Individuals

Individual Tax Numbers

People who work on construction sites must wear name tags with photos. New rules require that their name tags also display the individual Tax Number on construction sites where work begins on 1 September 2012 or later.

Companies and organisations

The official decision of the Tax Administration on tax-exempt travel allowances for 2012 has been given (12/16/2011)
The decision includes the 2012 amounts of tax-exempt per diem, meal and kilometre allowances.
Check your bank account number to ensure direct deposit of tax refunds (9/15/2011)
On 2 December 2011, the Tax Administration will transfer the 2010 refund amounts directly to each taxpayer's bank account. The bank account to be used will be the bank account that the taxpayer has notified to the Tax Administration.

Changes in the form to be completed when requesting tax prepayment (4/17/2012)
Corporate taxpayers must use the new form when requesting new calculations of the amounts to be prepaid. For purposes of this rule, 'corporate taxpayers' includes Limited-liability companies (Oy, osakeyhtiö), Cooperative enterprises (osuuskunta), Associations and Foundations (yhdistys, säätiö).
No action required of most taxpayers when 2012 tax cards show Tax Numbers (12/16/2011)
The deliveries of the tax cards for 2012 have started. They include information on each individual taxpayer's Tax Number, the TN. However, construction workers are the only individual taxpayers who will need TNs, so no action is required of others.

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