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 and 1.8.2026 starting from 0-335 euros per month. The early childhood education fee is reviewed annually at the start of the new operating period in August. Early childhood education customer 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 end of the starting month. 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 a 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 value of the service voucher, the family must submit a statement of their gross income to Hollola Early Childhood Education before the start of care, otherwise the highest fee will be charged for the service. The customer's deductible in a service voucher daycare center may be a maximum of €75 higher than the customer fee determined for municipal early childhood education according to the Act on Early Childhood Education Customer Fees.

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:

• Wage earners (wage income from main job/side job)
  • The latest pay slip showing income from the last pay period and salary accrual for the current year
  • In part-time work: also a decision on flexible or partial care allowance paid by Kela
• Entrepreneurs: (Private business or professional, general partnership, limited partnership)
  • Decision on start-up money / business support (if the entrepreneur receives one)
  • Latest confirmed tax decision
  • Income statement and balance sheet for the last full financial year, with itemized costs
  • Advance tax certificate for the current year
  • Interim financial statements (if available)
• Entrepreneur: Limited company
  • Payroll and dividend statement provided by the accountant
• Students:
  • Certificate of study showing the start and end dates of studies
• Unemployed:
  • Decision on unemployment benefits
• Capital income (rental income, forestry income or other capital income)
  • Last confirmed tax decision
  • Forest revenue: Taxation decision containing information on the location of the forest property and the number of hectares defined as forest land
• Parental leave:
  • Decision on parental leave
• Other benefits: (pension, sickness allowance, maintenance allowance (only for a child in care), other benefit)
  • Benefit payer's decision
• Deductibles from family income (e.g. alimony payments, child support)
  • Decision and payment receipt

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.

The client fee calculator has been updated with the index revision of municipal early childhood education client fees. 1.8.2026 income limits and payments according to

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
• Kela housing allowance
• 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. 31.5.2026 until and from 1.6.2026 using the Edlevo App or the browser version of Edlevo. Alternatively, income information can be submitted by email to varhaiskasvatus@hollola.fi or by post to the early childhood education services (Hollola Municipality, Early Childhood Education Services, PO Box 66, 15871 Hollola).