Work in Finland
Read instructions for arriving in Finland to work here: you need a tax card and/or an individual tax number. To apply for the card and the number, you need a Finnish personal identity code.
Please take into account that tax offices may not be able to give you a tax card and/or a tax number immediately. The processing time, on the condition that all your information and documents are made available to the Tax Administration, is normally from 1 to 3 business days.
When you come to Finland to work, your tax treatment depends on the length of your stay. The treatment also depends on the country of the employer, i.e. whether you work for a Finnish employer or for a foreign one. Additionally, special tax rules apply to certain professions and types of work.
A Finnish personal ID
The Digital and Population Data Services Agency issues Finnish personal IDs. In some cases, IDs can be issued by the Finnish Immigration Service or the Finnish Tax Administration.
Guidance to those who work in special sektors
The income of people in certain occupations – construction workers, seasonal employees, and others – is subject to special tax rules.
Coming to work for a Finnish employer
Read instructions for arriving in Finland to work for a Finnish employer.
Work for a foreign employer
Read instructions for arriving in Finland to work for a foreign employer.
The tax number
If you are working at a construction site or on an installation project or at a shipyard you must have a tax number. See the instructions on how to apply for a tax number and how to enter it into the tax number register.
Temporary protection to persons fleeing Ukraine
You can start working after you have submitted the application for temporary protection to the police or to the border authorities.
Work in Finland guide
Check out the Work in Finland guide for the most important instructions from Finnish authorities in one place.
Leaving Finland
If you are moving away from Finland, you must file a notification of move and take care of the related tax matters.
Work in Finland — other pages
- Finnish personal identity codes for workers arriving in Finland
- Finnish employer
- Foreign employer
- Specific instructions for different occupations
- Asylum seekers
- Temporary protection to persons fleeing Ukraine
- Progressive taxation
- Health insurance contributions collected from workers who arrive in Finland
- Registration of the right of residence in Finland
Key terms:
This page is part of the European Commission’s Your Europe portal. Give the Commission feedback about this page.
