
Finland (FI) Data
The Åland Islands are excluded from the scope of VAT.
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Current Rates (01 Jan 2017)
Description | Rate | Notes |
Standard | 24% | – |
Reduced 1 | 14% | – |
Reduced 2 | 10% | – |
Special 0 | 0% | Printing services for membership publications of non-profit making organisations |
Historical Rates
Date | Reduced Rate | Standard Rate | Increased Rate | Parking Rate |
01/06/1994 | 12 | 5 | 22 | – | – |
01/01/1995 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 22 | – | – |
01/01/1998 | 17 | 8 | 22 | – | – |
01/10/2009 | 12 | 8 | 22 | – | – |
01/07/2010 | 13 | 9 | 23 | – | – |
01/01/2013 | 14 | 10 | 24 | – | – |
Standard 21 Categories (Article 106)
# | Category | Rate | Comments |
1 | Foodstuffs | 14 | |
2 | Water supplies | 24 | |
3 | Pharmaceutical products | 10 | |
4 | Medical equipment for disabled persons | 24
Ex |
|
Children’s car seat | 25 | ||
5 | Transport of passengers
(+see n° VI) |
10 | |
6 | Books | 10 | |
Books on other physical means of support | 24 | ||
Newspapers | 10
24 |
newspapers and periodicals provided that they are sold on subscription for a period of at least one month | |
Periodicals | 10
24 |
||
7 | Admission to cultural services (shows, cinema, theatre) | 10 | |
Admission to amusement parks | 10 | ||
8 | Pay TV/ cable TV | 24 | |
TV licence | 10 | ||
9 | Writers, composers, etc. | Ex
10 |
Copyright royalties collected by copyright organisations |
10 | Social housing | 24 | |
10a | Renovation and repairing of private dwellings | 24 | |
10b | Window cleaning and cleaning in private households | 24 | |
11 | Agricultural inputs | 24
14 |
|
12 | Hotel accommodation | 10 | |
12a | Restaurant and catering services | 14 | |
13 | Admission to
Sporting events |
10
14 |
|
14 | Use of
Sporting facilities |
10 | |
15 | Social services in so far as those transactions are not exempt pursuant to articles 132, 135 and 136 of the directive 2006/112/ec | Ex | |
16 | Supplies by undertakers and cremation services | Ex | |
17 | Medical and dental care in so far as those services are not exempt pursuant to points (b) to (e) of article 132(1) of the directive 2006/112/ec | Ex | |
18 | Collection of domestic waste and street cleaning, other than the supply of such services by bodies referred to in article 13 of the directive 2006/112/ec | 24 | |
19 | Minor repairing (including mending and alteration) of: | 24 | |
Bicycles | 24 | ||
Shoes and leather goods | 24 | ||
Clothing and household linen | 24 | ||
20 | Domestic care services (**) | 24 | |
21 | Hairdressing | 24 |