Pay for your membership fee according to your income.
TAKU membership subscriptions
Employees and freelancers who do work as employees
The membership subscription is 1.3% of taxable salary.
You pay your membership subscription based on your:
- gross salary
- holiday pay and holiday bonuses
- benefits in kind
- benefits paid by unemployment funds
- severance packages
As a member, you always pay at least the minimum membership subscription of €8/month.
Note: The minimum membership subscription does not apply to student members. Read more below.
Bonuses, options, profit shares, per diems, kilometre compensation and part-time business ownership income are not used as a basis for calculating membership subscriptions.
Recipients of benefits from unemployment funds
The membership subscription is 1.3% of taxable salary.
Erko, the Unemployment Fund for Higher Educated Employees, deducts membership subscriptions automatically.
Full-time students
Full-time students who do not work while studying are exempt from membership subscriptions. Students do not pay membership subscriptions based on Kela benefits (study grant). If students work while they study (including summer jobs, paid internships and part-time work), they pay 1.3% of their wages as membership subscriptions.
The self-employed, business owners and freelancers working on an assignment basis
The membership subscription is €200/year (or €16.66/month).
Pensioners
As a pensioner, you pay a one-time fee of 96 euros per year. If you retire in the middle of the year, you only pay the membership fee for the months at the end of the year as a one-time payment (8 euros/month).
No salary income and no unemployment fund benefits
If you do not have any salary income or do not receive any benefits from an unemployment fund, you pay the minimum membership subscription, €8/month.
This may apply in the following situations:
- you are on family leave (NB! If your employer pays your salary for the first three months of family leave, you pay the normal percentage-based membership subscription for those months.)
- you are performing national service
- you are receiving adult education support
- you are receiving a grant
- you are on unpaid sick leave
- you are receiving rehabilitation support
- you are receiving family caregiver support
- you are unemployed or laid off and receiving a Kela benefit.
Further information
You can find further information from Akava Special Branches' webpage:
- Calculator on percentage membership fee
- Instructions on how to pay the membership fee
- Instructions for obtaining a reference number
- Instructions on how to authorize your employer to pay the fee for you
Has your employment situation changed?
Contact us: we’ll be happy to help.
You can get information about membership fee and paying from the Akava Special Branches member service:
tel. 0201 235 300 (free number)
(Monday–Friday 09.00–16.00)
Remember that your membership fee is tax deductible!
Your membership subscription is completely tax deductible, and we automatically inform the tax authorities about of your subscription for the calendar year on your behalf. All you have to do is verify that your membership subscription is listed on the pre-filled tax return you receive each spring.