The Tax Administration can use automated decision-making in the context of resolving tax matters. This means that a decision concerning your tax matter may be based on partial or full use of an automated decision-making system. Read more about automated decision-making at the Tax Administration (only in Finnish).
Year of tax return
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You receive a tax return in the spring
We collect information that affects your taxation from your previous year's tax card and from employers, pension institutions and banks, for example. Based on this information, we create a pre-completed tax return for you and send it to you in the spring.
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Check the information and make corrections
Check the information in your tax return and make corrections if necessary.
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A tax refund or back taxes?
Based on your pre-completed tax return and the corrections you have made to it, the Tax Administration calculates the total amount of taxes and charges you need to pay. If your tax rate has been too high, you have paid too much tax and will get a tax refund. If your tax rate has been too low, you will have to pay back taxes.
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A tax decision is a calculation of taxes
If you did not make any changes to your pre-completed tax return, the tax decision and payment details you received in the spring will remain in force. If you made changes, however, you will receive a new tax decision by the end of October. In that case, the payment date of your tax refund or the due dates of your back taxes may change.
Page last updated 8/6/2024