New entrepreneurs and startups
A way to try entrepreneurship without founding a company. If the work takes off, a Business ID is the next step rather than the first one.
We hear these every week
What stops people at the start
Rules and filings
What to register, what to report and when. As a light entrepreneur you register nothing: we carry the employer obligations and we make the filings.
The Business ID and the start-up notification
Applying for a Business ID and entering the Tax Administration's registers is a job of its own. Start without, and get one when it pays you.
The money is not regular yet
The first invoices come when they come. You pay only when you invoice, and there are no monthly charges.
Starting a business in Finland is mostly formalities: the legal form, the registers, the filings, the insurance. They matter a great deal later, and none of them helps you win your first client.
As a light entrepreneur you can sell work before deciding any of them. We raise the invoice for your work and pay it to you as wages with the tax withheld. Once you know what you are selling and to whom, the choice of company form is an easier one.
If you would rather talk it through first, book a free conversation.
No conditions, no small print
What we promise
- No set-up costs. You are not founding a company, so there is nothing to pay to start and nothing to pay to stop.
- Tax and filings handled. We withhold according to your tax card and make the official notifications on your behalf.
- The start-up grant is still open to you. It applies to business activity, so read the start-up grant guide before you decide on a form.
The first invoice can go out today
Three steps
- 1Create an accountUnder a minute, and it commits you to nothing. You can stop whenever you like.
- 2Raise your first invoiceWe check it before it goes out, so the first invoice is not the one that teaches you the mistake.
- 3See how it feelsIf the work grows, compare light entrepreneurship with a sole trader business then, not now.
Frequently asked
- When does a Business ID become the sensible step?
- When the work is steady enough that the bookkeeping deserves handling on its own. There is no threshold in this service that forces it: you can keep invoicing without one, and when you do get one, Tiliguru takes the bookkeeping from there.
- Does using the service cost anything before I invoice?
- No. You are not founding a company, so there is nothing to pay to start and nothing to pay to stop. There are no monthly charges, and the fee is only ever charged on an invoice you actually send.
- I already have a Business ID. Can the service pay me wages?
- Not as wages. A sole trader cannot pay themselves a salary, and business income does not become salary by being invoiced through a service. The service can still collect the payment from your client and pay it to you as work compensation. More in this post.
Tell us what you invoice, and we will work out which plan fits.
A free conversation, at our office or online. We go through whether light entrepreneurship makes sense in your situation, which plan works out cheapest for what you invoice, and whether you want the accident and liability cover. The conversation commits you to nothing.