Start-up notification for limited liability companies, co-operatives, savings bank, and foundations (Y1)
Use the Y forms if you cannot file your notification online at ytj.fi in Finnish or Swedish.
See the company types that can use online filing at ytj.fi.
The details you enter on the form will be publicly available to everyone.
Do not enter personal identity codes or the contact person’s contact details on the form. You can enter this information on a separate personal data form and enclose it with your notification.
Detailed guidance:
When do I need to fill in a start-up notification Y1?
Use start-up notification Y1 to register your company with the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) and the Finnish Tax Administration
Use the Y1 form if you want to file a start-up notification for
- a limited liability company
- cooperative
- savings bank
- foundation or
- other organisation.
If your company already has a Finnish Business ID, use form Y4 to file changes.
With a few exceptions, all the notifications to the Finnish Trade Register are subject to a fee. Go to the price list and payment instructions on the PRH website.Open link in a new tab
Notifications to the Finnish Tax Administration are always free of charge.
How do I fill in form Y1?
Fill in form Y1 before printing it. Remember to sign the form.
Do not enter personal identity codes or the contact person’s contact details on the form. You can enter this information on a separate personal data form and enclose it with your notification.
Name of company or organisation
When you want to register the name of your company at the Finnish Trade Register, enter 1–3 company name suggestions. Please note that we will register the first name that can be accepted.
Go to the PRH website for further company name instructionsOpen link in a new tab
Language of the company
Indicate whether the language used by your company is Finnish or Swedish. Depending on your choice, the company will receive the mail from the Finnish Tax Administration in Finnish or Swedish.
The company requests for registration in the PRH’s registers
Select the Trade Register or the Register of Foundations if your company or organisation must register with one of them. Limited liability companies and cooperatives must register with the Trade Register, and foundations must register with the Register of Foundations.
Enclose a receipt of payment of the Trade Register handling fee.
I request for registration in the Trade Register on a certain date
Tick the box if you are requesting registration on a certain date (for example an accelerated processing request). This does not apply to changes of address or contact details.
Please enclose a separate letter explaining your reasons for the request.
Place of registered office (domicile) of the company or organisation
Enter the place of your company’s registered office. It must be a municipality in Finland.
For companies outside Finland, enter the country of tax residence.
Other company names, if any
You can also register parallel company names or auxiliary company names with the Finnish Trade Register.
A parallel company name is a translation of the Finnish or Swedish company name. Enter the parallel company name(s) of your company. Add the language in brackets.
You can enter one or more auxiliary company names on the form. Describe which of the company’s activities are conducted under each auxiliary company name. Please note that the business you are planning to run under the auxiliary company name may only cover a part of your company’s business. Pay a handling fee for each auxiliary company name.
Contact details of the company for public use
Enter the contact details of your company for public use. A company registering with the Trade Register or a foundation registering with the Register of Foundations must have a street address or postal address. You can also enter other contact details for your company, such as an email address and telephone number.
c/o (postal address or street address)
If you want to register the postal address of another company or person as your company’s postal address or street address, enter the name of the company or person in the c/o field.
Postal address
Enter the postal address of your company. If you want to use a PO Box address, enter the PO Box address only.
- Postal address: name of the street or road
- Building no: an address number of a house can also include a letter, hyphen or slash.
- Entrance no: staircase letter, if any, or the abbreviation Apt.
- Apartment no: the apartment number, and a divider, if any
- PO Box no: the PO Box number
- Postal code
- Town or city
The postal address will be transmitted to the Finnish Tax Administration. If you want to register a different postal address with the Finnish Tax Administration, enter the address on page 3 under “Postal address to be given to the Tax Administration use only”.
Street address
The street address is the address where the business or the permanent place of business is located.
- Postal address: name of the street or road
- Building no: an address number of a house can also include a letter, hyphen or slash.
- Entrance no: staircase letter, if any, or the abbreviation Apt.
