Now You're Registered in Finland

Please download and complete the Cost Prices Spreadsheet.  

You’ll have a task on your Tribexa dashboard where you can upload the finished spreadsheet. If you add new products to your range, we’ll add a task to your Tribexa dashboard requesting you update the information.

Download the Cost Prices Spreadsheet

When you'll be invoiced

Now that your registration is complete, we'll begin issuing invoices for your monthly subscription. Our invoices are charged on the 1st of each month, based on the work we do for the previous reporting period. For example, if you need to file March's VAT return in Finland, you'll see the charge on April 1st. This is because we finalise and submit the necessary work in April.

Your monthly subscription fees will be charged to your payment method through Stripe on the 1st of each month. After the payment is processed, you will automatically receive a receipt and a VAT invoice from Stripe.

How often do you have to file a VAT return in Finland?

Finland has three filing frequencies: monthly, quarterly and annually.

If the deadline for monthly or quarterly filings falls on a weekend or public holiday, it's extended to the next business day.

Finnish VAT Rates

Remember that the VAT rates applied to products change by country. What is standard rate in one country may be reduced in another, and vice versa.

VAT Invoice Requirements in Finland

VAT invoices are required for all transactions in Finland. Invoices are required to have the following information:

• Date of issue
• A unique sequential number
• Your VAT number
• Your customer's VAT number, if the reverse charge applies or the transaction involves the intra-community supply of goods
• Names and addresses of you and your customer
• Quantity and nature of the goods supplied, or the extent and nature of the services supplied
• Date on which the supply of goods or services was made or completed, or the date on which a prepayment was made, if it can be determined and is not the same as the date of issuing the invoice
• VAT base per VAT rate, unit price exclusive of VAT, and any discounts or rebates if they have not been taken into account in the unit price
• VAT rate
• VAT payable
• An indication that the sales transaction is exempt from tax or a reference to the relevant provision of the Value Added Tax Act or the VAT Directive
• If the purchaser is liable to pay the VAT, the phrase ‘reverse charge’
• If the purchaser has issued the invoice, the phrase ‘self-billing’
• In the case of a new means of transport sold to another Member State, information enabling verification of compliance with the requirements for a new means of transport in section 26d, subsections 1 and 2 of the Value Added Tax Act.
• If one of the special arrangements applicable to second-hand goods, works of art, collectors’ items and antiques is applied, the phrase ‘margin scheme – second-hand goods’, ‘margin scheme – works of art’ or ‘margin scheme – collector’s items and antiques’, respectively
• If the margin scheme for travel agents is applied, the phrase ‘margin scheme – travel agents’
• If taxable investment gold is being sold, a mention of it
• If the invoice is a correction or change to a previous invoice, reference to that invoice

The required VAT information may be written on the invoice in any language. The Finnish Tax Administration may ask for a translation during a tax audit or other control procedure.

You can issue invoices in any currency, but the VAT amount has to be in Euros. Currency conversions have to be done using the European Central Bank exchange rate on the date the invoice is issued.

Here's an example of a Finnish VAT invoice: