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by darylknight
Tue Feb 14, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: Living in Finland
Topic: How do you find reputable building companies?
Replies: 2
Views: 1060

How do you find reputable building companies?

Coming from the UK, there are multiple ways to check how good a building company are before hiring them, such as checkatrade.com. We are looking to have our bathroom complex renovated in Espoo (it's the original bathroom from 1991 in the house we bought last year and has reached it's end of technica...
by darylknight
Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:44 am
Forum: Jobs and Entrepreneurship in Finland
Topic: English speaking accountants
Replies: 6
Views: 2635

Re: English speaking accountants

Thanks for the links, appreciate it!
by darylknight
Mon Apr 01, 2019 1:21 pm
Forum: Jobs and Entrepreneurship in Finland
Topic: English speaking accountants
Replies: 6
Views: 2635

Re: English speaking accountants

There are a grand total of two threads on this forum that: - have any replies - are relevant to the kind of accountant I'm looking for I've already contacted the only person from those threads offering contact details. I've also emailed all of the results from Google for English speaking accountants...
by darylknight
Mon Apr 01, 2019 1:15 pm
Forum: Jobs and Entrepreneurship in Finland
Topic: English business owner moving to Finland
Replies: 9
Views: 4328

Re: English business owner moving to Finland

Bringing up an old thread HeidiLiang, but yes and no. I started using Rantalainen and am currently searching for a new accountant. Rantalainen have missed several tax deadlines and charged me way more than their original estimate.
by darylknight
Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:32 pm
Forum: Jobs and Entrepreneurship in Finland
Topic: English speaking accountants
Replies: 6
Views: 2635

English speaking accountants

Hi all,

I've been living in Finland working as a self employed web developer for the last 18 months. My accountants (Rantalainen) have been expensive and bad communicators. Does anyone have a list of English speaking accountants that work with small businesses?
by darylknight
Sun Jul 09, 2017 8:28 pm
Forum: Jobs and Entrepreneurship in Finland
Topic: English business owner moving to Finland
Replies: 9
Views: 4328

Re: English business owner moving to Finland

Ok so to answer Rosamunda's question, my situation is the same as DMC; all of my clients are UK companies, and I don't want to cause any disruption. It would also meant that my contracts are still governed by UK law, and I have English contracts written for that specifically. I don't want to learn F...
by darylknight
Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:41 am
Forum: Jobs and Entrepreneurship in Finland
Topic: English business owner moving to Finland
Replies: 9
Views: 4328

Re: English business owner moving to Finland

Thanks Sinkala. I'm aware of the double taxation agreement, which means the tax isn't really an issue. The specific page which has been worrying me is this one: https://www.vero.fi/en/businesses-and-corporations/about-corporate-taxes/foreign_business_in_finland/obligations_of_a_foreign_employe/ Whic...
by darylknight
Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:31 pm
Forum: Jobs and Entrepreneurship in Finland
Topic: English business owner moving to Finland
Replies: 9
Views: 4328

English business owner moving to Finland

Hi everyone, I am an English freelance web developer, and I'm currently looking at starting an English limited company before I move to Finland for several years. I'd like to keep invoicing my clients in pounds even though I've moved, but some of the research I've been doing is concerning and I'm ho...