- Apartment no: the apartment number, and a divider, if any
- Enter also the postal code and town or city.
First financial period (accounting period)
The company’s first financial period is the period between the start date of business and the end date of the first financial period. The first financial period cannot be longer than 18 months.
Start date of business: The first financial period begins on the start date of business. Enter the date in the format dd.mm.yyyy (for example, 01.04.2021 for 1 April 2021). Companies outside Finland should enter the start date of business in Finland.
End date of the first financial period: Enter the date when the first financial period ends.
The next financial period (length = one year) starts automatically after the first.
Continuation of business of a previous company
Tick the box if the company being set up is to continue the trade or business of a previous company. Enter the name and Business ID of the previous company.
Merger of companies: If one or more companies merge into an existing company, file a notification of implementation of merger with the PRH.
Demerger of a company: If a company demerges so that its assets and liabilities are transferred to two or more companies, file a start-up notification for each new company. Tick the box “The company is to continue the trade or business of a previous company”.
Main sector (line of business) to be declared to the Tax Administration
Enter the main sector of your company, which is the sector in which your company mainly operates. The main sector must be included in the company’s line of business.
Use the five-digit TOL 2008 code provided by Statistics Finland.
The main sector will be shown under “Main line of business” in the company search at ytj.fi.
Please note that the company’s whole line of business will be shown in the articles of association.
Type of company or enterprise
Select the type of your company or enterprise.
Appendix forms to the PRH
Select and fill in an appendix form applicable to your company.
- 1 Limited liability company or public limited company
- 2 Cooperative or cooperative bank
- 3 Branch of a foreign enterprise
- 4 Mutual insurance company, public mutual insurance company, or insurance association
- 5 Right-of-occupancy association, resident administered area, European economic interest grouping or branch of an interest grouping located in Finland but registered in another country, mortgage society, savings bank, or state public enterprise
- 11A Foundation (under Act 487/2015 on Foundations)
Enclosures for the Tax Administration
Tick the box if you are registering a foreign enterprise. Fill in appendix form 6204.
Please note that branches should also file appendix form 6204 in addition to appendix form 3.
Who can provide further information about this notification?
Indicate the person or company that can provide further information about the notification. The PRH will send this person or company a register extract or a request to correct the notification, if necessary.
Please note that if you do not indicate a contact person, the PRH will send correspondence to the company’s address. The Finnish Tax Administration always uses the company’s address.
Date and signature
Add the date and printed name. Print out the form and sign it by hand.
The following people are responsible for filing the start-up notification:
- Limited liability companies, cooperatives, savings banks, mortgage societies, insurance associations, right-of-occupancy associations, foundations, and state public enterprises: ordinary members of the board of directors or board of trustees
- Branch of a foreign enterprise: a person appointed to sign the company name or to represent the company
- Foreign businesses with no fixed establishment in Finland: the business operators themselves or their representative in Finland
- European economic interest groupings: the manager
- Shipping companies: ship owners
The notification can also be signed by an authorised person. In that case, the power of attorney is granted by a person responsible for filing the notification.
Enclose the power of attorney with the notification. Enclose an original general power of attorney or a certified copy of a special power of attorney.
Postal address to be given to the Tax Administration use only
Here you can enter a separate postal address only for the use of the Finnish Tax Administration.
VAT liability
The company may register for VAT or request VAT taxpayer status. Select the most appropriate alternative and enter the start date of operations in the format dd.mm.yyyy.
If the company does not consider itself liable for VAT (“VAT-exempt”), it must file a statement of the grounds.
Read more about group registration.
Registration for VAT
Enter the date as of which the company registers for VAT.
The company can 1) register trade or business for VAT, 2) register purchases; withdrawal of goods for own use; for VAT, 3) register notification obligation for sales of services in the EU, or 4) register for VAT as primary producer.
Read our instructions for companies registering for VAT.
