Annual statements during guardianship
This page is intended for the guardian of an adult client. Read on a different page how to make an annual statement as a guardian of a minor or under a continuing power of attorney.
As a guardian, you prepare and submit to us an annual statement within three months of the end of the accounting period. The accounting period is usually equivalent to one calendar year. In this case, submit the annual statement and the related receipts at the latest by 31 March of the year following the accounting period.
Please note that the first and last accounting periods may be shorter than the calendar year. The first accounting period begins on the start date of the guardianship and ends on 31 December. There are separate instructions for reporting the last financial year.
We may extend the financial period for a justified reason or exempt the guardian from the obligation to prepare an annual statement.
Please note that we cannot process the annual statements of persons living in Åland. Please send them to the State Department of Åland.
New: at the Guardianship e-service you can make a property invertory, an annual statement, a final statement and apply for permits online. The e-service is available in Finnish and Swedish language.
Key concepts
Person on whose behalf the guardian acts.
A person assigned to manage their client’s financial and property affairs.
An inventory in which the guardian reports the client's property and debts on the commencement date of our supervision.
The statement submitted to us by the guardian each calendar year on how the client's property has been managed.
When the guardianship ends, the guardian will provide us with an account of the management of the assets for the period for which the annual statement has not been issued.
Do the following
1. Fill in the annual statement and its attachments in the e-service within three months of the end of the accounting period.
The easiest way to submit an annual statement is to use the Guardianship E-service. The service will guide you in providing the required information, which means that you do not need a separate annual statement form. If you wish, you can save the statement as a draft and continue filling it in later. The Guardianship e-service is available in Finnish and Swedish language.
The annual statement is usually made for the previous year (1 January to 31 December). In this case, you must submit it to us no later than 31 March the following year.
Log in with your online banking codes or mobile ID.
Are you unable to attend to the matter online?
You can also prepare an annual statement by filling in a form and submitting the documents to us on paper.
Annual statement form (adult client, in Finnish)
Instructions for filling in the annual statement (adult client, in Finnish)
Only attach copies of the required receipts to the annual statement, not the original versions. Please note that we no longer accept folders.
Return the annual statement and its attachments to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, PO Box 1004, FI-00531 Helsinki.
Did you already submit an annual statement, but forgot something from it?
You can complete it yourself with the online form.
Send the missing informations/attachements
2. We will process the annual statement and return it to you after the inspection.
Remember to keep the audited annual statement. It may contain entries that you must take into account as a guardian when managing your client's affairs in the future.
3. Keep the documents accumulated during the guardianship for another three years after the end of your task.
As a guardian, you have the duty to keep all documents accumulated during the guardianship. Even after three years, you may not destroy the documents, but you must hand them over either to your client's estate, to your client's new guardian or to your client.
Read also
Read the frequently asked questions about the financial matters related to guardianship.
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Guardian's fee and compensation for expenses
As a guardian, you are entitled to a fee if your client is an adult.
You can pay the guardian's fee from your client's funds in the same way you pay other invoices. The client is the party paying the sum and you are the recipient. Write in the message field that this is a guardian's fee and the year of the accounting period for which the fee applies.
You can charge a fee at the end of the accounting period if you only charge a basic fee. Otherwise, we recommend that the fee only be charged after you have received the audited statement. You can determine the fee amount with the fee calculator.
- Fee calculation 2024 (to be calculated by yourself) (in Finnish)
- Fee calculation 2024 (in Finnish)
- Fee calculation 2023 (to be calculated by yourself) (in Finnish)
- Fee calculator 2023 (in Finnish)
- Fee calculation 2022 (to be calculated by yourself) (in Finnish)
- Fee calculator 2022 (in Finnish)
Instructions on how to report a guardian's fee to the Incomes Register.
Present a calculation of any reimbursed expenses in your annual or final statement. The costs must be necessary and based on attending to the task of the guardian.
Remember to report the guardian’s fee and any reimbursement of expenses to the Tax Administration’s Incomes Register.
Read frequently asked questions about the guardian's fee and expenses.
Price
The audit fee will be determined according to your client’s assets at the end of the accounting period, if your client's net income for the year exceeds 8,147 euros. The audit fee will be halved if the accounting period is less than half a year in length.
We do not charge an audit fee if your client's net income is less than 8,147 euros per year.
Gross assets:
- 0–€ 34,000, audit fee € 52
- € 34,001–67,000, audit fee € 97
- € 67,001–135,000, audit fee € 146
- € 135,001– 336,000, audit fee € 240
- € 336 001–840 000, audit fee € 354
- Over € 840,001, audit fee € 454
Processing time
The average processing time is 5–7 months.
We process annual and final statements in their order of arrival. Processing times are longer when not all necessary reports have been included as attachments.
The audit of the 2022 annual statements is still in progress. Don't worry if you haven't gotten your audited statement back yet – you will get it as soon as we've verified it. We apologize for the delay.
Please note that the annual statement for 2023 must be completed on time, i.e. no later than 31 March 2024, even if you have not yet received the audited statement for the previous year. You can submit the annual statement and its attachments most easily using the Guardianship e-service.
When can we extend the accounting period or exempt the guardian from their obligation to prepare an annual statement?
We can exempt the guardian from their obligation to prepare financial statements or extend the accounting period beyond one year. We can do this only if the client's property is small in size or if the client's interests do not require an annual statement. This may be the case, for example, when the client’s property consists mainly of real estate or housing shares that the guardian cannot sell without first obtaining a permit from us.
We can usually exempt the guardian from the annual statement obligation or extend the accounting period only after the return of the first annual statement. The annual statement obligation is usually exempted temporarily.
The guardian must still draw up a final statement
Even if the guardian does not need to prepare an annual statement for us each year, they must still prepare a final statement when the guardianship ends. The final statement is drawn up for the period for which no statement has been prepared. This includes the period when the guardian was exempt from the obligation to submit an annual statement. This means that the accounting period for a final statement may be several years.
What if the client’s property changes?
If there are changes in the client’s property, such as the sale of their property, the acquisition of new property, or their becoming a stakeholder in an estate, we can restore accountability or shorten the accounting period. A guardian exempted from the annual statement obligation must always notify us of any such changes within one month.
Follow these instructions
1. Consider whether the criteria above concerning the quality and volume of your client’s property are met.
2. If you can and would like to apply for an exemption from the annual statement obligation or an extension to the accounting period, fill in the application and submit it to us. Remember to provide the necessary justifications for your application.
Application (in Finnish)
3. Submit the signed application in one of two ways by mail to the address below.
4. We will process your application and take into account the annual statements for previous years. If necessary, we will ask you for additional information.
5. We will issue a decision on the matter. We will send the decision to you in Suomi.fi Messages if you have activated the service. Otherwise, we will send the decision by mail or email if you have given your permission to do so in the application.
Read more
Handbook of guardianship (in Finnish)
Laws related to the matter
Guardianship Services Act (442/1999)
Government Decree on the fee of a guardian (696/2012, in Finnish)
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