Finland: Supreme court makes a decision on arm’s length range and TP adjustment
On 13 September 2021, the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) published a decision addressing the use of comparable data and the range of results in calculating transfer pricing adjustments. The case concerned a company, Finnish A Oy,
See MoreFinland: Ministry of Finance issues budget proposal for 2022
On 9 September 2021, the Ministry of Finance of Finland has released the government’s budget proposal for 2022 including following tax measures. Companies may make an extra deduction of 150% in their taxation for 2022-2027 for research and
See MoreFinnish Supreme Administrative Court makes a decision in a transfer pricing case
On 2 June 2021, the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court issued a decision regarding the acceptability of U.S. GAAP accounting standards as a basis for transfer pricing. Background The case concerned a Finnish company owned by a low-risk
See MoreFinland extends filing deadline for CIT returns by one month
On 9 April 2021, Finnish Tax Administration has published an announcement providing one-month extension of filing deadline for corporate income tax returns. Due current pandemic situations, the Tax Administration is giving corporate entities and
See MoreFinland: Tax Authority publishes overview of tax changes for 2021
On 16 December 2020, the tax authority of Finland has released an overview of tax changes for 2021. The changes related to corporate tax matters are summarized below: The final losses of a subsidiary located in another EEA state be taken into
See MoreFinland: Tax authority publishes CbC reporting XML schema version 2.0
On 4 December 2020, the Finnish tax authority has updated its CbC reporting guidance concerning changes in the Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting XML schema to Version 2.0. Version 2.0 (Country-by-Country Reporting XML Schema 2.0) is released by
See MoreFinland: Ministry of Finance announces budget proposal for 2021
On 12 August 2020, the Finnish Ministry of Finance announced the 2021 budget proposal including following tax measures. A temporary incentive R&D tax deduction for 2021-24 for business investments in intangible assets, with an additional
See MoreFinland: Tax authority publishes updated base and reference rate for tax purposes
On 31 July 2020, the Finnish Tax Authority has published updated guidelines on the base and reference rate for tax purposes One of the key aspects of the update is in regard to interest due for late payment, which includes that interest on arrears
See MoreDAC6 Updates: Optional deferral of DAC6 reporting deadlines
On 24 June 2020, the European Council reached agreement on an optional 6-month postponement to the reporting deadlines for relevant taxpayers under EU Directive 2018/822 (DAC6), and a delay to the exchange of information under
See MoreFinland publishes guidance on hybrid mismatch rules
On 3 July 2020, the tax authorities have published guidance no. VH/2738/00.01.00/2020 concerning the legislation on cross-border hybrid mismatches, transposing the hybrid mismatch rules, the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) 2016/1164 and
See MoreFinland: Tax authority publishes guidance on DAC6
On 8 May 2020, the EU Commission has proposed a number of amendments to the DAC6 Directive governing reportable cross-border arrangements. On the basis of the proposal, the Finnish tax authority published a guideline. The Act on the Reporting
See MoreCOVID-19: Finland extends the deadline for corporate tax returns by one month
On 9 April 2020, the Finnish tax administration announced an extension of filing deadline for corporate tax returns by one month due to coronavirus outbreak. Corporate entities and benefits under joint administration whose accounting period ended
See MoreCOVID-19: Finland reduces interest rate for late payment of taxes
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
See MoreFinland: President sign the law to implement the EU directive on hybrid mismatch rules
On 30 December 2019, the President of Finland signed the Law 1567/2019 that provides for the implementation of the hybrid mismatch rules of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, as amended by Council Directive (EU) 2017/952 (ATAD2). The hybrid
See MoreFinland adopts EU directive on cross-border tax planning arrangements
On 30 December 2019, Finnish President approved the Law 1559/2019 for the implementation of Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 of 25 May 2018 (DAC6) on reporting requirements for cross-border tax planning arrangements. Under DAC6, taxpayers
See MoreAmending protocol to the Nordic tax treaty enters into force
On 28 November 2019, the amending protocol to the Nordic tax treaty (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) was entered into force in respect of Norway and applies from 1 January
See MoreFinland: Government submits draft proposal on mandatory disclosure rules to parliament
On 31 October 2019, the Finnish Government has submitted a legislative proposal implementing the EU directive on the mandatory disclosure and exchange of cross-border tax arrangements, also known as DAC 6, to the Parliament. Under DAC6, taxpayers
See MoreFinland: Ministry of Finance issues a proposal to implement a corporate exit tax
On 7 November 2019, the Finnish Ministry of Finance published a proposal to introduce a corporate exit tax, largely based on the EU's Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive. The purpose of the EU exit tax is to prevent companies from avoiding tax on gains on
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