Published: 19.10.2022.
Updated: 23.03.2023.
Excise duty declaration type /
Taxpayer		 Oil products Tobacco products Alcoholic beverages Coffee and non-alcoholic beverages Electronic cigarette liquid, preparation components, and tobacco substitute products  Natural gas
(all taxpayers)
Registered
warehousekeeper		 Declaration due date – on or before the 15th day of the close of the taxation period
Payment due date – on or before the 23rd day of the close of the taxation period
Other persons Declaration due date – within 3 business days before the tax payment deadline
Payment due date – within 5 business days of importing or receiving the excise goods or before the excise goods are sent from another Member State.		 -
Certified receiver Declaration due date – on or before the 15th day of the close of the taxation period
Payment due date – on or before the 23rd day of the close of the taxation period		 - - -
Temporarily certified
receiver		 Declaration due date –  within 3 business days before the tax payment deadline
Payment due date – 5 within 5 business days of receiving the excise goods 		 - - -
Sender from another
Member State, distance sales		 - - Declaration due date – on or before the 15th day of the close of the taxation period
Payment due date – on or before the 23rd day of the close of the taxation period		 - -
Taxpāyer's
authorised
representative		 - - Declaration due date – on or before the 15th day of the close of the taxation period
Payment due date – on or before the 23rd day of the close of the taxation period		 - -
Registered receiver Declaration due date – on or before the 15th day of the close of the taxation period
Payment due date – on or before the 23rd day of the close of the taxation period		 - - -
Registered sender Declaration due date – on or before the 15th day of the close of the tax period
Payment due date – within 15 days (if good transferred within Latvia) or 4 calendar months from the date of transfer		 - - -
Temporarily certified
receiver		 Declaration due date – within 3 business days before the tax payment deadline
Payment due date – within 5 business days of receiving the excise goods		 - - -
 
Importer Declare when submitting a customs declaration
Payment due date – before initiating customs procedures with Customs

Registration of fuel tanks

Private individuals and businesses, registered taxpayers, who use fuel other than gas for their own needs (business activities) must register fuel storage tanks with a capacity of 1m3 or greater in EDS.

Distance sales of alcoholic beverages during COVID-19

What is a distance contract?

A distance contract is an agreement between a consumer and a seller or service provider which they have concluded by one or more means of distance communication for the sale of goods or services. 

Means of distance communication include but are not limited to the telephone, Internet, e-mail, fax, and other means of transmission of information.
 

Sale of alcoholic beverages using distance contracts is allowed only between legal enterprises licenced to sell alcohol and private individuals who are over the age of 18! The supplier must verify the age of the buyer at the time of delivery of the alcoholic beverages.
 

Delivery is prohibited from 22:00 to 08:00.

 

If the supplier repeatedly does not comply with the law and does not verify the age of the buyer, the seller’s retail license for sale of alcoholic beverages will be revoked.