Finland Updates VAT Guidance on Full or Partial Business Transfers, Effective October 20, 2025

• Updated VAT guidance clarifies that full or partial business transfers to a successor using goods/services for deductible purposes are not treated as sales and are not subject to VAT.
• The transferor and successor cannot decide themselves if the transfer is subject to or exempt from VAT.
• VAT is not applied if the transferor would pay VAT and the successor could deduct it.
• The transferor’s VAT rights and obligations on transferred goods/services pass to the successor.
• The new guidance is effective immediately and replaces previous guidance.

Source: news.bloombergtax.com

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