Membership fees
The membership fee is 1% of the primary wages subject to withholding tax, however maximum of 600 euro per year. The membership fee is collected from all wages subject to withholding tax, including holiday compensations, holiday pay, fringe benefits and severance packages in termination situations. The membership fee is not collected from bonuses, options or incentives.
For pensioners and students, the membership fee is 60 euros per year, or 5 euros per month if membership begins or ends (students) in the middle of a year. The fee includes also the Acatiimi member magazine.
Note that union membership fees are tax-deductible. The Union reports the association membership fees directly to the tax authorities. You should, however, save all membership fee receipts.
Use our Membership Fee Calculator to estimate your membership fee.
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The membership fee is 1% of the primary wages subject to withholding tax, however maximum of 600 euro per year. The membership fee includes membership of the Union of Research Professionals, one of our member associations and the Unemployment Fund for Education and Science.
The membership fee is collected from all wages subject to withholding tax, including holiday compensations, holiday pay, fringe benefits and severance packages in termination situations. The membership fee is not collected from bonuses, options or incentives.
Those without Finnish salary income are entitled to a minimum payment, which is 8 euros per month. For example, if you are on rotational, study or family leave, doing research on a grant or as a self-employed person, working abroad or unemployed, apply for a reduced membership fee in the e-services.
Those without Finnish salary income are entitled to a minimum payment, which is 8 euros per month. For example, if you are on rotational, study or family leave, doing research on a grant or as a self-employed person, working abroad or unemployed, apply for a reduced membership fee in the e-services.
Those without Finnish salary income are entitled to a minimum payment, which is 8 euros per month. For example, if you are on rotational, study or family leave, doing research on a grant or as a self-employed person, working abroad or unemployed, apply for a reduced membership fee in the e-services.
Those without Finnish salary income are entitled to a minimum payment, which is 8 euros per month. For example, if you are on rotational, study or family leave, doing research on a grant or as a self-employed person, working abroad or unemployed, apply for a reduced membership fee in the e-services.
Those without Finnish salary income are entitled to a minimum payment, which is 8 euros per month. For example, if you are on rotational, study or family leave, doing research on a grant or as a self-employed person, working abroad or unemployed, apply for a reduced membership fee in the e-services.
For students (undergraduate), the membership fee is 60 euros per year, or 5 euros per month if membership begins or ends in the middle of a year. The fee includes also the Acatiimi member magazine. Student membership does not include the unemployment fund.
For pensioners, the membership fee is 60 euros per year, or 5 euros per month if membership begins or ends in the middle of a year. The fee includes also the Acatiimi member magazine. Membership for pensioners does not include the unemployment fund.
Instructions for paying the membership fee
The membership fee payment information will be sent annually in the beginning of the year. The payments are due monthly so that the due date is the 10th of the following month.
Please use the specific reference numbers for each payment period. The membership fees are registered for a specific payment period based on the given reference number, so make sure that you use the reference numbers found on your invoices to avoid any unnecessary payment reminders.
Membership payment instructions should be kept throughout the year.
If your membership starts in the middle of a month, the membership fee will be calculated for less than a month as follows:
- divide your monthly salary with calendar days from the month and you get your salary per day
- multiply your salary per day with days of membership, then calculate the right amount (%) of membership fee.
Paid and unpaid time does not have to be combined in the membership fee for the same month, but the membership fee is either a% of the salary, at least 8 € / month.
You can also check your membership information and pay the membership fees on e-services.
In our e-service, you can view your membership information and earlier fee payments. If you need instructions on how to pay membership fees, contact our membership services with questions and changes related to your membership or by phoning +358 (0)20 758 9619.
Collection of membership fees by proxy
Complete the authorisation form to enable your employer to collect the membership fee directly from your salary. Give the form to your employer. Print a copy of the completed form for your own records as well.
You can download and print the authorisation form from the e-service in My information – Employment relationships.
If you are a new member, please give the authorisation form to your employer only after receiving a confirmation of your membership in our union. If you are an old member and you change employment, please update your employment details in our e-service and give the authorisation form to your new employer.
Fill in the association number of your member association on the power of attorney.
Entitlement to a minimum payment
Those without Finnish salary income are entitled to a minimum payment, which is 8 euros per month.
Members can notify the minimum membership fee through our e-service when the reason for the non-salaried period is one of the following:
- Study leave,
- Family leave,
- Military or non-military service,
- Unemployment,
- Leave of absence,
- Working by virtue of grant funding,
- Working abroad,
- Entrepreneurship or
- other non-salaried period.