Who is not suitable for the UKKO Light Entrepreneur with business ID service?

In the UKKO Kevytyrittäjä service, you can also operate with a business ID and invoice lightly. The service is especially suitable for selling services when there are occasional orders, but the need for a Business ID arises, for example, due to the need for a license.

Although UKKO Kevytyrittäjä includes a business ID, it is not as flexible as UKKO Yrittäjä's private trader service, and is therefore not suitable for all situations.

We do not recommend Light Business if:

• Your activity is well-established and your main activity. In this case, we recommend the UKKO Yrittäjä private trader- service, whose service fee is based on a monthly fee and which enables wider tax deductions.
• You make purchases on behalf of the customer. In a light business, the tax percentage according to your tax card is withheld and charged to the tax authorities from the total amount of your bill. If your invoice also includes products you purchased for the customer (for example, construction materials), taxes are automatically withheld from this part as well. To avoid this, we recommend the UKKO Yrittäjä private trader service.
• You will receive your income through other means than an invoice. In a light business, all payments must be invoiced to the customer. If you want to sell your products through an online shop or payment terminal, for example, we recommend the UKKO Entrepreneur private trader service.
• You need a payment terminal. Unfortunately, you cannot use a payment terminal through the Light Entrepreneur service with a business ID. If you need a payment terminal, we recommend the UKKO Entrepreneur service.
• Your activity is agriculture, forestry or investment.
• Your business requires double-entry bookkeeping.
• You need regular payroll and cannot use third-party payroll services to calculate and pay your salary.
• Products sold by your business are subject to marginal taxation (e.g. second-hand car sales or flea markets).
• Your accounting period is not a calendar year.
  
  • • However, you can change your accounting period to end on 31.12. before the start of your account.
    • Start-up entrepreneurs must declare their first accounting period as ending on 31.12 of the current year.
• Maintaining inventory is an important part of your business, and you do not independently keep a regular inventory and a side-by-side record of the value of your inventory.
  
  • To use the service, you must be able to provide an inventory list and value at the turn of the year and on request.
  • A significant stock is often considered to be a stock for sale of around €1 000.
• You regularly import goods from outside the EU (note that the UK is no longer part of the EU).
• You sell your services outside the borders of Finland.
• Your business involves animals and related purchases (e.g. breeding, renting). Training, trimming, outdoor activities and other similar services are allowed.
• You are under 18 years old.
• MORE than 50% of the kilometers driven by your vehicle (e.g. car or motorcycle) are for business purposes.