{"id":1065,"date":"2023-01-02T17:37:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T17:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leyton.majjane.agency\/se\/insights\/articles\/new-rd-tax-incentive-in-finland-up-to-an-additional-1-000-000-euros-deduction-for-finnish-companies\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T19:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:31:23","slug":"new-rd-tax-incentive-in-finland-up-to-an-additional-1-000-000-euros-deduction-for-finnish-companies","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leyton.com\/se\/en\/insights\/articles\/new-rd-tax-incentive-in-finland-up-to-an-additional-1-000-000-euros-deduction-for-finnish-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"New R&#038;D tax incentive in FINLAND, up to an additional 1 000 000 euros deduction for Finnish companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Finnish Government has passed a new R&#038;D tax incentives law, complementary to the one that was implemented in 2021. These new R&#038;D schemes allow company to have up to <mark class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">1\u00a0500\u00a0000<\/mark> euros deduction. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1<sup>st<\/sup> January 2023 a new law was implemented to create a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/majjane.leyton.com\/se\/rd-incentives\/\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">R&#038;D tax relief<\/mark> <\/a><\/strong>for all Finnish companies -. that have their own R&#038;D projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This new law is complementary and in the line with the previous incentive, created in January 2021, that allows Finnish companies to <strong>deduct 50% on R&#038;D subcontracting costs<\/strong> (this deduction was increased to 150% for the cost incurred between 2022 and 2027).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The purpose of the new R&#038;D incentive is to strengthen Finland position as one of the European leader regarding R&#038;D and the target 4% GDP on R&#038;D by 2030.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aim of this new law is to promote R&#038;D activities by granting research and development incentives to companies conducting their own R&#038;D projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">The R&#038;D incentives is constituted of two :<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n<section id=\"ori-list_block\" class=\"ori-list full-w  is-style-check-list\"><div class=\" ori-list_only\">\n    <div class=\"ori-container\">\n        <div class=\"ori-row\">\n            <div class=\"list-content\">\n                                <ul>\n                    <li><strong>50% deduction<\/strong> of the total amount of research and development wages and purchased research and development services.<\/li><li><strong>45% of the increment<\/strong> than previous year in research and development wages and the total amount of purchased research and development services.<\/li>                <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These two new incentives can grant up to <strong>1 000\u00a0000 euros <\/strong>deductions for companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be eligible for these new incentives you need to fulfill some criteria, regarding your projects and employees and to substantiate your claim. The definition of what constitutes R&#038;D is in line with the OECD Frascati Manual. It includes fundamental research, applied research, development work and feasibility studies. The prework of the law mentioned that the assessment of what constitute R&#038;D must be interpreted with broadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the European leader regarding the R&#038;D incentives, Leyton identifies eligible R&#038;D projects, prepares exhaustive supporting documentation throughout the end-to-end process: scoping, document preparation, submission and controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USP and mission: Export LEYTON\u2019s know-how and group-wide gathered expertise of identifying R&#038;D and claiming the incentive for companies, in order to actively help them to grow and stay focus on their core business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">Read more here<\/mark><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3jOPU7W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>https:\/\/bit.ly\/3jOPU7W<\/strong><\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<section id=\"contact-block\" class=\"ori-contact full-w  ori-p_s\"><div class=\"contact-bloc contact-container \">\n    <div class=\"contact-wrap ori-container\">\n        <div class=\"text-container\">\n                        <h2 class='contact-title'>\n                Keen to find out more?            <\/h2>\n                                <\/div>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/majjane.leyton.com\/se\/contact-us\/\"\n            class=\"ori-btn btn_txt-icon ori-p_btn animated-icon\" >\n            Contact our experts             <span class=\"animated-arrow\">\n                <span class=\"material-symbols-outlined\">arrow_outward<\/span>\n                <span class=\"material-symbols-outlined from-bottom\">arrow_outward<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Finnish Government has passed a new R&#038;D tax incentives law, complementary to the one that was implemented in 2021. 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