Filing financial statements with the Finnish Trade Register
The law requires companies to file their financial statements with the Trade Register. Companies must also make sure that all financial statement documents required by law are being filed.
Please note: By law, the financial statements must be filed even if the company is inactive, or it has not conducted any actual business during the financial period.
File the financial statements with the Trade Register when they have been approved. File your notification online using our service at ytj.fi in Finnish and Swedish.
Which companies must file financial statements with the Trade Register?
Most companies must file their financial statements with the Trade Register.
See the timeline below to check when to file your financial statements. Go to our instructions via the links below or the menu.
Which companies do not need to file?
The following companies do not need to file their financial statements with the Trade Register:
- housing companies;
- tenant-owners' societies;
- housing co-operatives; and
- mutual real estate limited companies.
Usually, private traders do not need to file their financial statements with the Trade Register.
What does it cost?
Filing financial statements by the deadline is free of charge if you use the online service at ytj.fi. The online service is available in Finnish and Swedish.
The PRH imposes a fee for financial statements filed late with the Finnish Trade Register. Read more: Fee for financial statements filed late.
How do I know if the financial statements have been registered?
As soon as the financial statements have been registered, a register extract will be sent to the company’s mailing address recorded in the Finnish Business Information System at ytj.fi.
Run a search in our Virre Information Service free of charge to see which of your company’s financial statements have already been recorded in the Finnish Trade Register. Go to the Virre Information ServiceAvautuu uuteen välilehteen.
Timeline for filing financial statements
The financial period has ended
LLCs and co-operatives
File the financial statements using our online service at ytj.fi when the general meeting has approved the financial statements. The online service is available in Finnish and in Swedish.
Log in to the online filing at ytj.fi.Open link in a new tab
Go to our instructions: How to file financial statements with tax returns with the Trade Register.
Trade Register
Once your financial statements have been registered, you will receive a register extract to your company’s mailing address recorded in the Finnish Business Information System at ytj.fi.
The details in the financial statements are public and available from the PRH Virre Information Service.Open link in a new tab
Filing financial statements within 6 months from the end of the financial period
Branches
Go to our instructions: Branches: how to file financial statements with the Finnish Trade Register.
Also: savings banks, insurance associations, mortgage societies, and European Economic Interest Groupings: File the financial statements using our online service at ytj.fi. The online service is available in Finnish and in Swedish.
Log in to the online filing at ytj.fi.Open link in a new tabGo to our instructions: Other companies: how to file financial statements with the Trade Register.
Trade Register
Once your financial statements have been registered, you will receive a register extract to your company’s mailing address recorded in the Finnish Business Information System at ytj.fi.
The details in the financial statements are public and available from the PRH Virre Information Service.Open link in a new tab
Private traders
If certain requirements under the law are met, file the financial statements using our online service at ytj.fi. The online service is available in Finnish and in Swedish.
Log in to the online filing at ytj.fi.Open link in a new tab
General / limited partnerships
If certain requirements under the law are met, file the financial statements using our online service at ytj.fi. The online service is available in Finnish and in Swedish.
Log in to the online filing at ytj.fi.Open link in a new tab
Filing financial statements within 8 months from the end of the financial period
LLCs and co-operatives
File the financial statements with the Finnish Trade Register when the general meeting has approved the financial statements using our online service at ytj.fi. The online service is available in Finnish and in Swedish.
Log in to the online filing at ytj.fi.Open link in a new tab
Trade Register
Once your financial statements have been registered, you will receive a register extract to your company’s mailing address recorded in the Finnish Business Information System at ytj.fi.
The details in the financial statements are public and available from the PRH Virre Information Service.Open link in a new tab
Over 8 months from the end of the financial period
LLCs and co-operatives
You pay a fee for late submission.
Trade Register
The PRH imposes a fee for late submission.
All company types
Your financial statements are late. File your financial statements without delay using our online service at ytj.fi. The online service is available in Finnish and in Swedish.
Log in to the online filing at ytj.fi.Open link in a new tab
Company-specific instructions are in the menu.
Trade Register
Once your financial statements have been registered, you will receive a register extract to your company’s mailing address recorded in the Finnish Business Information System at ytj.fi.
The details in the financial statements are public and available from the PRH Virre Information Service.Open link in a new tab
1 year from the end of the financial period
LLCs and co-operatives
You have not filed your financial statements with the Trade Register.
You pay a fee for late submission.
In addition, your company may be removed from the Finnish Trade Register or be ordered into liquidation. Companies risking deregistration receive a reminder letter to the company’s mailing address recorded in the Finnish Business Information System at ytj.fi.
Go to our instructions: The PRH deregisters limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements.Trade Register
The PRH imposes a fee for late submission.
The PRH may remove the company from the Finnish Trade Register or order it into liquidation.