Finland Tax News

The law bringing about the proposed changes to the taxation of Finnish-source dividends from nominee registered share have been approved by the parliament. The law (970/2005), which was signed by the President on 9 December 2005, will apply to dividends received as of 1 January 2006.

1 January 2006

Proposed changes to withholding tax regarding nominee-registered shares

9 November 2005

Taxation of dividends The current imputation system, which has applied since 1990, is replaced by a classical double taxation system, under which corporate income is first taxed in the hands of the company and dividends subsequently (with partial relief) in the hands of the shareholders at the appropriate rates. As a corollary to this, the equalization tax (29/71) on distributions is abolished.

19 January 2005