Latvian transfer pricing (TP) rules provide that a company’s transactions with related parties must be arm’s length, whether the parties are Latvian or foreign tax residents. The arm’s length principle dictates that a company making comparable transactions under comparable conditions must receive comparable revenue, whether the transaction is with a related or an unrelated party. Basically companies know and understand this, yet there are various facts and circumstances that make this requirement difficult to enforce in real time. This is because before or during the transaction, companies often lack sufficient information on arm’s length prices that unrelated parties apply in comparable transactions. This is where companies can use a TP adjustment, which is not always so painful as it might originally seem. This article explores what TP adjustment a company can make by adjusting its taxable base for corporate income tax (CIT) purposes.

We are fast approaching the year end and the time to prepare our annual reports. As you may know, the last two years saw a 3-month filing extension, which allowed us more time to prepare our financial statements. Based on currently available information, no extension is expected this year. This article will remind you of things to consider when it comes to preparing your annual report, including whether it requires a statutory audit or a limited review.

Section 5(1) of the Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Act lists payments made to non-residents that are taxable at source. Section 2(2) lists persons that are not subject to CIT. In practice this raises the question of whether non-CIT payers are liable to withhold it on payments made to non-residents. This article answers the question.