News

There will be a downtime on Sept 27 between 17.00 and 19.00 hours during which neither the ilmoitin.fi website nor its user interfaces will be available.

Updated version has the following features:

• The 2016 income tax returns for self-employed businesses (Forms 2, 2C, 5, 6A) are ready for checking, so you can start submitting them.
• Running checks and making requests online for direct transfers of 2017 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 v2017 ennakkoperintää varten (VKTYOSVA)'.
• Filing and checking of Transfer Tax Returns (Form 6012).
• Filing and checking of CRS and DAC2 annual information flows.
• As of 2017, the information flows relating to the Periodic Tax Return are replaced by those of Self-Assessed taxes. The new flows are ready for checking in the test environment of www.ilmoitin.fi testi.ilmoitin.fi (19 Sept 2016). For more information, visit tax.fi.
• Only an UPPERCASE letter is now allowed in the personal identity codes where the control character is an alphabetic character.
• Checking of record lengths in the sequential files for 2016 annual information returns (VSPSERIE, VSPSVYHT, VSPSERIK, VSPSKUST, VSRAERIE, VSOSERIE, VSOSVYHT, VSOKERIE, VSOKVYHT, VSTVERIE, VSTVVYHT, VSKTVYSL, VSELERIE, VSELVYHT, VSPUVYHT). The length must correspond to the maximum length defined by the appropriate Specification.
• Some changes are made to the check process regarding the "Finnish public subsidy payment information" 2016 Julkisten tukien vuosi-ilmoitus (VSJTUETE).

Information for software developers regarding this version update

Ilmoitin

• If the records of the Trade Register contain the personal details of a Managing Director (of a limited-liability company) or Building Manager (of a residential housing company), they become entitled to submit tax returns for their companies electronically; logging on with e-bank security codes is enough.

TaMo

• Added the formats for self-employed businesses (2, 2C, 5, 6A) for 2016, and the TaMo requirements of file formatting are checked (specifications updated on tax.fi).
• 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 v2017 ennakkoperintää varten (VKTYOSVA)' and TaMo checks, as defined in the data format specifications (as updated on tax.fi).
• Added: Formats and TaMo checks of the Transfer Tax Return (VSVARAIN) (Data format specification updated on tax.fi).
• Added: scheme and checks for CRS and DAC2 annual information returns (see tax.fi for technical guidance).
• Added a set of revised checks for FATCA reporting
• Positions 8-12 of the GIIN string cannot contain the letter 'O'
• The system now looks up ReportingPeriod value in order to determine the year, and similarly, looks up DocTypeIndic in order to determine the type of the report
• Added to the test environment: the information flows for Self-Assessed Taxes in accordance with their current formats and TaMo check processes as required by Data format specifications (VSRALVKV, VSRTASKV, VSRMUUKV, VSRALVYV). This is added to the test site testi.ilmoitin.fi (19 Sept 2016). Filing and checking in the live environment begins 1 January 2017. Updates of Specifications are available on tax.fi.
• Only an UPPERCASE letter is now allowed in the personal identity codes where the control character is an alphabetic character.
• Checking of record lengths in the sequential files for 2016 annual information returns (VSPSERIE, VSPSVYHT, VSPSERIK, VSPSKUST, VSRAERIE, VSOSERIE, VSOSVYHT, VSOKERIE, VSOKVYHT, VSTVERIE, VSTVVYHT, VSKTVYSL, VSELERIE, VSELVYHT, VSPUVYHT). The length must correspond to the maximum length defined by the appropriate Data format specification.
• Some changes are made to the check process regarding the 'Finnish public subsidy payment information' 2016 Julkisten tukien vuosi-ilmoitus (VSJTUETE). Data format specification updated on tax.fi.
• Deadline for filing income tax returns for 2015 is 31 October 2016.
• Deadline for filing the 2015 annual information returns is 7 October 2016.



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