KansalaisuuskurssiGlossary · Chapter 8: Work and the welfare state
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Finnish word. In English: tax withholding
The tax the employer takes from your pay before paying it to you.
Facts about the word
- Withholding covers, for example, state tax, municipal tax, church tax, the health insurance contribution and the Yle tax. Verohallinto
- The employer needs your tax card information to withhold the right amount. Verohallinto
- Without a tax card, the withholding is 60 percent. Verohallinto
The facts come from public sources, such as the authorities' own pages and the law.
Try the word in a sentence
Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?
Withholding is tax taken from pay in advance. Pay does not come early, and a bus does not withhold tax.
The word belongs to Chapter 8: Work and the welfare state. The chapter page has the full context and practice questions.
