1. Tax Card Online for students
Tax Card Online for students

2. Tax card
Every January, the Tax Administration sends all taxpayers their tax cards for the new year.
It is a withholding allowance certificate, based on estimates of annual income and expenses. The withholding rate printed on it is tailored for each individual.
Your personal rate is the result of calculations based on database data; however, although we use the latest information on record, some of it may be 2 years old.
From time to time, you may need to have your withholding rate revised because your income and tax-deductible expenses change.

3. Asking for a revised withholding rate
Some 1.8 million requests for revised with-holding rates are processed every year.
Send the request via these channels:
over the Web with Tax Card Online
by phone
at the tax office
complete an application form and send it by post
At present, more than half of the requests arrive through Tax Card Online.

4. Tax Card Online Visit Tax.fi/taxcard at your convenience (24/7).
Have your e-banking security codes ready (alter-natively, a microchip ID card with a reader device).
To learn more about Tax Card Online, visit the Demo version.
You'll see your new, revised withholding rate during the session. Select whether you want to print out your new card on paper yourself, have it sent to your home address, or have it sent to your employer's address by post.

5. For an online request, have this ready:
You must have the same details ready regardless of what channel you use
Full estimate of income & deductions / year.
Amounts you've been paid so far, what has been withheld, what expenses are included since January 1st.
Look up the amounts on your latest pay slip.

6. System requirements
We recommend running Tax Card Online on a laptop or desktop.
An Internet hookup and browser are necessary.
The settings should enable both cookies and JavaScript.
We recommend the newest versions of the following browsers:
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Apple Safari
Read more: Technical requirements for use of e-Services

7. Welcome to sign in! Click this first
Prepare for your session: have the facts ready
Run the Demo
to learn more

8. Enter your… bank security codes or microchip identity card.
Tax Card Online only shows your personal tax details This means you cannot see those of anyone else's.

9. Advancing stage by stage
Taxpayer information and tax cards
Personal data and the latest recorded withholding information appear.
Reporting your income and deductions
This stage is for entering new income and expenses, and for making corrections to existing records.
Result of the calculation
Your new, revised withholding rate appears. You also see the details of the calculation.
Final stage: Delivery mode and Submit
Select whether you want to use self-printing, or do you want the tax office to send the card to you / to your employer.

10. (1) Taxpayer information and tax cards
Verify your personal data to make sure there are no mistakes.
Click here to get a card for a 2nd job.

11. (2) Reporting your income and deductions
Check the contents of the Information on record column carefully.
Click Edit to make corrections.

12. Pay and fringe benefits from main occupation
Enter your income for the entire year, enter how much you've been paid so far (since Jan 1), and enter the amount withheld.
For students, the recommended option is the single income ceiling for the entire year.

13. (2) Reporting your income and deductions
Do you need more cards because you have several jobs?
Enter the estimated income in ”Pay and benefits, secondary occupation”. You get a special card for making photocopies of.
Make sure the real earnings are not higher than the income ceiling.

14. Pay from secondary employment
Fill in ”Estimated
annual gross income”.
If you've been paid this year, fill in these lines to enter the total amount and withheld amount.

15. (2) Declaring your income and deductions
Input is displayed in the ”Taxpayer's declaration” column.
Fill in ”Social benefits” if you've been paid unemployment relief or parental allowance.
Fill in "Study grant" as appropriate.

16. Study grants
You must enter any study grants without the supplement for accomodation.
No specific tax card is necessary. However, we include study-grant income in your progressive tax rate.

17. (2) Declaring your income and deductions
Remember to check any tax-deductible expenses e.g. travel.
Click Continue to see the new, revised tax rate at the ”Result of the calculation” stage.

18. (3) Results of calculation
This is your revised rate of withholding. Please check it.
Your Tax Number is at the bottom.
Click Continue to move on.

19. (4) Delivery mode and Submit
Select whether you want the card send to you in a letter, or whether you print it.
If you prefer, you may have the card sent directly to your employer/other payer.
Click Send the data Your card is either sent off by post or made ready for self-printing.

20. (5) Using your own printer
Click here
Another option: save the file.
Remember to Sign Out when you are done.

21. Self-printing not available
You cannot always use the self-printing option. Some cards require intervention by an employee of the tax office. Self-printing is not available. A message appears at the Result stage.

22. Proceed as follows
If your card has to be checked by an employee, remember to enter your phone number because they may want to contact you. If necessary, enter additional information.

23. Important points
In January, previous calendar year's withholding rates continue to be in force.
However, the income ceiling is re-set to zero.
If you request a new card at the end of December or beginning of January, it automatically replaces the card you receive in the mass mailing.
There's no way to get a copy of a recent card.
Enter all your amounts again to get a new card.
Cards may be saved as pdf files if necessary.

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