Vero requires registered signatories for paper refund-account notices

Only the person or persons whose right to represent a company is recorded in the Trade Register may sign its paper tax-refund bank-account notificationVero, Finland’s Tax Administration specifies in its business refund guidance. The instruction concerns the signature on the paper notification; paper filing itself remains restricted to a special reason, such as a technical obstacle to electronic filingVero.

The relevant form is Tilinumeroilmoitus – yritysasiakas (7209).Vero Its own instructions already limit paper notification to a person entitled to sign for the company. The refund guidance makes the registered representation requirement explicit, including the possibility of more than one signatory. For a company using the paper route, the relevant check is therefore who holds the registered right to represent it.

OmaVero remains the channel for reporting a new or changed account number.Vero The Tax Administration does not accept account-number notifications by telephone or email.Vero Businesses should check that the account on record is correct: it can be seen in OmaVero, on the pre-completed tax return or in the tax assessment decision.Vero Refunds are paid to the notified bank account.

Access to other tax functions does not necessarily include the right to change that account. An agent holding the Veroasioiden hoito mandate cannot change a private or public limited company’s bank account in OmaVero. The separate authorization guidance also excludes changes to a foundation’s or non-profit association’s account under that mandate. For an association, that guidance identifies the association chair or a representative entitled to sign alone, acting through a role recorded in the Register of Associations, as able to change the account.

When completing form 7209, provide the company name and Business ID, the IBAN, and the BIC only for a foreign account.Vero The notifier’s details section asks for their name and position in the company. Separate fields request a contact person’s name and telephone number. The signature section asks for the date, signature and printed name. It asks that the signed form be submitted to the Tax Administration.

Vero’s business tax-refund guidance directs readers to form 7209 and its Suomi.fi authorization guidance for further information.