Early childhood education fee

The child’s guardian must submit an electronic income statement no later than the end of the month in which early childhood education begins.

An electronic income statement must always be submitted at the start of care. If the family does not submit an electronic income statement, we will make a customer fee decision for the child based on the full payment. We will not retroactively amend the decision.

If the family’s workplace or income changes, a new electronic income statement must always be submitted regarding the change. Note: Changes in income also apply to income other than changes in wage income.

Decisions on parental leave, home care allowance, flexible care allowance, unemployment allowance, etc. must always be submitted as an attachment to the income statement. Similarly, capital income must be submitted separately as an attachment to the capital income page of the tax decision. If there is capital income that is not yet reflected in the tax decision, these must also be reported.

Income information must always be updated by customers on their own initiative when there is a change in income, e.g. a change in salary, maternity or unemployment allowance ends, or the guardian becomes unemployed.

Provide the income statement through the eDaisy service

Income information is checked every other year due to the statutory index check. We inform the guardians about this through DaisyFamily.

The income of the service user and his/her married or common-law partner living in a joint household are taken into account as family income.

The fee is determined on the basis of the following income information

• gross income, which needs to be verified by providing the most recent pay slip
• unemployment or sickness benefit decision
• flexible or partial care allowance paid by Kela
• labour market subsidy for studying
• rehabilitation allowance
• pension (incl. pension paid to the child)
• capital income
• support for informal care
• job alternation compensation
• child support payment
• paid child support is taken into account as a deduction.

If income information is not provided, the fee will be the maximum (details below).

When the income statement is provided, the payment decision will be rectified starting from the beginning of the month that has not yet been invoiced.

The payment is determined by income, family size and the hours booked. If the family size is larger than 6, the income limit that is the basis of the payment is increased by 275 euros for each subsequent minor child in the family.

Customer fees in Seinäjoki are based on the Act on Early Childhood Education Customer Fees 1503/2016 and guidelines confirmed by the Culture and Welfare Board.