VAT taxpayer status is requested
In some cases, companies may request VAT taxpayer status on their own initiative even if they are not liable for VAT by law. A company that has requested VAT taxpayer status is usually registered for VAT from the date of receipt of the notification.
The company can request VAT taxpayer status 1) for the transfer of rights to use immovable property, 2) as a small-scale business operator, 3) for intra-Community acquisitions, 4) as a primary producer, or 5) as a non-profit or religious entity.
Read our instructions for companies requesting VAT taxpayer status.
The company does not consider itself liable for VAT (Exclusion from VAT)
If the company does not consider itself liable for VAT, select the appropriate reason and give more details on page 4 under “Additional information”. For easier processing, enclose a written statement or supplement.
Even if the company’s main business operations are exempted from VAT, the company may be liable for VAT if it has other business operations subject to VAT.
Requesting entry in the Prepayment Register
If your company is registering for the Prepayment Register, enter the start date of operations in the format dd.mm.yyyy.
Please note that the Finnish Tax Administration enters the date of receipt of the notification, or a later date, in the Prepayment Register. This information will be publicly available for anyone in the company search at ytj.fi.
Companies that operate or intend to operate a trade, business, farm or other activity that generates income can be entered in the Prepayment Register. When the company has a valid registration in the Prepayment Register, the payer does not need to withhold tax on the compensation (such as royalties, trade income or other nonwage compensation).
Please note that the Finnish Tax Administration can deny the entry of a newly established company into the Prepayment Register if a person in charge of the company, or a company the person has previously been in charge of, has substantially neglected their tax payment obligation, tax-related notification duty, accounting obligation, or other tax-related obligations.
Registering as an employer paying wages on a regular basis
If the company is an employer paying wages on a regular basis, enter the start date of payment. The information about the entry in the Employer Register is publicly available to anyone as set out in the Finnish Business Information Act.
Read our instructions for employers paying wages on a regular basis.
Tax period of self-assessed taxes
Enter the company’s turnover (=sales) and the desired tax period for VAT and employer contributions.
Please note that if you leave the fields empty, the Finnish Tax Administration will automatically register your company for monthly processing.
Read our instructions for selecting the tax period of self-assessed taxes.
Additional information for the Tax Administration
Use this field to give additional information to the Finnish Tax Administration.
Liability to pay tax on insurance premiums
Insurers (insurance companies) with an operation in Finland must pay a tax on the insurance premiums agreed with their clients, if the object of insurance is a property located in Finland, an interest related to activities practised in Finland, or other interest in Finland. Policyholders must pay a tax on the insurance premiums when they pay the insurance premium to an insurer that does not conduct insurance business in Finland. You do not register for tax on insurance premiums for payment of statutory pension insurance contributions.
If your company registers for tax on insurance premiums, enter the start date of operations. Enclose an informal statement to describe the nature of operations.
Advisory service
If you need help to fill in the forms, contact our customer service:
- Finnish Patent and Registration Office: +358 29 509 5030
- Finnish Tax Administration: +358 29 497 051
- State Department of Åland: +358 18 635 270
Download paper forms
- Start-up notification Y1 Use this form if you want to file a start-up notification for a limited liability company, cooperative, savings bank, foundation or other organisation. pdf
- Personal data form Use this form to file the non-public contact details of the persons responsible for the company. pdf
- Appendix 1 (in Finnish) Limited liability company or public limited company pdf
- Appendix 2 (in Finnish) Cooperative or cooperative bank pdf
- Appendix 3 (in Finnish) Branch of a foreign enterprise pdf
- Appendix 4 (in Finnish) Mutual insurance company, public mutual insurance company, or insurance association pdf
- Appendix 5 (in Finnish) Right-of-occupancy association, resident administered area, European economic interest grouping or branch of an interest grouping located in Finland but registered in another country, mortgage society, savings bank or state public enterprise. pdf
- Appendix 11A (in Finnish) Foundation (under Act 487/2015 on Foundations) pdf