diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 36e216f..2f9118c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The ultimate resource for transitioning to freelancing for software developers * [Consider joining an unemployment fund](#consider-joining-an-unemployment-fund) * [Consider buying health insurance](#consider-buying-health-insurance) * [Consider getting dental care plan](#consider-getting-dental-care-plan) + * [Consider buying voluntary pension insurance](#consider-buying-voluntary-pension-insurance) * [Consider selling your personal work-related tools to your company](#consider-selling-your-personal-work-related-tools-to-your-company) * [Operation - what to do to **run** your company](#operation---what-to-do-to-run-your-company) * [Offer yourself benefits that you like](#offer-yourself-benefits-that-you-like) @@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ and if we take a 75€/hour rate, you should expect to pay at least 75-150€ pe **Source of truth**: [ETK Finnish Center for Pensions](https://www.etk.fi/en/finnish-pension-system/pension-security/pension-coverage-and-insurance/self-employed/) -**What is it?** YEL is a mandatory social security insurance for `self-employed` persons. +**What is it?** YEL _(sv: FöPL)_ is a mandatory social security insurance for `self-employed` persons. **YEL official name is very misleading** (*Self-Employed Person’s Pensions Act*), because **YEL determines your entire social security benefits**, not just your pension. For example, if you get sick, your *daily sickness allowance* is calculated based on your YEL. The more you pay for YEL, the more *daily sickness allowance* you get. @@ -660,6 +661,22 @@ Some available dental care providers: * Book your checkups and/or procedures with your dental care provider's dentist. * Either pay yourself or with your company and include the payments into your accounting. +### Consider buying voluntary pension insurance + +**Source of truth**: [Tax Administration](https://www.vero.fi/sv/Detaljerade_skatteanvisningar/anvisningar/48268/frivilliga-pensionsf%C3%B6rs%C3%A4kringar-som-arbetsgivaren-tecknat2/) + +**What is it?** On top of [YEL](#buy-social-security-insurance-yel), which is mandatory, you can buy *voluntary pension insurance*. +Payouts can start at the age of ~70 and have to be paid out during at least 10 years of time. Depending on the provider, you can typically choose what to do with the money in the insurance (invest in stocks/bonds/etc). + +**How much?** Depends on the coverage you choose. The higher the coverage, the more you pay in premiums. Premiums are a business expense and fully tax-deductible up to 8,500€/year. Above this limit, premiums will be taxed as personal income for you, the `self-employed`. + +**How does it differ from YEL?** If you die before reaching the pension age, what you've accumulated and paid for YEL goes to /dev/null and disappears. With voluntary pension insurance, you can include a life insurance, so that your spouse or some other beneficiary can inherit the full value of the voluntary pension insurance you have accumulated and paid for. + +**Voluntary pension insurance providers**: +* [LähiTapiola](https://www.lahitapiola.fi/yritys/vakuutukset/elakevakuutukset/yrittajan-vapaaehtoinen-elakevakuutus/) ([LokalTapiola](https://www.lahitapiola.fi/sv/foretag/forsakringar/pensionsforsakringar/frivillig-pensionsforsakring-for-foretagare/)) +* [Mandatum](https://www.mandatum.fi/en/pension/entrepreneurs-supplementary-pension/), formerly part of the Sampo Group +* [OP](https://www.op.fi/corporate-customers/insurance/personal-insurance/corporate-pension-insurance) (Osuuspankki/Andelsbanken) + ### Consider selling your personal work-related tools to your company **Source of truth**: [Tax Administration](https://www.vero.fi/en/)