In the future, a 100% pay subsidy could be granted to an organisation whose activities do not affect trade between the EU Member States according to an assessment made by the TE Office or the municipality participating in the local government pilot on employment (trade effect).
If the organisation’s activities have an effect on trade between the EU Member States, it could receive a 100% pay subsidy for a maximum of EUR 200,000 over three tax years.
The following criteria would apply to the assessment of trade effect:
The value of goods and services sold is less than EUR 200,000 per year;
It is not possible to order goods and services online or use them online, excluding situations where marketing takes place online, but the goods must be picked up from a specific location or the service consumed in a specific location;
All or almost all customers are persons living in Finland or organisations registered in Finland; and
The provision of goods and services takes place only in the area of one or a few municipalities bordering on each other. A precondition for this is that more than 90% of the customers who are natural persons live in the aforementioned area of operation.
The criteria for assessment are based on the European Commission’s decisions on the assessment of trade effect.