tilittäjä

Tilittäjä is a Finnish noun that designates a person or organization that reports, remits, or accounts for money or other obligations to another party. The term is formed from tilittää, meaning to remit, to report, or to account for, and the agentive suffix -jä. In practice, tilittäjä is most often used in formal or administrative contexts rather than everyday speech.

In accounting and payroll, tilittäjä can refer to someone who submits expense settlements or petty-cash reconciliations to the employer, or to a party that makes payments on behalf of another and is responsible for recording and reporting those payments. In tax administration or public sector contexts, tilittäjä may be the payer who remits taxes, social security contributions, or other funds to a government authority, together with the required accounting or documentation of the remittance. The exact duties depend on the contractual or statutory framework; the remittance may involve payments, assets, or liabilities, and tilittäjä's responsibilities typically include keeping records and informing the recipient.

The term is closer to the English remitter or payer and is used primarily in written legal, administrative, or financial texts. In contemporary Finnish, more specific titles or terms may replace tilittäjä in professional language, depending on the sector and jurisdiction.