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Games studios and interactive entertainment founders, Finland
Finland is one of the world's densest game studio ecosystems (Supercell, Rovio, Remedy, Housemarque, Small Giant). Business Finland funds prototypes and growth, Neogames coordinates industry support, and an Oy is treated identically to AB and BV for global publisher contracting. CIT is a flat 20% with no surcharges.
CIT 20%Business Finland grantsGames cluster depth
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Corp tax
20%
Fastest setup
1-3 days
Tax treaties
76
Region
Europe
What you'll need
- Resident director required
- Local registered office required
- Economic-substance test applies
- Minimum capital: No minimum capital
- Administrative language: Finnish and Swedish (English accepted in practice)
- Legal system: Civil law
Tax and treaty profile
- Corporate tax 20%
- Tax treaties 76
- VAT rate 24%
- Withholding on dividends 20%
Key treaty partners
SwedenGermanyEstoniaUKUSANetherlands
Banking and payments
- Banking takes 2 to 4 weeks with KYC
- Stripe supported
- Wise supported
- Crypto banking available
- EMI license framework available
Considerations
If you want to minimise headline tax
Finnish CIT at 20% is competitive for the EU but still above Estonia's 0% until distribution or Ireland and Cyprus at 12.5%. There is no Finnish IP Box. For lower headline regimes inside the EU:
CIT 20% no IP BoxVAT 25.5% raised 2024Headline above EU lowest