{"id":81439,"date":"2026-05-13T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/81439\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:00:11","slug":"court-rejects-wolt-appeal-over-courier-taxation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/81439\/","title":{"rendered":"Court rejects Wolt appeal over courier taxation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finland\u2019s Supreme Administrative Court has rejected an appeal by food delivery company Wolt in a case concerning the taxation of delivery couriers.<\/p>\n

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The ruling means income earned by Wolt couriers must be treated as wages, requiring the company to withhold tax payments from earnings.<\/p>\n

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Wolt had challenged a decision issued by the Central Tax Board in August last year.<\/p>\n

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The board concluded that couriers working through the platform should be considered wage earners for tax purposes rather than independent entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

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The Supreme Administrative Court upheld that interpretation in a 3\u20132 decision.<\/p>\n

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Wolt said it would continue discussions with the Finnish Tax Administration to assess the impact of the ruling and how it will be implemented in practice.<\/p>\n

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Last year, the same court ruled<\/a> that Wolt couriers should be classified as employees instead of self-employed contractors.<\/p>\n

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Following the earlier ruling, Wolt proposed a new system<\/a> that would allow couriers to choose between employee status and self-employment.<\/p>\n

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Under the proposal, couriers who become employees<\/a> would receive employment benefits and fixed terms while earning a reduced share of delivery fees. Those remaining self-employed would continue under the existing model.<\/p>\n

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Wolt said at the time that the court rulings left several practical questions unresolved, including how flexible schedules and irregular working hours would fit into Finnish labour regulations.<\/p>\n

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The company operates with more than 10,000 couriers in Finland. Many work part-time, while a large share of drivers are immigrants or international residents using platform work as a primary source of income.<\/p>\n

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Wolt was founded in Helsinki in 2014 and was acquired by US-based DoorDash in 2022.<\/p>\n

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