Finland Start-up Notification (Y1) — Limited Companies, Co-operatives, Foundations and Other Organisations

Fields

• companyName string required

  The proposed name of the company or organisation. Treated as a suggested name only until the Trade Register has approved it.

• companyLanguage enum required

  The company name's registered language, printed as two independent checkboxes (Finnish/Swedish) beside the company name field. Determines which language the Trade Register/Tax Administration correspondence is issued in.

  enum: finnish | swedish
• alternativeCompanyName2 string optional

  A second alternative company name, in case the first choice is rejected by the Trade Register.

• alternativeCompanyName3 string optional

  A third alternative company name, in case the first two choices are rejected by the Trade Register.

• registrationRegister enum required

  Which register the notification requests entry into. The Trade Register option requires enclosing a receipt proving the registration fee was paid; the Register of Foundations has no fee. This form's two checkbox labels are printed as "The Trade Register (enclose receipt proving you paid the fee)" and "Register of Foundations", though their underlying AcroForm field names are copy-pasted from an unrelated amendment-notification template ("The amended details are for ...") — a disclosed tooltip artifact, not a structural fact about this notification.

  enum: trade_register | register_of_foundations
• acceleratedProcessingRequested boolean optional

  Whether the applicant is requesting registration by a desired date (Trade Register only). Requires a separate letter enclosed stating the reason; requests cannot always be granted.

• homeMunicipality string optional

  The company's domicile municipality within Finland.

• countryOfResidence string optional

  The country of domicile, only if not Finland (e.g. a foreign branch/company registering in Finland).

• parallelCompanyNames string optional

  Translations of the company name into foreign languages, for a company already entered in the PRH registers under a Finnish or Swedish name.

• auxiliaryCompanyName1 string optional

  A first auxiliary (toiminimi) trade name the company also operates under.

• auxiliaryCompanyName1ActivityDescription string optional

  The line of business conducted under auxiliary company name 1.

• auxiliaryCompanyName2 string optional

  A second auxiliary (toiminimi) trade name the company also operates under.

• auxiliaryCompanyName2ActivityDescription string optional

  The line of business conducted under auxiliary company name 2.

• postalAddressCareOf string optional

  Care-of line for the postal (mailing) address, part of the "Address information for public use" block.

• postalAddress string required

  The company's public postal (mailing) address. The form states either a postal or a street address is mandatory; this schema models the postal address as the primary required field since it is printed first and can carry a PO Box.

• postalAddressBuildingNumber string optional

  Building number for the postal address.

• postalAddressEntranceNumber string optional

  Entrance (stairwell) number for the postal address.

• postalAddressApartmentNumber string optional

  Apartment number for the postal address.

• postalAddressPoBoxNumber string optional

  PO Box number, if the postal address uses one instead of a street address.

• postalAddressPostalCode string required

  Postal code for the postal address.

• postalAddressTownOrCity string required

  Town or city for the postal address.

• streetAddressCareOf string optional

  Care-of line for the street (visiting) address, if given as an alternative or in addition to the postal address.

• streetAddress string optional

  The company's public street (visiting) address, printed as a second address block with no PO Box option. The form states either a postal or a street address is mandatory; see postalAddress.

• streetAddressBuildingNumber string optional

  Building number for the street address.

• streetAddressEntranceNumber string optional

  Entrance (stairwell) number for the street address.

• streetAddressApartmentNumber string optional

  Apartment number for the street address.

• streetAddressPostalCode string optional

  Postal code for the street address.

• streetAddressTownOrCity string optional

  Town or city for the street address.

• email string optional

  The company's e-mail address.

• telephone string optional

  The company's telephone number.

• website string optional

  The company's website address.

• establishmentDate date required

  The date the company was established, or (for a foreign company) the date it started business in Finland. The accounting period begins on this date.

• firstAccountingPeriodEndDate date required

  End date of the company's first accounting period, maximum 18 months from establishmentDate. The next accounting period (one year) starts automatically after the first.

• continuesPreviousBusiness boolean optional

  Whether the company is to continue the trade or business of a previous company (e.g. a private trader becoming a limited partnership). If true, a Personal Data Form must also be completed (out of scope of this schema; see the document's own VERIFICATION.md).

• previousCompanyName string optional

  Name of the previous company whose trade or business this company continues.

• previousCompanyBusinessId string optional

  The previous company's Finnish Business ID (Y-tunnus).

• mainSectorTolCode string required

  The main line of business declared to the Tax Administration, as a five-digit Statistics Finland TOL (Toimialaluokitus) industry classification code. The source specimen prints this as five separate single-digit boxes; this schema combines them into one field, per this registry's established split-widget consolidation convention.

  pattern
• legalEntityType enum required

  The legal entity form being registered. The source specimen instructs: "Please complete the mandatory appendix form applicable to your enterprise" — see this document's documents[] entries for the corresponding appendix-form requirements.

  enum: 7 values
• legalEntityTypeOtherText string optional

  Free-text description of the legal entity type, when "Other type" is selected.

• contactPersonName string optional

  Name of the individual providing further information about the notification, if different from the signatory.

