How to pay car tax
This guidance concerns both individual taxpayers and corporate taxpayers.
When the Tax Administration has processed your car tax return, you will receive a car tax decision in MyTax. The decision includes payment details: the account number, the reference number, the amount of car tax and the due date.
How to pay
You can pay car tax in MyTax or in your own e-bank, for example.
When you pay in MyTax, the payment details are automatically correct. The payment will be debited immediately, so you cannot change the date of payment. How to pay in MyTax:
If you are an individual taxpayer, a self-employed individual or an agricultural or forestry operator and pay tax in MyTax:
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Go to Payment status on the home page and click Paying taxes and payment details.
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You can proceed to pay a tax by clicking the link at the tax in question.
If you do not see the tax you are looking for, go to Payment details for all taxes and select Car tax in the selection list.
Here is how to use MyTax for paying taxes for a company (Oy), a partnership, an association, a public sector organisation or other corporate taxpayer:
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Go to Payment status on the home page and click Paying taxes and payment details.
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Corporate taxpayers use the single general reference number for taxes in their tax payments. Go to Making payments using the general reference number for taxes and select the Pay taxes link.
Further information about the general reference number for taxes
Alternatively, you can pay the tax in your e-bank. You will need the reference number and the Tax Administration’s bank account number to make the payment.
The paid tax will show in MyTax in 1–2 business days. After that you will be notified that you can register the vehicle.
Bank account number and reference number
If you pay can tax in your e-bank, for example, you will need a reference number and the Tax Administration’s bank account number. The payment recipient is Verohallinto (i.e. the Finnish Tax Administration).
How to check the payment details in MyTax:
If you are an individual taxpayer, a self-employed individual or an agricultural or forestry operator, you can check the payment details in MyTax as follows:
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Go to Payment status on the home page and click Paying taxes and payment details.
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Select the View payment details button at the tax you want to pay.
If you do not see the tax you are looking for, go to Payment details for all taxes and select Car tax in the selection list.
Here is how to use MyTax for verifying the information you need for payments for a company (Oy), a partnership, an association, a public sector organisation, other corporate taxpayer:
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Go to Payment status on the home page and click Paying taxes and payment details.
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Find the single general reference number for taxes and the Tax Administration’s bank account numbers at the top of the page under Making payments using the general reference number for taxes.
Further information about the general reference number for taxes
You can also check the payment details through an interface. Read more about interfaces.
Due date of car tax
The due date of car tax is the 24th day of the month. The period between the car tax decision and the due date is always at least 2 weeks. The due date is the next 24th day after 14 days have passed from the date of decision.
Example: A car tax decision is made on 2 April 2025. On 16 April 2025, two weeks (14 days) have passed from the date of decision. The due date of car tax is 24 April 2025.
Example: A car tax decision is made on 12 June 2025. On 26 June 2025, two weeks (14 days) have passed from the date of decision. The due date of car tax is 24 July 2025.
If the due date is postponed because you have filed the car tax return late, you may have to pay late-payment interest. You can see the amount of late-payment interest in the tax decision.
Vehicle import companies, for example, can request to become registered filers of car tax.
The due date of car tax is usually the 24th day of the month following the car tax period. If the 24th day is not a banking day, the due date is the next banking day.
Example: Pay the car tax for May's car tax period by 24 June.
If the Tax Administration makes a decision no more than one week before the normal due date (max. 7 days before the due date), the due date is postponed by a month.
Example: The Tax Administration makes a decision on a registered car tax filer’s car tax for May's car tax period on 19 June. Because the decision was made during the 7-day period preceding the due date (24 June 2025), the due date will be postponed by one month. The new due date of the car tax is 24 July 2025.
If the due date is postponed because you have filed the car tax return late, you must pay late-payment interest.
If you pay car tax after the due date
If you pay car tax after the due date, you must pay late-payment interest in addition to the tax. In 2025, the late-payment interest is 11.5%. The interest accrues from the day after the due date until the date of payment. Read more about late-payment interest.
Pay the late-payment interest together with the overdue tax. When you pay in MyTax, the late-payment interest is included in the payment amount. If you pay the tax elsewhere, check the correct amount including interest in MyTax or calculate the amount of interest yourself using the interest calculator.
More time to pay?
If you need an extension and smaller instalments to be able to pay the tax, you can request a payment arrangement. You must pay late-payment interest for the extension period. Taxes included in a payment arrangement will not be sent to enforcement if you adhere to the conditions of the arrangement.
Please note, however, that you must pay all the car tax included in the payment arrangement before you can register your vehicle. Only a registered filer of car tax can register a vehicle before the car tax is paid in full.