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Sum of wages and salaries
The wages and salaries sum refers to the sum total of the gross wages and salaries paid to employees without incentive stock options.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
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- Number of employees
- Index
- Growth review
- Periodic tax return data
- Monthly business indicators
- Payment control data
- Sales inquiry
- Wages and salaries
- Panel calculation
- Base year
- Revision
- Trend
- Adjustment for working days
- Incentive stock options
- Incentive stock option inquiry
The wages and salaries sum is calculated for the entire accounting period, and in addition to wages and salaries, it includes fringe benefits as set out in the Prepayment and Withholding Tax Act. Wages and salaries also include the salaries paid by entrepreneurs to themselves. Options are not included in wages and salaries.
Total wages and salaries and indirect employee costs entered in the profit and loss account are presented in the financial statements. More detailed information about personnel expenses in financial statement data can be found here: https://stat.fi/meta/kas/henkkul_en.html.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
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