12.07.2022
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More conditions proposed for foreign suppliers seeking natural resource tax exemption: implications for Latvian companies 3/28/22

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With environmentally friendly practices, such as waste sorting and recycling, becoming the order of the day, the natural resource tax (NRT) treatment is a hot topic too. As you know, packaging is one of the items subject to NRT. The obligation to pay tax or the right to take an exemption lies with the person who is the first to sell goods in packaging in Latvia, including foreign companies supplying their goods to Latvian companies. There are plans to amend the NRT Act on how foreign persons may take an exemption.

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