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This guidance concerns both individual taxpayers and corporate taxpayers.
Once we have processed your tax return, you will receive the Tax Administration’s decision on car taxation. It will be available for you in MyTax. You can see the amount to pay in MyTax when you go to Paying taxes and payment details.
You can pay car taxes in MyTax or by other methods, including your e-bank.
When you use MyTax for paying, the required information for payment will be included automatically. The amount will be debited from your bank immediately, so you cannot change the date of payment.
How to pay in MyTax:
If you are an individual taxpayer, a self-employed individual or an agricultural or forestry operator and pay tax in MyTax:
Go to Payment status on the home page and click Paying taxes and payment details.
Assuming your car tax is not overdue, the tax will appear on Upcoming taxes and taxes due today. You can click on the car tax to pay it directly.
The system will record your payment into the Tax Administration’s bank account in 1–2 business days. After that, you will be notified that you can ask to get a registration for the vehicle. The Payments and refunds made tab in MyTax – the balance specification – will show your payment at once.
Go to Payment status on the home page and click Paying taxes and payment details.
If your company or corporate entity is a registered filer of car tax, you should use the general reference number when paying.
Go to Making payments using the general reference number for taxes and select the Pay taxes link.
Further information about the general reference number for taxes
Go to Payment status on the home page and click Paying taxes and payment details.
If you want to register the vehicle before the due date of car tax, type the reference number for car tax.
Then, proceed to pay the car tax under Payment details for all taxes. First select car tax in the drop-down list, and then click Pay now.
The system will record your payment into the Tax Administration’s bank account in 1–2 business days. After that, you will be notified that you can ask to get a registration. The Payments and refunds made tab in MyTax – the balance specification – will show your payment at once.
Alternatively, you can type in the single general reference number for taxes, in which case you will need to observe the following:
Go to Making payments using the general reference number for taxes and select the Pay taxes link. The car tax decision that you received will also have the general reference number.
Further information about the general reference number for taxes
If you pay your car tax in your e-bank you must type in the reference number and the Tax Administration’s bank account number to make the payment.
If you pay can tax in your e-bank, for example, you will need a reference number and the Tax Administration’s bank account number. The payment recipient is Verohallinto (i.e. the Finnish Tax Administration).
How to check the payment details in MyTax:
If you are an individual taxpayer, a self-employed individual or an agricultural or forestry operator, you can check the payment details in MyTax as follows:
Go to Payment status on the home page and click Paying taxes and payment details.
Assuming your car tax is not overdue, the tax will appear on Upcoming taxes and taxes due today. Select the View payment details button.
The system will record your payment into the Tax Administration’s bank account in 1–2 business days. After that, you will be notified that you can ask to get a registration.
Go to Payment status on the home page and click Paying taxes and payment details.
If your company or corporate entity is a registered filer of car tax, you should type in the general reference number when paying.
You can find the general reference number for taxes and the Tax Administration’s bank account numbers on the top — Making payments using the general reference number for taxes.
Further information about the general reference number for taxes
Go to Payment status on the home page and click Paying taxes and payment details.
If you want to register the vehicle before the due date of car tax, type the reference number for car tax.
Look it up on Payment details for all taxes. First select car tax in the drop-down list, and then select the View payment details button.
The system will record your payment into the Tax Administration’s bank account in 1–2 business days. After that, you will be notified that you can ask to get a vehicle registration.
Alternatively, you can type in the single general reference number for taxes, in which case you will need to observe the following:
Find the single general reference number for taxes and the Tax Administration’s bank account numbers at the top of the page under Making payments using the general reference number for taxes. The reference number will also appear on the decision on car tax.
Further information about the general reference number for taxes
You can also check the payment details through an interface. Read more about interfaces.
The due date of car tax is the 24th day of the month. The period between the car tax decision and the due date is always at least 2 weeks. The due date is the next 24th day after 14 days have passed from the date of decision.
Example: A car tax decision is made on 2 April 2026. On 16 April 2026, two weeks (14 days) have passed from the date of decision. The due date of car tax is 24 April 2026.
Example: A car tax decision is made on 12 June 2026. On 26 June 2026, two weeks (14 days) have passed from the date of decision. The due date of car tax is 24 July 2026.
If the due date is postponed because you have filed the car tax return late, you may have to pay late-payment interest. You can see the amount of late-payment interest in the tax decision.
Vehicle import companies, for example, can request to become registered filers of car tax.
The due date of car tax is usually the 24th day of the month following the car tax period. If the 24th day is not a banking day, the due date is the next banking day.
Example: Pay the car tax for May's car tax period by 24 June.
If the Tax Administration makes a decision no more than one week before the normal due date (max. 7 days before the due date), the due date is postponed by a month.
Example: The Tax Administration makes a decision on a registered car tax filer’s car tax for May's car tax period on 18 June. Because the decision was made during the 7-day period preceding the due date (24 June 2026), the due date will be postponed by one month. The new due date of the car tax is 24 July 2026.
If the due date is postponed because you have filed the car tax return late, you must pay late-payment interest.
If you do not pay the car tax by the due date, the Tax Administration may impose a prohibition of use on the vehicle. Read more about the prohibition of use of vehicles (available in Finnish and Swedish, link to Finnish).
If you pay car tax after the due date, you must pay late-payment interest in addition to the tax. In 2026, the late-payment interest is 9.5%. The interest accrues from the day after the due date until the date of payment. Read more about late-payment interest.
Pay the late-payment interest together with the overdue tax. When you pay in MyTax, the late-payment interest is included in the payment amount. If you pay the tax elsewhere, check the correct amount including interest in MyTax or calculate the amount of interest yourself using the interest calculator.
If you need an extension and smaller instalments to be able to pay the tax, you can request a payment arrangement. You must pay late-payment interest for the extension period. Taxes included in a payment arrangement will not be sent to enforcement if you adhere to the conditions of the arrangement.
Please note, however, that you must pay all the car tax included in the payment arrangement before you can register your vehicle. Only a registered filer of car tax can register a vehicle before the car tax is paid in full.
