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Budget

The budget and plan present the municipality's operational and financial objectives. The budget includes the appropriations and revenue estimates required for the operational objectives and must show how the financing needs will be covered. The budget includes a profit and loss account section, as well as an investment and financing section. The council approves the budget for the following year and the financial plan for three years before the end of the year.

Budget 2026
Budget 2025
Budget 2024

Description of the budget process

Preparation of income and expenditure statements (operating budget), investment plans and financing plans

1. Planning begins the previous year, often in the spring or summer. Longer-term
The financial plan is made for three years at a time.
2. The mayor or financial director shall prepare the framework for the budget proposal in cooperation with various
with departments in August-September
3. Board and municipal board hearings in October-November.
4. Amendment proposals and additions in November-December in the municipal government
5. Approval of the budget by the municipal council in November-December.
6. The approved budget shall enter into force at the beginning of the following year.
7. Budget implementation is monitored during the year through regular reports on income, expenditure and
deviations (in supervisor-personnel meetings monthly and in the municipal board, quarterly)
in the council.
8. In November-December, the budget implementation is assessed and the necessary adjustments or transfers are made.

Key budget figures

  • Population
  • Income tax rate
  • Property taxes
  • General property tax
  • Permanent residential building
  • Non-permanent residential building
  • Power plant building
  • Non-profit organizations
  • Undeveloped construction site
  • Operating income
  • Operating expenses
  • Tax receipts
  • State shares
  • Annual margin
  • Net investments
  • Loan portfolio
  • Loan amount per inhabitant
  • Surplus

Our current tax rates:
Income tax rate 8,9% (2026)

Property taxes:
General property tax 1,30%
General land property tax 1,30%
Permanent residential building 0,50%
Other residential building 1,30%
Undeveloped building site 3,00%
Non-profit organizations 0,00%
Power plant buildings 3,10%