Public Broadcasting Tax
Public Broadcasting Tax for individual taxpayers
Public Broadcasting Tax is 2.5% of the part of your total earned income and capital income that goes over €14,000. Maximum tax is €163. This is a personal type of tax, included in the withholding rate or prepayment rate printed on the tax card.
The tax is not collected if:
- your combined earned income and capital income are €14,000 or below
- you are under 18 years of age
- your domicile is Åland Islands.
Public Broadcasting Tax table 2018
| Annual gross income, including both earned and capital income, € | Amount of Public Broadcasting Tax, € |
|
14,000 (income from pension and daily allowance) 14,750 (wage income) |
0
|
|
16,000 |
50 |
|
18,000 |
100 |
|
20,000 |
150 |
|
20,520 |
163 |
In 2016 and 2017, the rate of Public Broadcasting Tax was 0.68% of an individual’s combined earned income and capital income. However, the payable amount could not go over €143 a year. If the amount was under €70, individual taxpayers did not need to pay the tax at all.
- Read more about Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, and the Public Broadcasting Tax: www.yle.fi