Vero replaces its Danske tax-payment account with OP from December

Tax payments go to a new OP account from 1 December 2026Vero, replacing the Tax Administration's Danske Bank account after a six-month transitionVero. Payments to the Danske account still reach the administration through 31 May 2027Vero. From 1 June 2027 that account closesVero and payments sent to it return to the payerVero. The Nordea account continues unchanged.

Anyone with saved online-banking payment templates should check which of the administration's accounts the template holds. The retiring Danske account is recognisable by the FI56 prefix. Where the template holds it, swap in the Nordea account or the new OP account. The OP details appear from 1 December 2026 in OmaVero under Verojen maksaminen ja maksutiedot; updating templates as soon as possible after that date avoids returned payments and late-payment interest. The new account number cannot be shared before December because the contract period with the bank starts at the beginning of the month.

No action is needed for payments through OmaVero, consumer or business e-invoices, direct-payment arrangements, or Palkka.fi: the new OP number updates there automatically, as it does in newly generated decisions, letters and certain OmaVero PDF documents. OmaVero and Palkka.fi switch on 1 December; for technical reasons newly generated decisions, e-invoices and certain PDFs start carrying the new number after mid-November 2026. Only documents generated after that point carry it — the payment details shown on the document apply as printed.

An e-invoice received before the account change still pays normally without editing its account number; the next invoice carries the updated details. Older decisions and letters need more care: their account details never change retrospectively, even when the tax falls due after the transition ends. Where an old document shows the Danske account, use the Nordea account or check the new OP details in OmaVero instead.

The same caution covers existing payment arrangements as well as individual bills. In a year-long arrangement agreed in September 2026 whose final instalment falls due in autumn 2027, the arrangement letter holds the Nordea number alongside the retiring Danske number even though the last instalment falls due after the transition ends. Anyone paying such arrangement instalments to the Danske account must move to the Nordea or OP account no later than the June 2027 instalment.

Money sent to the closed account can take several days to return, longer from a foreign bank account. A returned payment has to be paid again to the correct account, and late-payment interest accrues where the tax due date passes in the meantime. Under Laki veronlisäyksestä ja viivekorosta (1556/1995), section 7, the administration must waive the surcharge and late-payment interest wholly or partly where payment was delayed by an authority's conduct; viivästyskorko and huojennettu viivästyskorko may also be waived for a reason independent of the taxpayer, a valid reason or another special reason.

The account switch follows competitive tendering of the state's banking services.