Employment at UEF (help with taxation matter)

[AlwinH]

Dear readers,

I require some taxation help as I am completely and utterly confused.

So, in January 2017 I will start as a PhD student, officially called an "early stage researcher" at UEF in Joensuu and I will be employed by the University. I do not know my exact salary yet but it will be somewhere in the range of 2.1k-2.4k per month + benefits based on my performance (which benefits I am also kind of confused about) if I understood everything correctly. I am a Dutch national myself but I guess this does not really matter since I am staying in Finland for 4 years basically. Is that correct? Of course, I would like to know what I would be taking home per year or per month.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Greetings,

Alwin

[Beep_Boop]

A rough estimation using the calculator posted above would be 1.6-1.8k

[Upphew]

+ benefits based on my performance (which benefits I am also kind of confused about)

Maybe bonuses? Benefits like car, housing, phone etc. are counted as part of your wage and thus are taxed too: https://www.vero.fi/en-US/Precise_infor ... 016(38873)

[Piet]

Hey Alwin

Neem effe contact op met de Nederlandse vereniging in Finland, daar zijn genoeg mensen te vinden die een antwoord op al je vragen hebben. NVIF website: http://www.nederlandsevereniging.fi/

In English for the other forum members:

Contact the dutch association in Finland, there are enough people to find with an answer on all your questions...etc. etc.

Succes

good luck

Piet

[Rosamunda]

And check the bilateral tax agreements between the Netherlands and Finland for any special clauses relating to researchers. I know that French researchers, for example, don't pay income tax in Finland...