The Evaluation of Microenterprise Tax Regime Efficiency in Latvia

New Dimensions in the Development of Society ; Home Economics ; Finance and Taxes : Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Economic Science for Rural Development". No.46 2017
Anatolijs Prohorovs, Jūlija Bistrova

The primary goal of the article is to study the effect of the single tax introduction for the microenterprises in Latvia. The major aspects affected by the new regime introduction studied in the present article were net registration of microenterprises, the employment level in the country, the budget revenues. The tax benefits and exemptions available for microenterprises in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are considered in the article, too. The results of the research indicate that the largest number of tax exemptions for micro-entrepreneurship are available in Latvia. Besides, it was discovered that Latvian tax system is characterized by the lowest level of tax harmonization towards micro-entrepreneurship and the lowest level of the tax neutrality. Existing MET regime was not admitted to be efficient with regards to its impact on the researched aspects. The need for Latvian tax policy change with respect to the microenterprises is substantiated in article.

Keywords
tax regime for microenterprises; tax policy development for microenterprises; taxation of microenterprises in Latvia and Baltic states
Hyperlink
http://www.esaf.llu.lv/sites/esaf/files/files/lapas/Krajums_Nr_46_13042017.pdf#page=317

Prohorovs, A., Bistrova, J. The Evaluation of Microenterprise Tax Regime Efficiency in Latvia. In: New Dimensions in the Development of Society ; Home Economics ; Finance and Taxes : Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Economic Science for Rural Development". No.46, Latvia, Jelgava, 27-28 April, 2017. Jelgava: 2017, pp.317-328. ISBN 978-9984-48-262-0. ISSN 1691-3078. e-ISSN 2255-9930.

Publication language
English (en)