What services can be paid for with massage and health benefits?

Healthcare services that can be paid for tax-free include services such as:

Massage benefit

• Sports and classical massage

Health benefit (0% VAT)

• Medical services and other health and medical care, as well as comparable services
• Health-related foot care (practitioner must be trained and registered with Valvira)
• Physiotherapy and other treatments, therapies, and procedures that improve and maintain performance
• Laboratory services
• Radiological services and other comparable imaging and diagnostic methods

Dental benefit

• Health-related dental care (no treatments for cosmetic only purposes)

Complementary therapies (e.g. reflexology, energy treatments, reiki, etc.), beauty and hairdressing services, lifestyle coaching, spa-type services (hot stone massage, Thai massage, Indian head massage, sound baths, singing bowl treatments, etc.), and device-based treatments are not covered by employee benefits.

If you offer services that fall within the permitted category, you can register your company via the link below. All registrations are reviewed and the permitted services must be clearly and publicly available through the service provider.

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