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Starting a business: when starting your entrepreneurship venture, remember these!

Starting a business and becoming an entrepreneur can be quickly done online, but the road to entrepreneurship is not necessarily easy. In addition to a good business idea, starting a business requires many legal obligations and things to be considered before you can begin. In this article, we go through all the steps of setting… Read more

Light Entrepreneurship

Are you a ‘light entrepreneur’ or an employee at a Finnish construction site? Know the difference!

This article collects all the key information construction industry professionals arriving to work in Finland need to know when assessing the nature and criteria of their employment or freelance contract. The article was originally written Finnish and has also been translated into Estonian and Russian. Why should I read this article? 1. It will help… Read more

Entrepreneurship

Representation costs and negotiation costs in accounting – Learn the difference

Are you a business owner wondering what kind of tax deductions you are entitled to? If yes, keep reading; in this article, we will tell you with practical examples

Professions

How can a household purchase labor?

Households might often need to hire a professional for something like renovation, cleaning or yard work when there is not enough time or expertise. There are two ways to do this: you can either hire a professional and take care of paying their salary yourself or you can buy the work as a service, only… Read more

Starting a Business

Pricing is not magic, but it is not easy either

Pricing your work is a perennial problem for self-employed people and freelancers. Pricing is not easy, but there are many ways to make it easier. The same principles apply in many different fields, and they can be a good starting point for many self-employed people and entrepreneurs when thinking about how to price products and… Read more

Taxation

What is a tax card?

Did you know that the tax card changed at the beginning of 2019? There is now only one tax card, and the card and its income ceiling are applicable to all wage income. The change may feel difficult at first, but it makes withholding rates simpler and easier. This is why I will go through… Read more

Light Entrepreneur’s Unemployment Security 2018

As of 1 January 2018, the new Unemployment Security Act amendment came into effect in Finland. The new changes brought to the unemployment benefit lower the threshold for starting light entrepreneurship as an unemployed jobseeker. The new amendment allows unemployed jobseekers to receive unemployment benefits automatically for four months while already engaged in entrepreneurial activities.… Read more

Taxation

Salary Side Costs – What Exactly Are They?

Remember all the times you’ve made a contract with new employer and negotiated salary? I bet the employer never mentioned all the costs your salary will produce to him or her. These costs are called employer contributions and although you might be a self-employed light entrepreneur, these costs are something you should probably know about. If… Read more

Professions

Alejandro Found Photography Through a Hobby – Now He’s a Professional

Who are you? I’m a Spanish photographer. I’ve been living in Finland since 2005. Like most Finns, I like it here in the summer and complain about the weather during winter. I’ve always been a visual person. For me, photography started just as a hobby without even thinking that it could be a profession. Since… Read more

Starting a Business

How to Respond to a Request for Proposal

For many light entrepreneurs, it’s all about getting that lead, being in touch and getting requests. Being available and answering these requests with an offer in a reasonable time is a basic skill that every light entrepreneur should know. Unfortunately, these skills are often neglected. Not giving an answer to a Request for Proposal (RFT) is bad service and will… Read more

What’s the Job Hunt Really Like These Days?

We all know the pain of summer job-hunting but the same wave also hits the job markets every fall. The bigger the organization, the earlier the search for talents start. Therefore, to land the job of your dreams the hunt needs to start early. The problems causing pain are the same for everyone: how do… Read more

Taxation

YEL Insurance – What Exactly is It?

Please note, that the numbers in this post will not be updated yearly. To check the up-to-date YEL limits, please head to our FAQ. YEL is a pension insurance for all entrepreneurs. After 1 May 2017, all self-employers (like UKKO.fi users) who earn more than 7 645,25€ (year 2017) through a billing service per year… Read more

Set a Schedule, Respect the Schedule

Cause no one else will. If you don’t hold firm to a schedule then anyone and everyone can walk all over it, your work and you. Just as you need to make space for work, you also need to make time for work. Because no one else will if you’re freelancing. The bonus of going… Read more

Starting a Business

Guide for Immigrants New to the Finnish Job Market

Finding work in Finland is not always easy or straigtforward, and the same applies to working itself. There are numerous ways of doing things and in order to make it, one must find Access to all the silent information out there. When you’re an immigrant dealing with Tax Administration, TE-office and Kela, this information might… Read more

How to Use LinkedIn Effectively

Many use LinkedIn as a means to display their resume. But LinkedIn is much more than that. It allows you to actively look for a job and build your own brand in an environment perfect for both. What follows are tips that will help you use LinkedIn effectively to increase your number of customers or… Read more