Making payments from other countries
These instructions apply to individual and corporate taxpayers who pay taxes to Finland from abroad.
Modes of payment available for paying when you are outside Finland
If you have a foreign bank account, you can utilise a standard bank transfer process to pay Finnish taxes. You can use MyTax for paying if you can log in successfully when you are outside Finland.
SEPA payments are bank transfers in compliance with the European bank transfer standard. They can be used to pay all payments in euros within the euro payment area. SEPA bank transfers usually require 1 to 2 business days before reaching the beneficiary.
SEPA stands for Single Euro Payments Area, the European common market for payment transactions. The area covers all EU Member States (including countries outside the euro system) and certain other European countries.
The Tax Administration does not accept cheques.
You cannot pay taxes with an e-invoice from a foreign bank account because e-invoicing is a service provided by banks operating in Finland. Further, the Tax Administration does not use SEPA direct debit.
You can pay taxes in other ways, for example in your online bank.
Read more about how to log in to MyTax
Please include a reference number when you send a bank transfer
The information you need for paying is: the Tax Administration bank account number, the reference number issued to you for tax payments, the amount to pay, and knowledge of the due date. The beneficiary is Verohallinto (= the Tax Administration).
It is important to type in the correct reference number, because the system will use the number for matching the paid-in amount with the tax owed by the taxpayer. To get the reference number and other detailed information, you can:
- Look them up in MyTax if you can log in successfully when you are outside Finland.
- Look them up on your tax decision.
- Dial the telephone service number for payment transactions +358 29 497 026.
When making a payment, always use the correct reference number. Enter it in the reference number field. If there is no reference number field or you cannot enter a reference in the reference number field, type the reference in the message field.
Read more about reference numbers for individual taxpayers
Read more about reference numbers for corporate taxpayers
Other information relating to the Tax Administration
You may need the full address of the Tax Administration in order to send the payment; in that case, use this:
Verohallinto
Opastinsilta 12
00520 Helsinki
Finland
The Tax Administration’s bank details include a BIC identifier and a bank account number in the IBAN format. The BIC identifies the bank where the beneficiary’s bank account is. For example, the BIC for Danske Bank is DABAFIHH. Finnish IBAN bank account numbers always begin with the country code FI.
The Tax Administration’s Business ID is 0245458-3.
Allow enough time for the bank transfer, and remember the banking charges
When sending a payment from a foreign bank, more time will often be needed for the payment to clear through an international bank transfer process. Ask your bank how long the transfer will take until the amount is credited into the Tax Administration’s bank account.
Please take care of this early, because taxes must arrive at the Tax Administration by the due date. If you pay any tax after the due date, you must also pay late-payment interest.
Please note that the amount you pay must cover both the tax and any transfer charges or other charges collected by the bank. Ask your bank about the charges.
If the payment is delayed because of the details you had entered are insufficient or incorrect, the money may be returned to your bank account. If this happens and additional charges or fees are debited, you will have to cover them.
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