apply for a new payment arrangement for their taxes at a reduced rate of late-payment interest. In addition, tax refunds will not be used directly to cover tax debts covered by these arrangements, but will instead be paid to the customer.
11 Jun 2021 · 2 votesClosest vote · 1. lakiehdotus, voimaantulosäännös, mietintö / Matias Marttinen
32 jaa21 ei