Regulatory updates - Finland

Launched on October 1, 2025, the project is carried out in cooperation between Finnish industry and public stakeholders, co-financed by the European Union. While the pilot specifically supports SMEs in the Uusimaa region, its outcomes aim to be utilized across Finland and internationally and may inform future practical and legislative approaches to sustainability reporting.

The project will explore benefits of adopting Peppol-based orders, delivery notifications, invoices, and related sustainability data through three main phases:

• Studies based on company needs regarding how digital messages and sustainability data can be integrated into the supply chain.
• Training and webinars for SMEs to familiarize themselves with digital procurement practices and their utilization in operations.
• Pilots in which companies test new solutions in practice – how electronic ordering works, how sustainability-related data (e.g. CO₂ data) is transferred in procurement messages, and what benefits emerge.

Stakeholders across the entire construction supply chain are targeted, with the aim to provide:

• SMEs with ways to utilize standardized order-invoice messages
• Material suppliers and general contractors with ways of moving to automated data transfer
• Designers and developers with methods for combining procurement information and sustainability data
• Software companies and financial management operators with frameworks for building business software
• Public organizations with insights for procurement development

The pilot will run until September 30, 2027. Detailed information and contact information is available via the project’s dedicated website.

The reform aims to reduce administrative burden through automation and interoperability between systems and central authority platforms. Data submitted once in machine-readable formats would be distributed to authorized public institutions that require the same information, minimizing duplicate submissions, risk for errors and compliance costs for businesses.

Next steps

The initiative will follow the timeline outlined below:

• September 2025: Conduct readiness assessments with financial management and invoicing software providers
• By April 2027: Anticipated submission of the reform proposal to Parliament
• By 2030: Targeted implementation of the centralized infrastructure

The reform is currently in its preliminary phase, with both legislative and technical requirements yet to be defined.

Stay tuned with Pagero to not miss out as Finland announces additional details on its future centralized infrastructure for digital reporting.

On 16 June 2023, the new government of Finland announced the outcome of the negotiations on the government programme named “A Strong and Committed Finland”.

The negotiations' outcome covers government policies on the economy, finance, tax, ownership, pensions, and investment programs. From the tax policy perspective, the government aims to:

• Improve household purchasing power by easing the taxation of work and different modes of transport,
• Improve incentives for work,
• Support economic growth and strengthen domestic ownership,
• Remove obstacles to posting foreign workers in Finland,
• Keep the corporation tax rate at a competitive level,
• Carry out a reform of property taxation to correct the differences between the properties' tax values and standard values.

The government intends to digitalize tax collection to ensure smooth flow and more predictable taxation.