Customer fees for Early childhood education and care

The customer fee for early childhood education is determined immediately after the childcare arrangement begins.

Income information must be submitted to early childhood education services either electronically via: eDaisy

Or to the early childhood education office at the following address:

Maaherrankatu 9–11, 50100 Mikkeli.

When submitting documents to the office, the attached income declaration form must also be completed.

If the income information and supporting documents are not provided by the end of the second month of care, the fee will be determined based on the maximum rate. The fee will be adjusted starting from the beginning of the following month once the income information is submitted.

We can verify salary income and benefits paid by Kela directly from the income register. Other income declarations must be submitted via eDaisy no later than the end of the second month of care.

If the required income declarations are not provided, the maximum fee will be charged. The fee will be adjusted starting from the beginning of the following month once the income information is received.

Attachments not available from the income register:

Entrepreneurial income: (Attachments: the latest confirmed tax decision or the most recent profit and loss statement and balance sheet)
Capital income and dividend income
Rental income and housing company maintenance fees
Adult education allowance
Other income, such as: Income from agricultural activities, Forestry income (including forest area and location)
Income of children in early childhood education (e.g., child support, maintenance allowance, pension)
Deductions: Paid child support

Private daycare clients

For children attending private daycare, income declarations must be submitted before the start of early childhood education for the fee to be determined.

If the required documents are not provided, the maximum fee will be charged. The fee will be adjusted starting from the beginning of the following month once income information is submitted.

If a municipality organises early childhood education and care for more than one child from the same family, the customer fee for

the youngestchild in full-time early childhood education and care, determined in accordance with Section 5 of the Customer Fee Act, will not exceed 295€ from 1 March 2023.

For the next child in the age bracket in full-time early childhood education and care, a fee of up to 40% of the fee for the youngest child, up to a maximum of €118, is charged.

For each subsequent child, the monthly fee is 20% of the fee for the youngest child, up to a maximum of €59.

No fee is charged for a child less than €28.

When the childcare fee is set, it is rounded up to the nearest whole euro.

Discretionary reduction or waiver of fee

On application, a family may be granted a reduction or exemption from early childhood education fees on the basis of means-tested conditions.

The reduction or waiver of the fee must always be made before granting income support under the Act on Income Support (1412/1997) (Act on Customer Fees for Early Childhood Education and Care 1503/2016 § 13).

When submitting income information, the carer must inform the office secretaries of the Early Childhood Education and Care.

Centre about the income support. The Early Childhood Education Director decides on the reduction of the payment.

No fee is charged if the early childhood education period is defined as special care in the special care programme for a child with developmental disabilities or as an out-of-home support measure for child protection in the child protection client plan.

The family must submit a special care programme in the context of the performance report.

Time-based billing in early childhood education

In municipal early childhood education, time-based billing is used. Guardians estimate the total number of hours their child will need care per month. If the selected hour limit is exceeded, billing is based on the percentage applicable to the exceeded hours.

It is the guardians’ responsibility

to monitor the total hours. The payment decision provides information about the fees for higher billing categories.

Pre-school education

Pre-school education (4h/day) is free of charge.

Enrolment in pre-school education