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A verkkolasku is the Finnish word for a machine-readable e-invoice: an invoice that is issued, transmitted and received in a structured electronic form, so that software can process it automatically. That is exactly how it is defined in Finland’s act on electronic invoicing by contracting authorities and economic operators (241\/2019), which came into force on 1 April 2019<\/a> and implemented the EU invoicing directive 2014\/55\/EU. The invoice also has to follow the European standard EN 16931<\/a>. The practical difference is simple: a PDF invoice attached to an email is not a verkkolasku, because somebody still has to type its data into a system by hand. A verkkolasku moves through an operator network from one invoicing program into another and lands among the recipient’s purchase invoices with no manual work at all.<\/p>\n

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Key facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fact<\/th>\nValue<\/th>\nValid from<\/th>\nSource<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Definition of a verkkolasku (s\u00e4hk\u00f6inen lasku)<\/td>\nAn invoice issued and received in a structured electronic form that follows the European standard EN 16931<\/td>\napplies from 1 April 2019<\/td>\nvaltiokonttori.fi<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entry into force of Act 241\/2019<\/td>\nCame into force on 1 April 2019 and implements Directive 2014\/55\/EU; first stage covered central government bodies and joint procurement units<\/td>\n1 April 2019<\/td>\nfinlex.fi<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Right to demand a standard-compliant e-invoice<\/td>\nA contracting authority or economic operator has the right, on request, to receive an invoice in the electronic form defined in the Act<\/td>\nfrom 1 April 2020<\/td>\nfinlex.fi<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Definition of an economic operator (elinkeinonharjoittaja) in Act 241\/2019<\/td>\nBusiness or professional activity with a turnover of more than EUR 10,000 in the financial year<\/td>\nas of September 2026<\/td>\nfinlex.fi<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Invoice acceptance by the Finnish state<\/td>\nThe state accepts only verkkolasku-format invoices that comply with European standard EN 16931 and the public administration guideline<\/td>\nfrom 1 April 2020<\/td>\nvaltiokonttori.fi<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ViDA digital reporting requirements<\/td>\nDirective (EU) 2025\/516 adopted 11 March 2025, entered into force 14 April 2025; applies to cross-border EU B2B transactions from 1 July 2030<\/td>\n1 July 2030<\/td>\ntaxation-customs.ec.europa.eu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

A PDF invoice, an e-lasku and a verkkolasku are three different things<\/h2>\n

These three words are the ones that get mixed up most often in conversations with Finnish customers.<\/p>\n

A PDF invoice is a picture of an invoice. A person reads it and types the numbers in. Formally it is an electronic document, but it is not in structured form, and that is why it does not fit the e-invoice definition given in act 241\/2019.<\/p>\n

In everyday Finnish usage, an e-lasku<\/strong> means an invoice sent to a private person, a consumer, arriving in their online bank. A verkkolasku<\/strong> is the one you send to another company or to the public sector.<\/p>\n

A verkkolasku is a machine-readable sanoma<\/em>, a data file in which every field sits in its own place: seller, buyer, invoice number, due date, VAT, total. That is precisely why the buyer’s program can post it into the accounts on its own.<\/p>\n

A concrete example. You send a Finnish customer an invoice for \u20ac1,200. As a PDF it lands in somebody’s mailbox and waits until that person gets round to entering it. As a verkkolasku it reaches their purchase invoice queue in a few minutes, without anyone typing a thing.<\/p>\n

Is a verkkolasku mandatory in Finland?<\/h2>\n

The answer is more precise than a plain yes or no.<\/p>\n

There is no general rule saying that every invoice between two Finnish companies must always travel as a verkkolasku. Act 241\/2019 does two things. First, it obliges the public sector to receive such invoices: central government bodies and joint procurement units from 1 April 2019, the remaining contracting authorities from 1 April 2020. Second, it gives you the right, from 1 April 2020, to demand<\/a> from another contracting authority or economic operator an invoice in exactly the e-invoice form defined in that act.<\/p>\n

In other words: your Finnish customer can require a verkkolasku. Once they do, a PDF no longer does the job.<\/p>\n

The act treats as an economic operator (elinkeinonharjoittaja) any business or professional activity with a turnover of more than \u20ac10,000 in the financial year. That line decides who this right to demand applies to. It is not some general threshold above which verkkolaskut become compulsory.<\/p>\n

With the public sector the picture is clear. The Finnish state accepts only verkkolaskut that comply with the European standard<\/a>, and the invoice has to carry the mandatory data fields from both the tax administration’s invoicing requirements and the public administration guideline. If one mandatory field is empty, the invoice is not compliant.<\/p>\n

How to send your first verkkolasku to a Finnish customer<\/h2>\n

Four steps, no more.<\/p>\n