Customer fees

Early childhood education client fees are based on the Act on Early Childhood Education Client Fees 1503/2016, Section 11). The operating year of early childhood education is 1.8 August–31.7 July. The fee per child is determined by the size of the family, income and need for the service and ranges from 0 to 311 euros per month. The early childhood education fee is reviewed annually at the start of the new operating period in August. Early childhood education client fees are invoiced monthly in arrears. The first invoice is sent in paper form, after which the customer can make an e-invoice agreement.

The customer fee bulletin provides more information about the early childhood education customer fee:

• determination of payment
• amount of payment
• need for service
• customer fee refunds

Municipal early childhood education

Municipal early childhood education client fees apply to children who are in a municipal daycare center or family daycare. In order to determine the client fee, the family must submit a statement of their gross income, otherwise the highest fee will be charged for the service. In municipal early childhood education, income information must be submitted by the 5th of the month following the start of care. In municipal early childhood education, the fee is charged as a monthly fee, however, for a maximum of eleven months during the operating year. In municipal early childhood education, July is free of charge if the child's care relationship began before the first day of September of the previous year.

Private early childhood education

If the child is in private family day care or a private daycare center, the private service provider charges a customer fee. In order to determine the deductible portion of the service voucher, the family must submit a statement of their gross income to Hollola Early Childhood Education, otherwise the highest fee will be charged for the service. Service voucher customers must submit income information before the start of care. The customer fee for a private daycare center is the same for the family as the customer fee for early childhood education at a municipal daycare center, if no additional fee is charged in addition to the customer fee. In addition to the deductible portion of the service voucher, the daycare center may charge an additional fee directly from the customer of 0–75 euros per month.

Income documents

The payment decision is based on an income statement, for which all necessary income documents must be submitted. The family income includes the income of the child, his/her guardian and the income of persons living with them in a joint household, in marriage or in marital circumstances. The income documents required to determine the payment may include, for example, the following:

• employees:
  • monthly salary: latest pay slip
  • hourly wage: two most recent pay slips
  • in part-time work: also a decision on flexible or partial care allowance paid by Kela
• entrepreneurs: income statement and balance sheet or the most recent completed tax decision
  • limited liability company: accountant's certificate of income
• students: study certificate or decision on student financial aid
• unemployed: decision on unemployment benefits
• Parental leave: Kela's decision on parental leave
• other benefits: for example, sickness benefit decision, pension decision
• capital income: for example, rental income, dividend income, forestry income

If the customer submits an income register extract as proof of income, it should be noted that the income register extract does not show, for example, capital income or income from entrepreneurial activities. In addition to the income register extract, the customer must submit separate statements about this income. The customer is obliged to ensure that a separate document is available for the benefits mentioned on the income register extract. If necessary, the early childhood education invoicing department will request additional information about the income documents.

Income that is not taken into account when determining the payment, but if it is the only income of a family member, we need a receipt to determine the payment:

• Child benefit
• Benefits according to the Disability Benefits Act (570/2007): child care allowance, disability allowance or pensioner's care allowance
• Child increase according to the National Pension Act (568/2007).
• Children's home care support
• Housing benefit
• Earned income is replaced by reasonable per diems or travel and accommodation allowances
• Medical care and examination expenses paid on the basis of accident insurance
• Military allowance, frontal allowance
• Maternity benefits
• Study allowance, adult education allowance paid by the Employment Fund, housing allowance for study allowance
• Operating allowance and travel allowance to be paid as income support
• Grants and other similar grants for studies
• Maintenance allowance in accordance with the Act on Rehabilitation Benefits and Rehabilitation Cash Benefits of the National Pension Service (566/2005)
• Reimbursement of expenses in accordance with the Act on Public Employment and Business Services (916/2012)
• Reimbursements for the costs of family care

The section of the law is the so-called exclusive, i.e. all other income is taken into account when determining the payment.

Delivery of income data

Income information is reported electronically in web services. Alternatively, income information can be submitted by email to varhaiskasvatus@hollola.fi or in paper form by post to the early childhood education services (Hollola Municipality, Early Childhood Education Services, PO Box 66, 15871 Hollola).