{"id":3521,"date":"2020-12-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.leinonen.eu\/lva\/state-aid-to-business-due-to-covid19\/"},"modified":"2020-12-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T00:00:00","slug":"state-aid-to-business-due-to-covid19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leinonen.eu\/lva\/news\/state-aid-to-business-due-to-covid19\/","title":{"rendered":"State aid to business due to covid-19 \/03.12.2020.\/"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>To restrict the spread of COVID-19 in Latvia, from 9 November 2020 to 11 January 2021, emergency situation has been announced in Latvia and strict restrictions have been passed. <br \/>Detailed information on restrictions is available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mk.gov.lv\/lv\/content\/covid-19\">https:\/\/www.mk.gov.lv\/lv\/content\/covid-19<\/a>\u00a0 <br \/>On 5 June 2020, the <i>Saeima<\/i> (Parliament) passed the Law on the Suppression of Consequences of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection that became effective as of 10 June 2020. <br \/>This summary provides updated information on the state support to entrepreneurs currently available in Latvia. <\/p>\n<p>The state support measures available to the enterprises have been stipulated in the Law on the Suppression of Consequences of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection and the laws and regulations issued based on the above law. <\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the legal framework is to restore general legal conditions after the end of the term of the emergency situation, providing a set of measures to suppress the spread of COVID-19 infection and special support mechanisms and expenses directly related to the suppression of the spread of COVID-19 to ensure improvement of the general economic situation and facilitate the stability of the national economy.  <\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>TYPE  OF SUPPORT<\/b><b> <\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>DESCRIPTION  <\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">  <b>Support to  industries affected by the crisis<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Extension of  tax payment deadline <\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  The Law on the Suppression of  Consequences of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection stipulates that taxpayers  affected by the crisis caused by COVID-19, are entitled to apply for  extension of tax payment deadline until 30 December 2020 (it is planned to  extend this term until 30 June 2021), as well as to ask to provide extension  of tax payment deadline to those delayed tax payments the payment term of  which has been extended pursuant to the Law on Taxes and Duties, if the delay  was caused due to the spread of COVID-19.   <\/p>\n<p>To be  entitled for extension, the taxpayer has to submit a justified application to  the State Revenue Service (hereinafter \u2014 SRS). Submission term is 15  days after the payment is due or after the law becomes effective.   <\/p>\n<p>Tax  administration is entitled to perform the following in regard to delayed tax  payments:  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  to divide the period; or   <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  to postpone for the period up to three years from  the date of submission of application.   <\/p>\n<p>The delay  fine for the delayed tax payment to which tax payment deadline extension is  applied is not calculated.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>State and  municipal authorities release or reduce lease payment <\/b><b><\/b>  <b>\u00a0<\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  State and  municipal authorities, as well as capital companies, for the period of the  law, release the merchants operating in the industries affected by the crisis  from lease payment or reduce the lease payment. Moreover, in the event of  delayed payment, it is allowed no to apply delay interest and contractual  penalty, except for the payment for used services, including electricity,  heating, water supply and other property management services.  <\/p>\n<p>Those  merchants that comply with the criteria set by the respective municipality  are entitled to qualify for the reduction or release from the lease payment.  <\/p>\n<p>Currently,  the release from the lease payment stipulated in the Law on the Suppression  of Consequences of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection is provided until 31  December 2020, along with the passed amendments to the Law, the release  period from the lease payment will be extended to 30 June 2021.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">  <b>Support  measures to employers, self-employed persons and patent fee payers <\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Idle time  support to employers<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Employers  whose revenues from operating activities for the respective month, compared  to average revenues in August, September and October 2020, have decreased by  at least 20%, are entitled to apply for the idle time support.   <\/p>\n<p>Idle time  benefit will be paid in the amount of 70% of the declared average gross  remuneration of an employee for the period 1 August 2020 to 30 October 2020,  or of the average gross remuneration for declared months after 1 August 2020  when an employee actually worked for the respective employer.   <\/p>\n<p>Employees of  the micro-enterprise taxpayers will be paid idle time benefit in the amount  of 50% of the monthly average gross remuneration at the micro-enterprise for  the third quarter of 2020.  <\/p>\n<p>The amount of  idle time benefit per one employee cannot be less than 330 euros and not  more than 1,000 euros per calendar month.  <\/p>\n<p>The employer  is entitled to pay the difference between the idle time benefit and  remuneration.  <\/p>\n<p>The employee  who has received support for idle time is paid a bonus of 50 euros per  each depended child up to the age of 24 for whom the employee is provided a  personal income tax relief.  <\/p>\n<p>Idle time  benefit is provided from 9 November 2020 to 9 January 2021.  <\/p>\n<p>Idle time  benefit is administered and paid by the SRS.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Idle time  support to self-employed persons and patent fee payers <\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Self-employed  persons and patent fee payers whose revenues from operating activities in the  respective support month of 2020, compared to average revenues in August,  September and October 2020, have decreased by at least 20%, are entitled to  apply for the idle time support.  <\/p>\n<p>Idle time  support for self-employed person in general tax payment regime and receiver  of royalties who has not registered as the person conducting economic  activity is provided in the amount of 70% of the average revenues from  operating activities or royalties of the respective person (except for the  royalties received by the authors and performers received from the  organisations managing royalties and related rights collectively) for the  third quarter of 2020, but not less than 330 euros and not more than  1,000 euros per calendar month.  <\/p>\n<p>Idle time  support to self-employed person who pays micro-enterprise tax is determined  in the amount of 50% of the micro-enterprise taxpayer\u2019s average monthly  revenues from operating activities for the third quarter of 2020, but not  less than 330 euros and not more than 1,000 euros per calendar  month.  <\/p>\n<p>The amount of  support for idle patent fee payer is 400 euros if the person has  effective patent in the support period and if the patent was issued at least  six months prior the declaration of the emergency situation.   <\/p>\n<p>State support  to self-employed persons and patent fee payers is administered and paid by  the SRS.  <\/p>\n<p>The  self-employed person and patent fee payer who has received support for idle  time is paid a bonus of 50 euros per each depended child up to the age  of 24 for whom the employee is provided a personal income tax relief.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Support to  salary subsidy <\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Salary subsidies are  to provide support to compensate remuneration of those who do not work full  time.  <\/p>\n<p>Employers  whose revenues from operating activities for the respective month in 2020,  compared to average revenues in August, September and October 2020, when the  enterprise was operating, have decreased by at least 20 %, are entitled to  apply for the support to salary subsidy.  <\/p>\n<p>Support to  salary subsidy will be available to the entrepreneurs in the amount of 50% of  the declared monthly gross remuneration for period 1 August 2020 to 31  October 2020, but not more than 500 euros per calendar month per  employee.  <\/p>\n<p>The employer  is obliged to pay the difference between the amount of the benefit and  remuneration.  <\/p>\n<p>The support  is available for the period 9 November 2020 to 9 January 2021.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Support to  ensure the current asset flow<\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Taxpayers registered  with the SRS, enterprises that comply with the definition of the micro, small  and medium enterprise, as well as large enterprises are entitled to apply for  the support to ensure the current asset flow.  <\/p>\n<p>An enterprise whose  turnover has decreased by at least 20% over the support period, compared to  the average turnover in August, September and October 2020 in total, is  entitled to apply for the support.  <\/p>\n<p>The support is  provided in the amount of 30% of the total gross salary at the enterprise for  which the employment taxes were paid in August, September and October 2020,  but not more than 50,000 euros and not more than 800,000 euros for a  group of related persons.   <\/p>\n<p>The support is  available for the period 1 November 2020 to 31 December 2020. The support is  provided once for entire support period.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>One-time sick  leave benefit <\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  The following  persons with social insurance are entitled to receive one-time sick leave benefit  for 14 calendar days:  <\/p>\n<p>1) One parent  of a child, one of the adopters to whose care and supervision the child to be  adopted after the adoption is confirmed by the family court is transferred,  member of foster family who has signed a contract with the municipality,  guardian or another person who, pursuant to the decision of family court, in  fact takes care and educates the child, if this person cannot work remotely  and the child in care is from the age of 10 (including) or a child with  disability up to the age of 18, and if the child, due to circumstances caused  by COVID-19 infection, cannot attend preschool educational establishment or  studies in general education programme are organised remotely;  <\/p>\n<p>2) Person who  is support person of a person with disability from the age of 18, to whom the  municipality has provided day care centre or day centre service and who, due  to circumstances caused by COVID-19 infection, cannot attend day care centre  or day centre.  <\/p>\n<p>The one-time  sick leave benefit for 14 calendar days can be received once in every period  below:   <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 From 30  November 2020 to 31 December 2020; and  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 From 1  January 2021 to 30 June 2021.  <\/p>\n<p>Sick leave  benefit is paid in the amount of 60% of the person\u2019s average salary for which  social contributions have been made.   <\/p>\n<p>One-time sick  leave benefit is requested to the State Social Insurance Agency and Personal  income tax is not applied to this benefit and social insurance mandatory  contributions are not made.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Payment of  certificates of incapacity for work<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  To reduce the  spread of COVID-19 in work places and to help employers whose employees  suffer from COVID-19 or are in quarantine from 16 November 2020 to 30 June  2021, the state provides and pays sick leave benefit starting from the first  day of incapacity for work. In this case medical certificate B is  issued. \u00a0   <\/p>\n<p>The state  provides sick leave for the first three days also if from 16 November 2020 to  30 June 2021 the employee has been issued certificate of incapacity for work  due to acute infection of upper respiratory tract. During the three days, the  employee has to take COVID-19 test and, if the test is positive, the state  continues paying sick leave benefit. If, in turn, the COVID-19 test is  negative, the employee is issued medical certificate A and the employer pays  sick leave benefit starting the fourth day of sickness, but not longer than  for 10 calendar days.   <\/p>\n<p>The amount of  the sick leave benefit is in the amount of 80% the average salary for which  social contributions have been made.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">  <b>Support  measures in the tax administration sphere<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Personal  Income Tax<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  The  performers of economic activity are entitled not to make the applied Personal  Income Tax advance payments from the revenues from economic activity for  2020. It is planned to determine that advance payments will not be applied  for 2021, too.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Value Added  Tax<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Pursuant to  the Law on the Suppression of Consequences of the Spread of COVID-19  Infection, Value Added Tax (hereinafter \u2014 VAT) overpaid from 1 April to  31 December 2020, will be repaid within a shorter period rather than provided  in the VAT Law.   <\/p>\n<p>As of 1 January  2021, amendments to the VAT Law will become effective, pursuant to which VAT  repayment in a shorter period than currently provided by the VAT Law will be  stipulated. VAT will be repaid in 30 days after the term provided for  submission of VAT declaration.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Enterprise  Income Tax<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Expenses  related to operating activities of an Enterprise Income Tax payer (from 9  November 2020 to 31 December 2020) are goods and services presented as gifts  to social groups negatively affected by the emergency situation (without  personalising the receiver for the purposes of receipt of Personal Income  Tax), as well as to persons whose basic operating activity is provision of  medical services, education, charity, assistance to low-income persons,  persons with disability or children, if the following conditions are met:  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  The receiver of the gift is not related to the  taxpayer;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  Information on the gift is publicly available;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  Information on the receiver of the gift and support  amount is submitted to the SRS along with the declaration of the last month  of the reporting year.  <\/p>\n<p>Enterprise  Income Tax payer who has made donations to reduce the consequences of the  spread of COVID-19 (from 9 November 2020 to 31 December 2020), in line with  the Law on Enterprise Income Tax, is entitled to increase the amount of  donations that is not included taxable base of Enterprise Income Tax by three  per cent of the profit for the previous reporting year after taxes.  <\/p>\n<p>The planned  amendments to the Law on the Suppression of Consequences of the Spread of COVID-19  Infection provide that this rule will be applied until the Law will become  ineffective. \u00a0   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>In-depth  cooperation programme<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  In 2020,  2021, 2022 and 2023, the State Revenue Service is entitled not to pass a  negative decision in regard to the members of in-depth cooperation if they  have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and the member of in-depth  cooperation programme provides evidence of circumstances.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"> <b>Excise Tax <\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  It is allowed  to sell alcoholic beverages on the basis of distance contract. It is  prohibited to sell alcoholic beverages to persons younger than the age of 18  and from 10.00 P.M. to 8. 00 A.M.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Immovable  Property Tax <\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  In 2020,  municipalities are entitled to determine Immovable Property Tax payment terms  that differ from those stipulated in the Law On Immovable Property Tax,  transferring it to a later term in 2020. The municipality can exercise these  rights by taking a decision that applies to all taxpayers or providing  separate categories of taxpayers. The municipalities have to inform the  taxpayers on their decisions.  <\/p>\n<p>The planned  amendments to the Law on the Suppression of Consequences of the Spread of  COVID-19 Infection provide that in 2021 the municipalities will have rights  to change the payment term for Immovable Property Tax.   \u00a0  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">  <b>Support provided by the State Development Finance  Institution \u201cAltum\u201d \/ COVID-19<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Working  capital loan \/ COVID-19<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Working capital loan is liquidity support for businesses, whose  activities have been affected by Covid-19.  <\/p>\n<p>The amount of  support is up to 1 million euro, but total amount of the loan cannot exceed  at least one of the criteria:  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  25% of the entrepreneurs turnover in 2019;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  loan amount must not exceed  twice the total remuneration of employees (incl. social contributions) in  2019 (for those established in 2019, planned two-year amount) \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  the necessary liquidity amount to ensure operating  activity for the next 12 months.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Support to  exporters \/ COVID-19<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Until 31  December 2020, restrictions on export guarantees have been cancelled to the  European Union Member States and some OECD Member States.   <\/p>\n<p>In future,  large enterprises* also can apply for export guarantees to developed  countries, regardless of the export turnover and state to which transactions  are planned, without additional restrictions.  <\/p>\n<p>The maximum  amount of liabilities for losses incurred due to one foreign customer is 2  million euro.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Guarantees to  large companies* \/<br \/> COVID-19<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  The following  large companies* are able to qualify for support:  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  export in the previous two years reached at least  30% of turnover;   <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  planned export in the coming two years is at least  50% of turnover, if the company\u2019s operations are moved to Latvia from a  territory outside EEA, or the company has started operations in Latvia;   <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  company applying for the support are able to prove  negative COVID-19 impact.  <\/p>\n<p>The amount of  guarantee is up to 25% of the company\u2019s turnover in 2019:   <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  for new enterprises: up to 15 million euro;   <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  for existing companies \u2013 the minimum financial  service balance for deferred principal amount is 10 million euro, while the  maximum guarantee is 15 million euro.  <\/p>\n<p>The goal of  the loan granted by the bank to which the guarantee is applied, is:  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  investment loan;   <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  loan for financing the current assets, including  credit limits (credit lines and overdrafts);  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  financial leasing, limits of financial leasing.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Loan holidays  guarantee \/ <br \/>COVID-19<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  The  enterprises who have faced objective difficulties to make loan payments to  banks due to the spread of COVID-19, are offered to apply for the loan  guarantees that allow to have a deferred payment of loan principal payment to  the bank.  <\/p>\n<p>Small,  medium-sized** and large enterprises* can apply for the guarantee.  <\/p>\n<p>The amount of  the financial service covered by the guarantee shall not exceed 25% of the  business\u2019 total turnover in 2019, but the maximum amount of the guarantee  shall not exceed 5 million euro.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Investment fund \/  COVID-19<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Financing is  available to large enterprises* whose operations are affected negatively by  COVID-19, as well as those large enterprises that would like to transform  their current commercial activity model in line with the current business and  life challenges.  <\/p>\n<p>Supported  types of investments or combination of these types of investments to solve  the enterprise\u2019s financial needs:  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  investment in companies\u2019 capital;   <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  quasi-equity investments (including mezzanine and  convertible loans);   <\/p>\n<p>Investments  in listed bonds (including convertible bonds)Investment amount per one  company is up to  10 million euro.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  <b>Loans to  large and medium-sized enterprises \/<br \/> COVID-19<\/b><b><\/b>  <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  For maintaining and  increasing exports and competitiveness, as well as for implementation of  viable projects  <\/p>\n<p>.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 for long-term tangible and intangible investments  with a loan from a credit institution, leasing company or other financial  institution;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the loan will be subordinated to another lender\u2019s  loan with lower collateral; up to 15 million euro and not more than the loan  issued by another institution;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 loan maturity up to 20 years, not exceeding the  useful life and amortization period of the assets to be acquired.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">  * Enterprise  is qualified as a <b>large company<\/b>,  if at least one of the following criteria applies:  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 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