> Out of curiosity, do you have insight on how this evolved? Did the government go from requiring paper to offering an electronic equivalent? The "tax return s

> Out of curiosity, do you have insight on how this evolved? Did the government go from requiring paper to offering an electronic equivalent? The "tax return suggestion" was introduced in 1996. So it predates all electronic filing. Filling tax returns via a web service became available in 2008. The first (non-web) electronic tax filings were made in 1997, but those were for corporate returns. Not sure when it became available for income tax returns (that use case is rare here). Source: Finnish Tax Administration https://www.vero.fi/contentassets/09b6f07e61dd490ab0caabba8e7ab6b0/381v09_verotuksen_historiaa.pdf https://www.vero.fi/contentassets/09b6f07e61dd490ab0caabba8e... (Finnish PDF) > How does Finland support tax preparation services; what sort of facilities do they offer for people filing on behalf of others? Electronic tax filing using files is available: https://www.ilmoitin.fi/webtamo/sivut/Esittelysivu?kieli=en https://www.ilmoitin.fi/webtamo/sivut/Esittelysivu?kieli=en You can use an online service to authorize another person to file your taxes: https://www.vero.fi/en/About-us/contact-us/efil/authorisations/ https://www.vero.fi/en/About-us/contact-us/efil/authorisatio... The other person can then file using paper, file, or web.