An inheritance tax must be paid for assets obtained by inheritance or will if the deceased or the heir or legatee lived in Finland at the time of death.
The Finnish Tax Administration receives information about the death from the Population Information System.
You must submit a copy of the estate inventory deed and the attachments to it to the Finnish Tax Administration within one month of the estate inventory.
The processing of the estate inventory deed by the Tax Administration takes an average of 6–12 months. Once the estate inventory deed has been processed, each heir receives their own tax decision, which includes the amount of inheritance tax.
You will receive payment instructions with the inheritance tax decision. Pay the inheritance tax in one or more instalments according to the amount of tax. You can pay the inheritance tax in MyTax.
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