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Friday, 26.04.2024, 08:14
Under existing law SRS cannot conclude agreement on using mediation in dispute with ss.lv
The company,
meanwhile, can choose its legal representative freely and the Revenue Service
cannot restrict this choice. The legal representative chosen by the company can
participate in the company’s communication with the Revenue Service.
Communication
between the Revenue Service and SIA Internet
is still ongoing as both parties are trying to find a mutually agreeable
resolution of their dispute.
“We still hope
that the talks with the company will result in a mutual agreement on the
provision of information, its amount and schedule. If such an agreement is
reached, it will be stipulated in an administrative settlement agreement signed
by the State Revenue Service and the company. This would enable the State
Revenue Service to allow the company resume its operations and the company
would be able to use its previous domain again,” the Revenue Service’s
representatives said.
As reported, ss.lv
was shut down at the Revenue Service’s request at the beginning of August. The
State Revenue Service decided to halt operations of ss.lv, Latvia's largest
classified advertisements website, as the portal refused to inform the revenue
service about automobile dealers who had failed to register with the tax
authority. The State Revenue Service earlier found that the ss.lv website was
being used for illegal business operations by persons buying and selling
automobiles who had not registered with the revenue service.
The State Revenue
Service’s head Ilze Cirule said in
an interview with Latvian Television that used car dealers might have avoided
paying up to EUR million in taxes by selling vehicles through ss.lv.
It was also
reported that SIA Internet has asked PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) audit firm
together with PricewaterhouseCoopers
Legal (PwC Legal) to mediate a dispute between ss.lv and the State Revenue
Service.