Payment of start-up money
On this webpage, you can find instructions for applying for the payment of start-up money. You can apply for payment after you have received a positive start-up money decision and started business operations.
Apply for the payment of start-up money through the Local Government TE e-Services
Enterprise Finland’s advisory service
Applying for the payment of start-up money and the required appendices
Apply for the payment of start-up money retroactively, one month at a time. The payment application must be submitted within two months of the end of the payment period. If you do not apply for the start-up money by the deadline, the payment application will expire and you will not receive the money for the payment period in question.
You must submit a revised tax card for benefits, Start-up money, as an appendix to your first start-up money payment application. If you do not submit a revised tax card for benefits, the start-up money will be subject to a 25% tax.
Please also submit the other required appendices for the first payment application. The required appendices are:
- A copy of the trade register notice, if you are obligated to make one.
- A copy of the articles of association of the general partnership or limited partnership, or a copy of the limited company’s founding agreement and articles of association.
- A certificate of registration in the prepayment register, if you are not obligated to make a trade register notice.
The employment office may use data from the Incomes Register in the processing of the payment application and may subtract gratuitously paid benefits from the subsequent payments.
The payment of start-up money is subject to Chapter 9, Section 20 of the Government decree on public employment services (385/2024).
Reporting changes in information on the start-up money payment application
As a start-up money recipient, you are obligated to notify the employment office of any changes that occur after the decision has been made, such as accepted paid labor while acting as an entrepreneur or a sickness absence.
Start-up money payment schedule
The City of Vantaa pays start-up money twice per month. If your payment application does not make it in time for the first date of payment of the month, it will automatically be moved to the next one.
Start-up money payment dates
- 24.1.2025
- 10.2.2025
- 25.2.2025
- 10.3.2025
- 25.3.2025
- 10.4.2025
- 25.4.2025
- 9.5.2025
- 23.5.2025
- 10.6.2025
- 25.6.2025
- 10.7.2025
- 25.7.2025
- 8.8.2025
- 25.8.2025
- 10.9.2025
- 25.9.2025
- 10.10.2025
- 24.10.2025
- 10.11.2025
- 25.11.2025
- 10.12.2025
- 23.12.2025
Start-up money payment application with a paper form
If using the Local Government e-Services is not possible or you do not have the necessary tools for strong identification, you can apply for payment using the printable form, which you then deliver to your employment office.
If you have applied for start-up money using the printable form instead of the e-Services, you should also use the printable form for applying for payment. If your municipality of residence changes after the start-up money decision has been made, apply for payment from the employment office from which you have received the positive decision.
Mailing address for the signed start-up money payment application form
Vantaan kaupunki
Työllisyyden ja kotoutumisen palvelualue/ Maksatus
PL 8201
01030 VANTAAN KAUPUNKI
If you wish to submit the form to us via email, please contact us at maksatus.starttiraha@vantaa.fi and we will open a secure email connection for you.
Further information about the payment of start-up money
You can track the processing of your application in the Local Government e-Services. Please contact maksatus.starttiraha@vantaa.fi for further information about the payment of start-up money.
Do not send us any personal information or information that requires special protection, such as health information, via email. If you wish to submit such information to Vantaa Employment Services for payment, please contact us at maksatus.starttiraha@vantaa.fi and we will open a secure email connection for you.