{"id":9435,"date":"2019-05-23T06:50:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T06:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/breicis.com\/?page_id=9435"},"modified":"2023-12-23T15:17:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T15:17:16","slug":"tax-due-diligence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/breicis.com\/en\/tax-due-diligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax due diligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Tax due diligence<\/h1>\n<p>Before buying a Latvian company it is wise to carry out a tax <a href=\"https:\/\/breicis.com\/en\/due-diligence\/\">due diligence<\/a> to ascertain that the company\u2019s tax position does not involve material tax risks. Considering that many companies operate on the pan-Baltic basis, having common management and cross-Baltic transactions, in such situations the pan-Baltic tax due diligence is important.<\/p>\n<p>If you are considering to acquire a Latvian company, before deciding on the due diligence it is necessary to consider the following issues.<\/p>\n<h2>Scope of the due diligence<\/h2>\n<table style=\"height: 310px;\" width=\"1025\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Due diligence usually involve the following taxes:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/breicis.com\/en\/new-corporate-income-tax-latvia\/\">Corporate income tax<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>transactions with non-residents<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/transfer-pricing.lv\">transfer pricing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>non-deductible items (for \u201cold\u201d tax) or hidden dividends (for &#8220;new&#8221; tax)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">VAT<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Payroll taxes<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Excise, natural resources tax, customs (depending on the company\u2019s business)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<th><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9457\" src=\"http:\/\/breicis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Due-Diligence-Services-2-300x281.png\" alt=\"Tax Due Diligence\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breicis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Due-Diligence-Services-2-200x187.png 200w, https:\/\/breicis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Due-Diligence-Services-2-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/breicis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Due-Diligence-Services-2-400x374.png 400w, https:\/\/breicis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Due-Diligence-Services-2.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Materiality of the transactions to be reviewed<\/h2>\n<p>Materiality\u00a0 significantly influences the detail of the work and report and thus also the cost of the work. In practice usually the clients are satisfied with the materiality level amounting to 30 000 or 50 000 EUR per transaction.<\/p>\n<h2>Number of the years under review<\/h2>\n<p>In general a company is responsible for taxes 3 years retroactively, except for transfer pricing, where the liability stretches 5 years behind.<\/p>\n<h2>Full tax due diligence or \u201cRed Flag\u201d report?<\/h2>\n<p>Namely, how detailed the results of the report should be. The full due diligence report covers all the procedures performed during the review, while Red Flag report is usually limited to the issues discovered during the due diligence review, describing issue, impact and recommendation, and evaluation of the risk (low, medium or high).<\/p>\n<h2>Data room and data processing.<\/h2>\n<p>Usually, the information to be reviewed is collected in the virtual data room that allows to ensure full confidentiality. If it is expected the interviews with company&#8217;s management are carried out.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0086c1;\">Our team will be happy to assist you in the assessment of the target company by carrying out the tax due diligence. Please contact Arturs Breicis for further information by calling +371 29274911 or e-mail: <a style=\"color: #0086c1;\" href=\"mailto:arturs@breicis.com\">arturs@breicis.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9435","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tax due diligence - Tax services | Accounting | Transfer pricing | BREICIS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tax due diligence for intended mergers and acquistions of the Latvian companies. 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