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FinlandSuomen Tilintarkastajat ry

Auditors AML recommendation marked not in force, update pending

Suositus 1/2023 on anti-money laundering is marked no longer in force and being updated; the rahanpesulaki continues as the statutory basis for auditors duties.

By Taxxa AI OyPublished 2 October 2026

Financial Sector & Markets Legal & Corporate

Suomen Tilintarkastajat ry has marked its anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing recommendation, Suositus 1/2023 Rahanpesun ja terrorismin estäminen, as not in forceTilintarkastajat and currently being updatedTilintarkastajat. On the association's list of recommendations in force (voimassa olevat suositukset), the entry now reads "Suositus 1/2023 Rahanpesun ja terrorismin estäminen (ei voimassa, päivitetään parhaillaan)"Tilintarkastajat. That single-line change is the whole of the news: the previous version listed the recommendation without any qualifierTilintarkastajat.

The practical point is narrow but operative for every Finnish auditor. Until now, Suositus 1/2023 has been the association's standing professional guidance on how auditors meet their anti-money-laundering dutiesTilintarkastajat; it does not currently carry that statusTilintarkastajat. Auditors who built engagement procedures, risk assessments or training around the recommendation should treat those references as pointing at a document that is marked not in force pending revision.

What does not change is the statutory footing underneath. The Money Laundering Act (rahanpesulaki) continues to apply to an auditor performing statutory audit, assignments producing a written statement for an authority or court, public-sector audit tasks, and other work in the capacity of auditor such as a special inspection ordered by a Regional State Administrative Agency. The Act requires a risk assessment and risk-management methods, customer due-diligence measures with effective policies, procedures and internal control covering sanctions compliance and freezing decisions, and a duty to report a suspicious transaction observed even where no client relationship was established or it was declined. Simplified due diligence must not be followed where unusual or suspicious transactions are observed.

The open question is what the revised recommendation will say and when it arrives. The list gives no dateTilintarkastajat and no draftTilintarkastajat; it states only that the update is in progress (päivitetään parhaillaan)Tilintarkastajat. With the recommendation marked not in force pending revision, the Act and the authorities current guidance are what remains for auditors to rely on in the meantime.

No other entry on the in-force list changed in this update.Tilintarkastajat

Legal basis: Suomen Tilintarkastajat ry:n voimassa olevat suositukset, entry for Suositus 1/2023 as amended; laki rahanpesun ja terrorismin rahoittamisen estämisestä (rahanpesulaki) as the continuing statutory basis for auditors' duties.

If your engagement files cite Suositus 1/2023, flag those references as pointing at a recommendation that is currently not in force, and check the underlying Anti-Money Laundering Act position until the association publishes the revision.

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