Government and ministries Media

The Finnish Government comprises 12 ministries, each responsible for the preparation of matters and the functioning of administration within its own sector.

Local government

The Ministry of Finance is responsible for developing legislation and administration that generally relates to the local authorities, the system of central government transfers to local government for basic public services, local government finance accounting and analysis tasks, and the central government-local government negotiation procedure. In addition, the Ministry of Finance is responsible for local government tax issues, such as the calculation of corporate income tax shares.

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