Easing the management of the affairs of a deceased relative, 2024–2027

In autumn 2024, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency launched a project to ease the management of the affairs of a deceased relative. The project aims to digitalise and automate the services used by the deceased’s family members to manage their estate and prepare the necessary The project will serve both the shareholders in an estate and the authorities and companies managing the estate’s affairs.

The project is part of the Ministry of Finance’s programme to promote digital services centred on life events. The programme, which will run from 5 April 2024 to 31 December 2027, is based on the Government Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, which aims to digitalise public and private services connected to life events and allow them to operate seamlessly in unison. The programme is implemented in cooperation between the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, and the Finnish Tax Administration. 

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The Digital and Population Data Services Agency to establish a new shareholder register

The programme includes the creation of an e-service for citizens, an electronic version of the estate inventory deed, and an estate shareholder register, which will be managed by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. The Finnish Tax Administration will be responsible for the e-service provided in connection with the register.

  • The estate shareholder register is a new basic register for managing the shareholder information of estates.

  • The register contains information on estates and their basic details and shareholders. The register’s data will be collected from the population information system and, when necessary, supplemented with data from other sources, such as parishes.

  • The register of shareholders is used to streamline the services offered to estates, as its data can be transferred automatically and electronically between different authorities. A family member can also use the shareholder register’s data when dealing with third parties, for example when closing the deceased’s mobile subscription, before the creation of the estate inventory deed.

  • Matters related to the estate inventory deed can be handled electronically by logging in to the MyTax service. Family members can also the e-service to edit and supplement the details of the estate. The shareholders entered into the register of shareholders can log in to the estate’s e-service, and they can also authorise other people to act on their behalf through Suomi.fi e-Authorizations.

  • The register makes use of Suomi.fi Messages in connection with the services used by the estate.

The aim of the register of shareholders is to provide authorities and companies with information on the shareholders of an estate. This will allow them to provide services more efficiently to estates, while also eliminating the need for estates to submit their shareholder information to different organisations through other channels.

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