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COUNTEX OY

Four service lines, each with what it includes and what it does not. The main line of business Countex Oy has filed with the Finnish register is TOL 69201 — accounting and bookkeeping activities; tax consultancy — and everything on this page sits inside it.

Registered activity 69201 · Accounting and bookkeeping activities; tax consultancy

Service lines

Choose where to start

Most engagements begin with bookkeeping and pick up payroll or tax work later. They can be taken separately.

Side by side

What each line delivers

Accounting

Bookkeeping & Financial Reporting

Full detail

Monthly bookkeeping, reconciliations, VAT returns and the annual financial statements (tilinpaatos) of Finnish limited companies, prepared under Kirjanpitolaki 1336/1997 and filed to the Finnish Tax Administration and the Trade Register.

Included

  • Monthly double-entry bookkeeping from your purchase and sales ledgers
  • Bank, receivable and payable reconciliations
  • Periodic VAT return (arvonlisaveroilmoitus) prepared and filed in OmaVero
  • Monthly management figures: profit and loss, balance sheet, cash position
  • Statutory financial statements and the accompanying notes

Not included

  • We do not perform statutory audits and do not issue audit reports.
  • We do not certify or attest financial statements.

Taxation

Tax Advisory & Corporate Tax Compliance

Full detail

Advice on Finnish corporate income tax, VAT and cross-border VAT treatment, and the preparation and filing of the returns that follow from it. Advice is given on the law as it stands, with the provision and the Tax Administration guidance identified.

Included

  • Corporate income tax return (6B) preparation and filing
  • VAT registration, periodic returns and EU recapitulative statements
  • Cross-border VAT: place of supply, reverse charge, intra-Community trade
  • Written opinions on a specific transaction, citing the statute and the Tax Administration guidance relied on
  • Support during a Tax Administration enquiry or audit of your company

Not included

  • We do not offer schemes to conceal income or assets from the Finnish Tax Administration.
  • We do not market offshore structures, nominee arrangements or aggressive avoidance schemes.
  • We do not guarantee a tax outcome, a refund, or an amount of tax saved. No adviser can.

Payroll

Payroll Administration & Employer Compliance

Full detail

Payroll calculated under the applicable collective agreement, payslips issued, and the earnings payment report filed to the Finnish Incomes Register (tulorekisteri) within the statutory five calendar days of payment.

Included

  • Monthly payroll calculation and payslips
  • Earnings payment reports to the Incomes Register within five calendar days of the pay date
  • Employer's separate report (tyonantajan erillisilmoitus) each month
  • Withholding tax and employer's health insurance contribution calculation
  • TyEL pension, accident, unemployment and group life insurance reporting

Not included

  • We are not an employment law firm. We do not advise on dismissals, disputes or contract drafting.
  • We do not decide which collective agreement binds your company.

Advisory

Financial Management Advisory & Audit Support

Full detail

Financial management advisory built on the ledger we already keep: budgeting, rolling cash-flow forecasts, margin and working-capital analysis, and board reporting. Where your company is audited, we prepare and reconcile the audit file and answer the auditor's requests.

Included

  • Annual budget and rolling 12-month cash-flow forecast
  • Monthly variance reporting against budget
  • Margin, working capital and covenant analysis from your own figures
  • Board and shareholder reporting packs
  • Audit preparation: the audit file, ledger reconciliations, sample support and responses to the auditor's requests

Not included

  • We do not perform statutory audits, issue audit reports or sign an auditor's statement.
  • We do not hold an HT, KHT or JHT approval and do not describe ourselves as auditors.
  • We are not authorised investment advisers and give no investment, securities or insurance advice.

Boundaries

Work we decline

Naming the boundary is part of the advice. Countex Oy does not take on the following, and will say so at the first call rather than after an engagement letter.

  • Statutory audit engagements and any work requiring an HT, KHT or JHT approval.

  • Investment, securities, insurance or credit advice of any kind. We are not authorised by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority.

  • Arrangements whose purpose is to conceal income, assets or beneficial ownership from an authority.

  • Clients or transactions we cannot identify to the standard the Finnish Anti-Money Laundering Act (444/2017) requires of an accounting firm.

  • Consumer tax returns as a standalone product. Countex Oy works with companies and their owners.

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