On 2 April 2020, the Finnish Ministry of Finance released an announcement that reduces the interest rate on late payments of taxes in response the coronavirus pandemic. The government proposed that the default interest rate is temporarily reduced from 7% to 4%. The reduced default interest rate will be applied retroactively to taxes due after the beginning of March. The change is temporary and applies to taxes that are due no later than the end of August.
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