Kela WH 12e: Child Care Allowance Change Notice

What is Kela WH 12e - child care allowance changes?

Once Kela pays you child home care allowance (kotihoidon tuki) or private day care allowance (yksityisen hoidon tuki), you must tell Kela when something changes. Form WH 12e is the English paper notification for that. It is also how you answer Kela's annual review of the care supplement (hoitolisä), the income-tested part of the allowance.

Page 1 asks who you are and which situations have changed, each with a date: the family's income, the children's day care, a move to another municipality, marriage or cohabitation, a relationship that ended, a move abroad, or something else. Pages 2 and 3 cover the family's income for you and your spouse or partner, the children's own income and any child support you pay. Page 4 lists the enclosures, leaves room for extra details and has the signature.

FileIt takes you through the form one section at a time and prints your answers into Kela's own PDF. It fills in your name and e-mail from your People records, checks your personal identity code, prints euro amounts the Finnish way (1 250,50), and reminds you when an answer needs an enclosure such as form Y 8e. The finished PDF is saved in your vault. You send it to Kela yourself — FileIt never submits anything.

Who fills it: A parent or guardian who already gets child home care allowance or private day care allowance from Kela
Given to: Kela, by mail (Kela, PL 10, 00056 KELA) or online at www.kela.fi/english
When: When a change happens, or when Kela asks for the annual review of the care supplement
Signatures: The allowance recipient signs page 4, with place and date
Edition: WH 12e 06.26, four pages, in English

Who needs to fill out Kela WH 12e - child care allowance changes?

Parents who get child home care allowance and whose family situation or income has changed.
Families who get private day care allowance and whose child's day care arrangements have changed.
Anyone who gets the care supplement and has been asked by Kela for the annual review.
A recipient who has moved to another municipality, or who is moving abroad (form Y 38e goes with it).
A recipient who has married or started cohabiting, or whose relationship has ended — the spouse or partner's income counts towards the care supplement.
People who prefer an English paper or PDF form to reporting changes in the OmaKela e-service.

When to use Kela WH 12e - child care allowance changes

As soon as the family's income changes — a new job, a job ending, unemployment allowance starting, or new rental or capital income.
When your child's day care changes, for example a new private day care provider or a switch to municipal early childhood education.
When you move to another municipality or abroad. Stays abroad of more than 3 months must be reported, the form says.
When you marry, move in with a partner or separate.
When Kela sends you the annual review of the care supplement.

What you need before you start

Your Finnish personal identity code (henkilötunnus), phone number and e-mail.
The date of each change you report.
Details of your and your spouse or partner's income: wages, self-employment, unemployment allowance from a fund (euros per day), agriculture or forest land, rent, dividends and interest.
For rental income: the address of each rented property and the full monthly rent before any deductions.
Your children's own income, such as child support or income from abroad, and their names.
The amount of any child support you or your spouse or partner pay each month.
Form Y 8e (Statement of self-employment income) if you or your partner are self-employed, and the agricultural tax documents if you farm or own forest.
Receipts and documents about the change — Kela may ask for them later.

What’s on Kela WH 12e - child care allowance changes

The 2026 edition has 4 pages. FileIt asks for it in 8 parts, and it is signed by Allowance recipient:

1 Allowance recipientAllowance recipient
2 Annual review of care supplement and changes affecting itAllowance recipient
3 Family incomeAllowance recipient
4 Children's incomeAllowance recipient
5 Deductions which affect the family's incomeAllowance recipient
6 EnclosuresAllowance recipient
7 Additional informationAllowance recipient
8 SignatureAllowance recipient

How to fill out Kela WH 12e - child care allowance changes, step by step

1 1. Allowance recipient

Your personal identity code, name, phone number and e-mail. Kela gets your address from the population data system. If you live at a temporary address, write it in section 7. FileIt also asks whether you have a spouse or partner; that shows the spouse/partner questions later and is not printed.

2 2. Annual review and changes

Tick every situation that applies and give its date: annual review of the care supplement, a change in the family's income, a change in the children's day care (explain it in section 7), a move to another municipality, marriage or cohabitation, a relationship that ended, a move abroad, or another reason that you describe.

3 3. Family income

For you and your spouse or partner, answer Yes or No for each type of income: wages, self-employment (with form Y 8e), unemployment allowance from a fund (amount per day and start date), agriculture or forest land, rental income (flats or business premises, arable or forest land, other assets such as a vehicle), dividends or interest, and other continuous income. Benefits from Kela are not reported here. FileIt asks you to fill in this part when you tick the annual review or an income change.

