Filing financial statements with tax returns with the Finnish Trade Register
You can file your financial statements with your tax return if your company type is any of the following:
- limited liability company
- co-operative
- co-operative bank or savings bank or
- mutual insurance company.
Other company types file their financial statements directly with the Finnish Trade Register. Select your company type from the menu for instructions on how to file financial statements with the Trade Register.
Do not file the financial statements with the Trade Register until they are approved
File the financial statements directly with the Finnish Trade Register using our online service at ytj.fi when the general meeting has approved the financial statements. The online service is available in Finnish and in Swedish. This ensures that the PRH receives all the necessary financial statement documents for the Trade Register at the same time.
Follow the Tax Administration's instructions carefully when filing the financial statements with tax returns
The financial statements will only be sent the Tax Administration to the PRH Trade Register if you follow the Tax Administration’s instructions carefully.
Once the financial statements have been filed exactly as instructed by the Tax Administration, the statements are sent to the Trade Register in about a week.
The Tax Administration gives advice on how to file your tax return and how to enclose your financial statement documents with it. Go to the Tax Administration’s instructions at vero.fi.Avautuu uuteen välilehteen
What does it cost?
Filing is free of charge if you use the online service at ytj.fi to file your financial statements within eight months of the end of the financial period. The online service is available in Finnish and Swedish.
If you file the financial statements on paper, the handling fee is 100 euros. The PRH will send you an invoice for the handling fee. Do not pay the handling fee in advance.
A fee is charged when limited liability companies and co-operatives file overdue financial statements. The amount of the fee depends on the financial year and the duration of the delay, among other things. Read more about the fee for financial statements filed late.
Digital financial statements do not need to be filed separately with the tax return
A limited liability company does not need to file its financial statements separately as an attachment to the tax return if it has filed confirmed digital financial statements in IXBRL format with the Trade Register by the deadline for filing the tax return. The Tax Administration receives the digital financial statements from the PRH.
Read more on the Tax Administration's website.Avautuu uuteen välilehteen
After registration
Financial statements filed with tax returns can be registered automatically. Read more about automatic registration.
As soon as the financial statements have been registered, a register extract will be sent to the company’s address, as recorded in the Finnish Business Information System (BIS) at ytj.fi.
The details in the financial statements are publicly available on the PRH Virre Information Service.Avautuu uuteen välilehteen
Several service providers use the financial statement details. Read more about our co-operation partners providing details from financial statements.