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Finnish govt consults on self-employed pension reform


By Natalie Tuck

Finland's Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has launched a public consultation on draft reforms to the Self-Employed Persons' Pensions Act (YEL), which would allow entrepreneurs to choose whether their pension contributions are based on the current assessment model or on taxable earned income.

Under the proposals, self-employed workers would be able to choose whether their YEL income is based on the current overall assessment carried out by pension providers or on the taxable earned income reported in their most recently completed tax assessment


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