The Finnish Tax Administration (, ) is the
revenue service
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of
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
. It is a
government agency
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steered by the
Ministry of Finance
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. The Finnish Tax Administration had 4,983 employees in 2016.
It collects around two-thirds of the taxes in the country, with the rest being collected by the
Finnish Customs and the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency
Traficom.
It collects around 55 billion
euros
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and operates with a 408 million euro budget.
See also
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Taxation in Finland
References
External links
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Revenue services
Government agencies of Finland