Foreign employer registration in Finland

The package

One-off fixed prices without VAT: 25.5 % VAT is added for a customer in Finland, while a company established abroad is invoiced without Finnish VAT. Authority fees and insurance premiums are paid by you directly, so they never pass through our invoice. A package does not tie you to our bookkeeping, which has no minimum period.

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Is this the right route for you?

There are three ways to employ someone in Finland. This package is for the second.

If you would rather have a Finnish limited company, our company formation package is 999 euros. The three routes are compared in detail in our article on hiring in Finland without a Finnish company, and a branch and a subsidiary in our article on branch or subsidiary.

What we set up, step by step

1. Your route. Whether your company has a permanent establishment in Finland, whether it must or should join the employer register, and therefore whether Finnish tax is withheld and the employer's health insurance contribution paid. You get the answer in writing, with the reasons.
2. A Finnish Business ID. The Incomes Register takes reports primarily under a Business ID. We prepare forms Y1 and 6204 for your foreign company, with the tax registrations your route needs, for your company's signatory to sign.
3. Accident insurance, in force before the work starts. It is compulsory once the year's wages exceed 1 500 euros, and it cannot be taken out afterwards.
4. TyEL pension insurance with a Finnish pension company, needed for a continuing employee. In 2026 the total averages 24.40 % of wages, of which the employee pays 7.30 %.
5. Unemployment insurance, invoiced by the Employment Fund from the Incomes Register data once the year's wages exceed 1 500 euros.
6. Incomes Register reporting: the Suomi.fi mandates, so that each payday can be reported within five days, and the employer's separate report where it is required.
7. A calendar for the first year: every report and payment date, and what your company pays to whom.

What it costs to employ someone

At the 2026 average rates, the statutory employer contributions add about 19.9 % to the gross salary for an employer with a permanent establishment; without one, the health insurance contribution of 1.91 % is usually not paid.

Your own TyEL and accident rates come from your insurers. The full calculation, with a worked payday and its deadlines, is in our article on employer costs.

After the set-up: payroll

Payroll is 15 euros per payslip, charged only in months with a pay date. We make the payslips, file the Incomes Register reports and tell you the amounts to pay; your company pays the wages, the tax and the insurance invoices from its own account. More on our payroll services.

What the package does not cover

• Insurance premiums, taxes and contributions: they are your company's own costs, paid directly.
• Employment contracts, residence and work permits, and the occupational safety notifications of a posting.
• A full permanent establishment or corporate tax review. We tell you when the facts point to one, and it is quoted separately.
• Acting as employer of record or as your representative. Your company remains the employer.

How it starts

Request a quote and choose "Company registered outside Finland". Tell us where your company is registered, how many people you will employ in Finland, where they live, and when the work starts. We verify your company and its beneficial owners, as the anti-money laundering law requires, and you get the scope and the fixed price in writing before anything starts. Start early: the accident insurance has to be in force before the first working day.

Frequently asked questions

Can a foreign company employ someone in Finland without a Finnish company?

Yes. It can employ directly as a foreign employer, insure the work in Finland and report each payday to the Incomes Register, without a subsidiary or branch.

What does the foreign employer package cost?

799 euros, once, invoiced without Finnish VAT to a company established abroad. Insurance premiums, taxes and contributions are paid by your company directly, and payroll afterwards is 15 euros per payslip.

Does registering as an employer create a permanent establishment?

No, registration does not decide it. A permanent establishment depends on what is actually done in Finland, such as a fixed place of business or someone who regularly concludes contracts for you, and on the tax treaty. We tell you if the facts point to one.

Do we have to withhold Finnish tax?

With a permanent establishment or effective management in Finland, or after registering as an employer, yes. Otherwise not, but the pay is still reported to the Incomes Register when the employee is insured in Finland or stays over six months.

Are you an employer of record?

No. Your company signs the employment contract and remains the employer. We prepare the registrations, arrange the insurances with you and run the payroll.

How long does the set-up take?

We prepare the forms as soon as we have your company's documents and have verified it. The Tax Administration then processes the Business ID; the insurances can usually be arranged in parallel, and the accident insurance must be in force before the work starts.

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