Ylöjärvi residents faced average €2,463 tax underpayments last year
Ylöjärvi residents paid an average €2,463 in tax underpayments last tax year, one of the highest municipal averages in Pirkanmaa.
Vesilahti ranked among the top refund recipients nationally, posting the third-largest average tax refund at €993, behind Kauniainen (€1,321) and Marttila (€1,009). Within Pirkanmaa, Punkalaidun averaged €990 in refunds and Juupajoki €856. Yet Vesilahti was also among the municipalities with the largest underpayments, averaging €2,287.
In Tampere, residents received an average refund of €702 and paid back an average €1,532. Across Pirkanmaa, taxpayers received €253 million in refunds and paid €119 million in underpayments. That works out to regional averages of €736 in refunds and €1,644 in underpayments per person.
The figures follow earlier reporting on Pirkanmaa's outstanding-tax average of €1,120 in September and Ylöjärvi's draft 2027 budget proposal to plug a €1.8m gap by cutting staff perks and raising borrowing. They were published by Tamperelainen.
Earlier coverage
Catch the full story over at Tamperelainen