Government bills34
- HE 113/2026 vpPassed
Increasing tax deductions and recreation benefits
The maximum amount and reimbursement percentages of the household expenses tax credit would be temporarily increased for 2026–2027. In addition, the amount of the tax-exempt sports and culture benefit provided by employers would be increased, and the deductible for commuting expenses would be lowered for 2026.
15 Sep 2026 · 3 votesClosest vote · Dissenting opinion
109 jaa42 ei - HE 59/2026 vpPassed
Adjusting corporate tax apportionment shares
The shares of the central government and municipalities in corporate income tax revenue will be amended for the years 2026–2029 and permanently from 2030 onwards. The amendment ensures that earlier tax changes do not alter municipal tax revenue.
15 May 2026 · passed without a vote - 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 98/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering taxes on labour
Taxes on labour will be lowered from the beginning of 2026 by cutting the highest marginal tax rates and increasing the earned income tax credit and the basic deduction. As a counterbalance, the tax deductibility of trade union membership fees, the tax exemption for company bicycles, and the home office deduction for wage earners will be abolished.
21 Nov 2025 · 12 votes116 jaa40 ei - HE 17/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Ending tax relief for voluntary pension saving
The right to deduct contributions to voluntary pension insurance policies and long-term saving agreements for tax purposes will be abolished entirely. Contributions paid into such agreements can no longer be deducted from income in taxation.
9 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 168/2024 vpPassed
Abolishing the employer training deduction
The tax deduction for training for businesses and agricultural employers will be abolished, which is why the scope of application of the act on the development of professional competence will be narrowed. The act and the associated training compensation will apply only to public bodies and non-profit operators, such as municipalities, higher education institutions and organisations.
18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote130 jaa67 ei - HE 207/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Tax credit for clean transition investments
Finland will introduce a new tax credit for large industrial clean transition investments. Companies will be able to deduct part of the costs of climate-friendly projects worth at least 50 million euros from their future corporate income taxes.
28 Mar 2025 · 6 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement
84 jaa71 ei - HE 108/2024 vpPassed
Easing labour taxation and cutting deductions
Income taxation for 2025 will be amended by easing the taxation of labour and cutting several deductions. Taxation for low-income wage earners and families with children will ease, whereas taxation for pensioners with middle-tier incomes will tighten and the amount of the household expenses tax credit will decrease.
22 Nov 2024 · 9 votesClosest vote · Valiokunnan ehdotus / Krista Mikkonen
96 jaa68 ei - 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 34/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Income tax and inheritance payment changes
Income tax on wage earners would be eased through an index adjustment and an increase in the earned income tax credit, and the payment period for inheritance tax would be extended to ten years before enforcement. At the same time, the household expenses tax credit would be extended to physiotherapy and occupational therapy, but the deductible for travel expenses would rise.
13 Dec 2023 · 29 votes - 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 153/2022 vpPassed
Changes to earned income taxation for 2023
The earned income taxation for 2023 will undergo the adjustments required by the health and social services reform and inflation, and the earned income tax credit for persons over 60 will be increased. In addition, the temporary increase in the deduction for commuting expenses will be extended and science and arts recognition awards will be made entirely tax-exempt.
7 Dec 2022 · 14 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Sari Essayah 4
78 jaa63 ei - HE 204/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Temporary credit for high electricity bills
Households will temporarily be able to receive a household expenses tax credit for high electricity bills in their 2023 taxation. The credit will support households during a period of exceptionally high electricity costs.
21 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 202/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening corporate interest deduction rules
Companies' ability to deduct interest expenses in taxation using the balance sheet comparison will be restricted if interest is paid to significant owners. At the same time, companies carrying out public infrastructure projects will be permitted wider deduction of interest expenses.
21 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 37/2022 vpPassed
Temporary increase in commuting deductions
The tax deduction for commuting expenses between home and work will be temporarily increased for 2022 due to rising fuel prices. The change applies particularly to employees travelling by private car or company car with a partial benefit.
27 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 52/2022 vpPassed
Additional energy tax refund for agriculture
A one-off additional refund will be paid to agricultural operators and greenhouse growers for fuel oils used in 2021. The aid will be paid automatically without a separate application to those who have applied for the standard energy tax refund.
25 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 211/2021 vpPassed
Tightening interest deduction limitations
The ability of companies to deduct interest expenses in taxation using the balance sheet test will be tightened if the corporate group is financed by a significant owner. At the same time, infrastructure companies owned by public sector entities will be exempted from interest deduction limitations.
14 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 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 176/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing an entrepreneur tax deduction
A 5 per cent tax deduction from the profits of business operations will be introduced for sole proprietors, partners in partnerships, and operators in agriculture, forestry and reindeer husbandry. The reform will ease the income taxation of these operators from 1 January 2017.
15 Dec 2016 · 5 votes118 jaa41 ei