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There will be a downtime on 28 September 2017 between 7 am and 9 am making both the ilmoitin.fi website and its user interfaces temporarily unavailable.

Updated version has the following features:

• Timestamp (code 198) becomes mandatory and is added by the software creating the return from 28 September 2017 for the following data flows for self-assessed taxes: VSRALVKV, VSRTASKV, VSRMUUKV and VSRALYV. The timestamp was made mandatory for other data flows in the update on 13 June 2017, and users were displayed a reminder regarding self-assessed taxes.
• You can check and submit income tax returns for tax year 2017 for self-employed businesses (Forms 2, 2C, 5, 6A).
• You can run checks and submit requests for direct online transfers of 2018 withholding data of Finnish resident recipients of pension benefits (VKESSELE), of nonresident recipients of pension benefits (RVKSSELE), for payments of wages (VKESSPAE) and for 'YEL ja MYEL työtulotietojen ilmoittaminen ennakkoperintää varten (VKTYOSVA)'.
• New accessory tool for compiling a reference request data flow on self-assessed taxes: Ilmoitin.fi > Instructions and accessories > Accessories
• You can check the form Income tax prepayment application, corporate taxpayer (5017e). Submitting will be made available in the next update on 23 November. The attachment type 'Application for recalculation of tax prepayment' will also be taken out of use then. Valid attachment types can be found at: Tax.fi > Tietoa Verohallinnosta > Ohjelmistokehittäjät > Tietuekuvaukset > Tuloveroilmoitukset (in Finnish and Swedish only)
• There will be changes in how annual information returns for 2017 (VSAPUUSE, VSAPPSPS, VSULKOSE and VSOMHOIE) are checked.
• There will be changes in how TIN identifiers are verified in the DAC2 data flow. There will be changes in how data flows are checked due to updates in the validation module.

Information to software developers regarding this version update

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TaMo

• Timestamp (code 198) becomes mandatory and is added by the software creating the return from 28 September 2017 for the following data flows for self-assessed taxes: VSRALVKV, VSRTASKV, VSRMUUKV and VSRALYV. (Data format specifications on tax.fi.)
• Added: Formats for self-employed businesses (2, 2C, 5, 6A) for 2017, and TaMo checks as defined in data format specifications (data format specifications are available on tax.fi, in Finnish and Swedish only).
• Added: Direct transfers of withholding data of Finnish resident recipients of pension benefits (VKESSELE), of nonresident recipients of pension benefits (RVKSSELE), for payments of wages (VKESSPAE) and 'YEL ja MYEL työtulotietojen ilmoittaminen ennakkoperintää varten (VKTYOSVA)' and TaMo checks, as defined in the data format specifications for 2018 (data format specifications are available on tax.fi).
• Added: Formats and TaMo checks of the Application for Recalculation of Prepayments (VSYENN) (data format specification are available on tax.fi, in Finnish and Swedish only).
• Updates to the TIN validation module used for DAC2 data flows
• Added: The FATCA return schematron rules include a check that ensures that the 14th and 15th character in the GIIN of the ReportingFI/IN element are not 'SP'.
• Deadline for filing income tax returns for 2016 is 31 October 2017.
• Deadline for filing annual information returns for 2016 (VSULKOSE, VSTAKELE, VSVMAKSE, VSELVAKE, VSKORVPV, VSLAINAE, VSATMAKE, VSAPURAE, VSJTUETE, VSOSLAIE, VSOMHOIE, VSAPUUSE, VSAPPSPS, VSPAOPAL, VSLAHVAH, VSTYOTUE, VSTAKELE, VSLAHVAH, VSULKOSE) is 12 October 2017.

• Please note! The update on 23 November is likely to include minor changes to formats and reminders.

Changes to checks in annual information returns for 2017 (VSAPUUSE, VSAPPSPS, VSULKOSE and VSOMHOIE)

• The update will remove the check added in June regarding the data elements Business ID of securities company (129) and Name of security (128) in VSAPUUSE and VSAPPSPS annual information returns for 2017. Name of security (128) is made mandatory again.
• The update will remove the check added in June regarding the data elements 010 and 083 in VSULKOSE and VSOMHOIE annual information returns for 2017.
• Data element Beneficiary's last name, or full business name of a corporate entity (307) has been changed to voluntary on the VSRAERIE annual information return, check added.

• Data element Beneficiary's name (085) is changed into a conditional identity detail (ET) for data flows VSPSERIE, VSPSERIK, VSOSERIE, VSOKERIE, VSELERIE, VSTVERIE, VSPUERIE. More information on tax.fi (in Finnish and Swedish only).