Timeline of budget preparations for 2026

Timetable for the preparation of the budget proposal:

• 6 August: Budget session at the Ministry of Finance
• 8 August: The Ministry of Finance will submit its proposal to the Ministries and publish it at budjetti.vm.fi (in Finnish)
• 1–2 September: Government session on the Budget
• 22 September: A debate on the budget proposal will be held at an extraordinary meeting of the Ministerial Finance Committee and a government plenary session, after which the proposal will be published at budjetti.vm.fi (in Finnish).