4 3 f. Dividend and interest income

Capital income below EUR 20 per person per month need not be reported. If the income has changed by at least 10% from the latest tax assessment, tick that it has changed and give the new yearly amount.

5 4. Children's income

Does a child you get the allowance for have income of their own? If yes, give the monthly total, what kind of income it is and which child it belongs to.

6 5. Deductions

Child support paid by you or your spouse or partner, in euros per month. Child support lowers the family income used for the care supplement.

7 6. Enclosures

Tick what you enclose: form Y 8e, agricultural tax documents, details of other income, documents on income from abroad, and anything else you name. If you have already sent documents to Kela, list them so they are not asked for again.

8 7. Additional information

Anything that did not fit, with the number of the section it belongs to. This is where you name the unemployment fund, describe a change in the forest area you own, or give a temporary address.

9 8. Signature

Write the place and date, then sign above your printed name. FileIt prints your name under the signature line for you.

Common mistakes to avoid

Ticking the annual review or an income change but leaving section 3 empty.
Answering Yes to self-employment income without enclosing form Y 8e.
Giving the rent after deductions — the form asks for the full amount.
Reporting benefits paid by Kela itself; Kela already has them.
Leaving out the spouse or partner's income after moving in together.
Moving abroad without also completing form Y 38e.
Forgetting the date of the change next to a ticked box.

After you fill it out

Sign and date page 4. Add the enclosures you ticked in section 6.

Mail the form and enclosures to Kela, PL 10, 00056 KELA, or file them online at www.kela.fi/english, as the form says. FileIt does not send it for you.

Keep the filled PDF in your FileIt vault with the child's other documents, and keep the receipts and documents behind the change, because Kela may ask for them.

Fill out Kela WH 12e - child care allowance changes online with FileIt

Pick the person. Choose someone from People and FileIt fills in their name, date of birth, address and other details it already knows.
Answer plain-language questions. One part of the form at a time, with the official help text beside each question — 93 fields in all. Your answers save as you go.
Check the live preview. Watch your answers land on the real Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kansaneläkelaitos / Kela) form, and let FileIt do any worksheet arithmetic.
Generate the official PDF. FileIt prints your answers into the agency’s own PDF and files it in that person’s folder in your vault. Sign it, or send it for e-signature.

FileIt fills the form — it never files or submits anything for you. Deliver the finished form to whoever asked for it, the way the form’s instructions say.

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Kela WH 12e - child care allowance changes: frequently asked questions

What is Kela form WH 12e?

WH 12e is Kela's English notification of changes for child home care allowance and private day care allowance, including the annual review of the care supplement. In Finnish it is 'Muutosilmoitus: Lasten hoidon tuet'.

Is WH 12e an application?

No. You use it to report changes to an allowance you already get. A new application for child home care or private day care allowance is made on form WH 1e, and flexible or partial care allowance on WH 9e.

Do I have to fill in the income pages?

Only when the change affects the care supplement — the annual review, a change in the family's income, or a new spouse or partner. FileIt lets you switch sections 3 to 5 on and reminds you when they are needed.

Can I fill in WH 12e online with FileIt?

Yes. FileIt asks the questions in plain English, checks your identity code and amounts, and prints the answers into Kela's official PDF, which is saved in your vault.

Where do I send WH 12e?

By mail to Kela, PL 10, 00056 KELA, or online at www.kela.fi/english, as printed on the form. You deliver it yourself; FileIt never submits forms.

What if I move abroad?

Tick 'Move abroad' with the date and also complete form Y 38e. The form says stays abroad of more than 3 months must be reported to Kela.

Do I report small interest income?

Dividend or interest income of less than EUR 20 per person per month need not be reported, according to the form.

How do I write amounts?

Type them as you like, for example 1250.50. FileIt prints them the Finnish way, with a space for thousands and a decimal comma: 1 250,50.

Official sources

Blank form (PDF), published by Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kansaneläkelaitos / Kela): https://www.kela.fi/benefit-forms/WH12e.pdf
Official instructions and guidance: https://www.kela.fi/child-home-care-allowance
Edition shown on this page: WH 12e 06.26 (checked 2026-10-19).

FileIt is not affiliated with or endorsed by Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kansaneläkelaitos / Kela) or any government. This page explains the form in general terms and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Always read the official instructions, and check that you are using the edition the recipient accepts. Page last reviewed 2026-10-19.