If you wish to pay for a course by using an electronic SmartumPay or ePassi voucher offered by your employer, do not pay the course fee immediately in connection with your online registration.
You will receive a payment link via email roughly 1–2 months from your registration.
You may use your workplace benefit vouchers to pay for the course up until the due date specified in the payment link. After the due date, you may no longer use culture and sports vouchers to pay for the course.
If you wish to pay for a course by using a Smartum, Tyky or Virike paper voucher, please contact our customer service for further instructions.
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Pirkan opisto is not obligated to accept payments made in violation of the payment instructions. After the due date, unpaid course fees will be submitted to a debt collection agency. The collection of Pirkan opisto’s course fees is eligible for judicial enforcement.
According to Finnish Tax Authority guidelines, culture and sports vouchers may only be used to pay for ordinary sports and exercise classes, as well as art courses provided by adult education centres in various fields of art, such as film, literature, fine arts, design, drama, architecture, music, dance, photography and circus.
Culture and sports vouchers are personal and may not be used to pay for course fees for children or other family members.
According to Tax Authority guidelines, culture and sports vouchers may also not be used to pay for:
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