Verotetaan

Verotetaan is the present passive form of the Finnish verb verottaa, meaning to tax or to levy taxes. In Finnish, passive forms are used to describe actions or states without specifying who performs them. Therefore, verotetaan expresses that something is subject to taxation or that taxation is applied according to rules or laws.

The form is used to state tax treatment, rates, or policy in a neutral, general way. It is common in official language, legislation, media reporting, and public discussion. The subject of the sentence is usually indefinite, or the focus is on the tax rule rather than the actor (for example, the tax authority).

Morphology and usage notes: verottaa is a transitive verb, and its present passive is verotetaan. The suffix -taan/-tään changes with vowel harmony, and -etaan in this case yields verotetaan. The corresponding active form would be verottaa someone or something, while the passive emphasizes the taxation itself rather than who performs it. Related nouns include verotus (taxation) and vero (tax).

Examples:

- Tulot verotetaan progressiivisesti.

- Kodin myyntivoitto verotetaan 50 prosenttisesti.

- Kansallinen varallisuusverotus verotetaan lainsäädännön mukaan.

Verotetaan thus functions as a standard way to describe how taxes are applied to incomes, gains, or assets under Finnish tax law, without naming the executor of the taxation.

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