Tax

Our tax practice provides the full range of tax advice to clients, from compliance work to transaction structuring, tax planning and tax disputes. We regularly work on identification, minimisation and allocation of tax risk in transactions that our firm advises on, whether in M&A transactions, real estate, finance or restructuring matters.

EXAMPLES

• Successful representing AS 4finance in a major dispute with State Revenue Service on corporate income tax treatment of donations to charity organizations.
• Representing of a commodities wholesale company in a major dispute with State Revenue Service on cross-border VAT matters.
• Tax advice to DHL Latvia on restructuring matters, including complicated customs issues.
• Advising Avesco on acquisition structuring tax optimization in acquisition of Wihuri owned Caterpillar business across the Baltics.
• Advising a number of international clients regarding expatriate taxation and social security issues.
• Representing a number of Latvian clients in setting up an international holding structures in a number of EU jurisdictions.

SERVICES

• Tax planning
• International tax structures, including EU countries (Cyprus, Malta etc.) and other jurisdictions
• Vendor or buyer tax due diligence
• Tax structuring of M&A transactions
• Tax aspects of restructuring
• Advocacy in tax disputes in the State Revenue Service and administrative courts
• Tax compliance
• Transfer pricing
• International tax

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