• contactPersonCompanyOrOrganisation string optional

  If the person providing further information works for a law firm, accounting firm, or other company/organisation on the notifier's behalf, its name.

• signatureDate date required

  Date the notification is signed.

• signatureAndPrintedName string required

  The signatory prints and signs their name by hand; the form must be printed out for this. See the form filling instructions for signing rules (e.g. who may sign on behalf of each legal entity type).

• taxAdminPostalAddress string optional

  The company's postal address for the Tax Administration, only if different from the address given on page 1.

• taxAdminBuildingNumber string optional

  Building number for the Tax Administration postal address.

• taxAdminEntranceNumber string optional

  Entrance number for the Tax Administration postal address.

• taxAdminApartmentNumber string optional

  Apartment number for the Tax Administration postal address.

• taxAdminPoBoxNumber string optional

  PO Box number for the Tax Administration postal address.

• taxAdminPostalCode string optional

  Postal code for the Tax Administration postal address.

• taxAdminTownOrCity string optional

  Town or city for the Tax Administration postal address.

• vatRegistrationDate date optional

  The date from which VAT registration is requested.

• vatBasisTradeOrBusiness boolean optional

  One of five independent checkboxes stating the basis for the VAT registration request.

• vatBasisPurchasesWithdrawalGoodsOwnUse boolean optional

  Basis for the VAT registration request: purchases, or withdrawal of goods for own use.

• vatBasisNotificationSalesServicesEu boolean optional

  Basis for the VAT registration request: notification obligation for sales of services in the EU.

• vatBasisPrimaryProducer boolean optional

  Basis for the VAT registration request: primary producer.

• vatBasisTransferRightsImmovableProperty boolean optional

  VAT taxpayer status is requested for the transfer of rights to use immovable property (under §12 and §30, VAT Act). Requires a rental contract or other account of the rental property and tenant to be enclosed.

• vatStatusRequestedDate date optional

  The date from which a special VAT taxpayer status (small-scale, intra-Community, primary producer, or non-profit/religious) is requested.

• vatStatusRequestedSmallScaleBusinessOperator boolean optional

  VAT taxpayer status is requested as a small-scale business operator (§3, VAT Act, turnover threshold €20,000).

• vatStatusRequestedIntraCommunityAcquisitions boolean optional

  VAT taxpayer status is requested for intra-Community acquisitions (§26 f, VAT Act).

• vatStatusRequestedPrimaryProducer boolean optional

  VAT taxpayer status is requested as a primary producer.

• vatStatusRequestedNonProfitReligious boolean optional

  VAT taxpayer status is requested as a non-profit/religious entity (§12.1, VAT Act).

• vatExclusionDate date optional

  The date from which exclusion from VAT is requested. Requires a statement of the grounds to be attached.

• vatExclusionJustificationSmallScale boolean optional

  Justification that the company does not consider itself liable for VAT: small-scale operation (§3, VAT Act, €20,000).

• vatExclusionJustificationHealthcare boolean optional

  Justification: healthcare services (§34, VAT Act).

• vatExclusionJustificationSocialServices boolean optional

  Justification: social services (§37, VAT Act).

• vatExclusionJustificationInstructorServices boolean optional

  Justification: instructor services (§39, VAT Act).

• vatExclusionJustificationFinancialInsurance boolean optional

  Justification: financial and insurance services (§41, §44, VAT Act).

• vatExclusionJustificationArtistRoyalties boolean optional

  Justification: fees to performing artist, or royalties (§45, VAT Act).

• vatExclusionJustificationRealPropertyRights boolean optional

  Justification: real property rights (§27, VAT Act).

• vatExclusionJustificationOtherApplicable boolean optional

  Justification: other non-VAT operations, with a free-text explanation in vatExclusionJustificationOtherText.

• vatExclusionJustificationOtherText string optional

  Free-text explanation of the other non-VAT operations selected above.

• vatExclusionJustificationNonProfitReligious45 boolean optional

  Justification: non-profit/religious entity (§4-5, VAT Act) — a distinct statutory basis from vatStatusRequestedNonProfitReligious (§12.1, VAT Act) above.

• employerRegistrationDate date optional

  The date from which the company registers as an employer paying wages on a regular basis.

• prepaymentRegisterDate date optional

  The date the company is applying for entry in the Prepayment Register (§25, Prepayment Act). The earliest possible date of registration is the date of arrival of the completed form.

• turnoverBracket enum optional

  The company's expected annual turnover bracket, which determines the default length of the tax period for self-assessed taxes (VAT, withholding, employer's social security, source tax). Printed as three mutually-exclusive checkboxes, combined here into one field per this registry's established convention.

  enum: up_to_30000 | from_30001_to_100000 | above_100000
• vatTaxPeriodLength enum optional

  The desired length of the VAT tax period, if the company wants to elect a period shorter than the calendar-year default its turnover bracket would otherwise allow. The Tax Administration decides on the actual length and informs the company in writing.

  enum: year | quarterly | monthly
• employerContributionsTaxPeriodLength enum optional

  The desired length of the tax period for employer's contributions (withholding, employer's social security).

  enum: quarterly | monthly
• additionalInformationForTaxAdministration string optional

  Free-text additional information addressed to the Tax Administration.