- Suomen Yrittäjät, the Finnish SME association, is calling for a delay in the higher VAT rate implementation
- The Government proposed a VAT rate increase from 24% to 25.5% on 1 September 2024
- Suomen Yrittäjät says the new rate is challenging for small businesses and calls for a delay until at least 1 October
- The change in VAT creates administrative costs for companies and requires updates to their systems
- Smaller businesses will face a tax increase from the start of 2025
- Suomen Yrittäjät is concerned about the impact of the VAT increase on SMEs and calls for compensation for the scrapped VAT relief scheme.
Source: yrittajat.fi
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