Filing financial statements late with the Finnish Trade Register
Most companies must file their financial statements with the Finnish Trade Register. For example, all limited liability companies and co-operatives must file their financial statements with the Trade Register for each financial period.
Companies must file their financial statements even if they have interrupted or stopped their business activities.
Companies are responsible for filing their own financial statements within the time limit. The time limit for filing depends on the company type. See time limits by company type.
If you miss the deadline, file the financial statements with the Trade Register without delay.
Consequences of not filing financial statements
If your company does not file its financial statements with the Finnish Trade Register:
- The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) can oblige the person responsible for your company to file the financial statements under penalty of a fine.
- The PRH may issue an order of the liquidation or deregistration of a limited liability company or co-operative. Read more about the deregistration procedure.
Fee for late submission
The PRH charges a fee for financial statements filed late with the Finnish Trade Register. Go to our instructions: Fee for financial statements filed late.
How to file
File the financial statements online using our service at ytj.fi.
Company types other than limited liability companies and co-operatives file their financial statements free of charge using the online service at ytj.fi. Please note that the online service is available in Finnish and Swedish.
The service will help you fill in the notification. Fill in the required details and attach the documents needed. File all financial statement documents. Go to our instructions: Financial statement documents.
Please note that the details and documents you submit, as well as the notification document created by the service, are publicly available for anyone. Do not include any details that contain personal identity codes, home addresses, or other confidential details (such as health details or business secrets).
If you file your notification on paper, the handling fee is 100 euros. The processing time will be longer than when filing online. Go to our instructions for paper forms.
After registration
Financial statements filed using the online service at ytj.fi can be registered automatically.
As soon as the financial statements have been registered, a register extract will be sent to the company’s mailing address, as recorded in the Finnish Business Information System (BIS) at ytj.fi.
The details in the financial statements are publicly available on the PRH Virre Information Service. Go to the Virre Information Service. Open link in a new tab
Several service providers use the financial statement details. Read more about our co-operation partners providing financial statement details.