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The Government has appointed a parliamentary working group to prepare for the future of municipalities.

Business taxation Entrepreneurs, corporations, partnerships and their joint owners as well as the people engaged in agriculture and forestry are subject to business taxation. The profit of private business persons and self-employed persons is taxe...

EU and the economy The economies of the EU countries have become closely integrated, and the countries in the euro area in particular have common interests. For this reason, the economic policy of the member states is coordinated by the Economic a...

The programme to promote digital services centred on life events will support the preparation of projects developing digital services for life events and business events, propose the implementation of prepared projects and guide and coordinate the implementation of projects that are being launched.

Reform of regional state administration The reform of regional state administration will bring the central government’s permit, guidance and supervision functions together in a new national agency. At the same time, new regional Economic Developme...

EU and the economy The economies of the EU countries have become closely integrated, and the countries in the euro area in particular have common interests. For this reason, the economic policy of the member states is coordinated by the Economic a...

The Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government states that Finland will gradually shift to making digital services the primary channel for accessing the services of public authorities. The Ministry of Finance has launched the Programme to Promote Primarily Digital Official Communications in order to reach these objectives. The Government Chief Information Officer is the programme owner.

Central government Central government consists of the state's central, regional and local administration. The state's central administration comprises the ministries together with the government agencies and institutions in their administrative br...

Taxation The purpose of taxation is to collect income to finance the duties of the public sector. Taxation balances income and consumption, aims to regulate consumption and production by taking account of the environment, and to reduce the consump...

The objective of the group is to harmonise practices relating to information management and information guidance in public administration and to promote the interoperability of public services.

Real estate taxation Real estate tax is an annually paid tax based on the ownership of a property. Introduced in 1993, the real estate tax replaced the land tax, the street charge, the tax on income from housing, and presumptive income taxation. M...

The board’s key tasks are to form a shared view and overall understanding of how information management is organised in public administration and to support administrative branches and the Coordination Group for Digitalisation in planning and decision-making in matters relating to ICT development.

State properties Built real estate assets owned by the state are worth about EUR 4.2 billion and consist of approximately 9,000 buildings, about 600 of them protected buildings. The facilities used by the state total six million square metres; abo...

The Ministry of Finance establishes a working group to develop the assessment of the macroeconomic impacts related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as the green transition. The work will be carried out in cooperation with the relevant ministries, the research community in the field, and the statistical authorities.

Central government spending limits At the beginning of the parliamentary term, the Government decides on the parliamentary term spending limits, i.e. a ceiling for budget expenditure, as well as the rules governing the spending limits procedure fo...

22.4.2026 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government has agreed on the General Government Fiscal Plan for 2027–2030. Both the global economy and Finland’s finances are facing challenges. In its spending limits session, the Government focused on new targeted measures to strengthen people’s confidence in the future and improve the conditions for growth and employment.

30.4.2026 | FINNISH GOVERNMENT PO Box 23, FI-00023 Government, Finland vn.fi/en Tel. +358 295 16001 VALTIONEUVOSTO PL 23, 00023 Valtioneuvosto vn.fi p. 0295 16001 1(6) Measures to support economic growth, employment and households decided on in the government...

28.2.2023 | 1 Saate Valtionavustushankkeessa on valmisteltu valtionavustuksen vakioehdot - opas, joka on tarkoitettu valtionapuviranomaisille valtionavustuksen käyttöä koskevien yleisten ehtojen ja rajoitusten laatimisen tueksi. Tässä dokumentissa ovat oppaan...

17.9.2020 | SOPIMUS SUOMEN TASAVALLAN JA PORTUGA- LIN TASAVALLAN VÄLILLÄ TULOVE- ROJA KOSKEVAN KAKSINKERTAISEN VEROTUKSEN VÄLTTÄMISEKSI JA VE- RON KIERTÄMISEN ESTÄMISEKSI CONVENTION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF FIN- LAND AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUB- LIC FOR THE AVOID...

2.9.2025 | The Government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has reached a decision on its budget proposal for 2026. The Government’s decisions aim to support economic growth, which is picking up. Supporting economic growth and continuing responsible fiscal management is necessary to ensure the security of people in Finland and safeguard their access to important services going forward.