Instructions for filling in the period-specific car tax return in MyTax
This guidance describes how you can submit a registered car tax filer’s period-specific car tax return in MyTax or on paper. Please note that you can use the paper form only for a special reason.
Also note that you must file a return for every tax period, even if you have no vehicles to report. The car tax period is always the calendar month.
How to complete the return
If you have vehicles to report for the period, select “Yes” at “Are there registered vehicles to report for this tax period?”. Add the vehicle’s details by clicking “Add vehicle”. See below for more information on what details to report.
If you have no vehicles to report for the period, select “ No” at “Are there registered vehicles to report for this tax period?”. You can submit details up to 6 months in advance.
If you submit the details on paper, tick the option “Vehicle-specific details” and list the details on a free-form enclosure. Give the required details separately on each vehicle.
Vehicle details
Vehicle identification number
Enter the vehicle identification number (VIN) in the same format as it is in the transport register. The VIN usually consists of 17 characters, and it may contain special characters. The VINs of EU and EC type-approved vehicles usually do not have the letters o, i or q, because these may be easily mistaken for numbers.
The VIN is a unique code for identifying the vehicle. It is stated in the official documents of the vehicle. Vehicles are specified by the VIN in the transport register.
Price source
Report the price code, commercial title or other price source.
Report the price code that was valid on the date when the vehicle’s price was determined.
The price code is a unique code for the vehicle model, determined by the company. The vehicle importer or manufacturer must provide the Tax Administration with information on their commercially available vehicle models. The information must be itemised by price code. Read more about reporting the price code.
Report and specify the commercial title, i.e. the vehicle identifier, if details of a commercial title confirmed by the Tax Administration have been used in tax calculation. The commericial title can be used until a new price code is adopted for the vehicle or the vehicle is no longer on sale.
- Commercial title refers to the vehicle identifier that consists of 10 numbers and specifies the model of the vehicle. The identifier usually starts with the numbers 1100.
- Report the commercial title that was valid on the date when the vehicle’s price was determined.
Select Other price source if the price code reported to the Tax Administration or the commercial title confirmed by the Tax Administration has not been used in the tax calculation.
Registration details
Enter the vehicle’s date of registration in Finland. The date of registration must be during the tax return period.
Report the date when the price was determined.
If an order and sales contract for the vehicle was made before the date of registration and a recommended retail price exist for the vehicle on the contract date, report the contract date as the date when the price was determined. Otherwise, report the vehicle’s date of registration in Finland as the date when the price was determined.
For more information, see the Tax Administration’s detailed guidance on a new vehicle’s taxable value in car taxation (available in Finnish and Swedish, link to Finnish).
Reduced tax on van
If you are requesting reduced tax for your van, select Yes for “Is the vehicle a van that is subject to reduced car tax?”.
Tax exemption
If you are requesting tax exemption for the vehicle, select Yes for “Is the vehicle exempted from tax?” and select the basis for tax exemption.
If you report the vehicle as a taxi exempt from tax, state the traffic licence number.
Read more: The reduced car tax for taxicabs and full exemption from tax
Price details and tax amount
Taxable value of vehicle: Enter the taxable value of the vehicle in euros with two decimal places. The value includes all taxes.
The taxable value of the vehicle is its standard retail value including tax. All accessories included in the vehicle on the date of registration, as well as the portion of the vehicle’s delivery costs that exceeds €600, are included in the vehicle’s taxable value. The taxable value of the vehicle includes all taxes included in the price of the vehicle.
Total recommended retail prices of accessories: Enter the recommended retail prices of the vehicle’s accessories in euros with two decimal places. Enter the prices with VAT but without car tax.
Enter the total recommended retail prices of accessories and taxable supplies insofar as they are not included in the recommended retail prices of the price code reported for the vehicle, as well as the portion of the vehicle’s delivery costs that exceeds €600.
Tax amount: The Tax Administration will not calculate the tax amount for the vehicle – it must be calculated by the filer. Enter the tax amount in euros with two decimal places.
For more information, see the Tax Administration’s detailed guidance on a new vehicle’s taxable value in car taxation (available in Finnish and Swedish, link to Finnish).