Budget
Timeline of budget preparation for 2020
Ministry of Finance
Publication date
8.7.2019
13.08
News item
The preparation of the Budget for 2020 will begin on 13 to 14 August with a budget session at the Ministry of Finance. The government proposal for the 2020 Budget will be published on 7 October.
Preliminary timetable for the preparation of the budget proposal (subject to change):
- Tuesday 13 to Wednesday 14 August: Budget session at the Ministry of Finance
- Friday 16 August: The Ministry of Finance will submit its proposal to the Ministries and publish it at budjetti.vm.fi
- Wednesday 28 to Thursday 29 August: Negotiations between the Ministry of Finance and other ministries
- Tuesday 17 to Wednesday 18 September: Government negotiations on the Budget and General Government Fiscal Plan (i.e. the government budget session) at the House of the Estates
- Monday 7 October: A debate of the Budget proposal and the General Government Fiscal Plan will be held at an extraordinary Ministerial Finance Committee meeting and a government plenary session and the publication at budjetti.vm.fi.
Invitations to events for the media will be sent later.
Timeline of budget preparation (in Finnish)
Inquiries:
Sami Yläoutinen, Head of Department, tel. +358 2955 30320 (on holiday 9 July to 7 August)
Jonna Berghäll, Senior Ministerial Adviser, tel. +358 2955 30349 (on holiday 11 July to 7 August)
Eeva Kärkkäinen, Special Adviser, tel. +358 295530407 (on holiday 15 July to 5 August)
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