A good start means less confusion later.
Starting business in Finland often raises many questions at once. Finacpay helps put the necessary steps in a logical order and clarify what your company actually needs.
How will you operate in Finland?
We look at which operating model fits your situation: whether you will operate through an existing foreign company or need a Finnish company, whether the activity is temporary or permanent, and what obligations follow from that structure.
Required registrations
We determine which Finnish registers the company needs to join before or during operations and when the registrations should be made. Depending on the activity, this may include registering the company in Finland, obtaining the necessary business or tax identifiers, and joining the VAT, prepayment or employer registers. If the company has employees, we also clarify the required employee-related registrations and practical steps.
Taxes
We clarify which tax obligations arise in Finland: whether VAT registration is required, how company profits are taxed, which taxes relate to employees and the employer, and how relevant cross-border transactions should be treated.
Employees and employer obligations
If the company has employees, we establish the applicable collective agreement, pay conditions, working time, supplements, holidays, insurance and the payroll process.
Accounting and payroll
We establish how documents and information should flow, how accounting and payroll data are collected, and the schedule for tax returns, payroll reporting and other required reports.
Insurance and other obligations
We clarify mandatory insurance for the company and employer, together with any other requirements that depend on the industry or type of activity.
You do not need to know everything at once.
What matters is knowing what your company needs to do, when it needs to be done and who is responsible.
Finacpay brings the steps together into one understandable whole.
Let’s start correctly →