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Traditional deposits (simple deposit, special deposit, short-term deposit)
The applicable tax rate on interest income is 10 %.
The law provides that tax on income from deposit interest should be paid on the day of gaining income, namely at the moment of disbursement of interest, starting from 1 January 2010. This means that you are, for example, a depositor of a simple deposit who has chosen a monthly interest disbursement. SEB banka will then automatically deduct the tax once in a month at the moment of disbursement of the interest on deposit. The same also refers to the owners of the special deposit who have disbursement of interest every month by adding them to the principal amount of the deposit. The tax will be automatically deducted for you once in a month. The tax of the owners of short-term deposits will be deducted by the bank at the end of the deposit period when interest is disbursed according to the contractual terms and conditions. Currently, SEB banka has already started encashment of the mentioned tax, which means that you as a depositor do not need to carry out any additional activities.
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Structured products (Progressive Deposit)
The applicable tax rate on interest income is 10 %.
The law provides that tax on income from deposit interest should be paid on the day of gaining the income, namely at the moment of disbursement of interest, starting from 1 January 2010. This means that SEB banka will automatically deduct the tax at the moment of disbursement of additional profit and/or guaranteed interest (if any are stipulated for the given deposit offer), which in the given case is the final date of the deposit period. If SEB banka announces a particular Repurchase Offer for any of the Progressive Deposit offers, as a result of which you will gain profit before the end of the deposit period, then tax withholding will take place automatically at the moment of the deposit Repurchase, at which time you will be paid additional interest on profit (and/or also including the guaranteed interest, if any, for the given offer). When fixing the gained income from deposit in the Progressive deposit, the risk premium and other costs connected to gaining this income are not taken into account according to the law.
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Savings account
The applicable tax rate on interest income is 10 %.
The law provides that tax on income from deposit interest should be paid on the day of gaining the income, namely at the moment of disbursement of interest, starting from 1 January 2010. This means that SEB banka will automatically deduct the tax at the moment of disbursement of interest, which according to the contract takes place once in a quarter.
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Maturity deposit
The applicable tax rate on interest income is 10 %.
The law provides that tax on income from deposit interest should be paid on the day of gaining the income, namely at the moment of disbursement of interest, starting from 1 January 2010. This means that SEB banka will automatically deduct the tax at the moment of disbursement of interest, regardless of the age of the child.
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Dividends
The applicable tax rate is 10 %.
All dividends are divided into two parts: - dividends paid by Latvian and foreign public stock companies;
- other dividends.
Tax encashment from dividends paid by Latvian and foreign public stock companies will be automatically completed by SEB banka (from Latvian public stock companies - starting from 01.01.2010, foreign - starting from 01.04.2010) at the moment of disbursement of these dividends by transferring the amount of dividends without tax into the shareholder's bank account ; you will not need to carry out additional activities. The tax encashment from other dividends will be the liability not of the bank, but the liability of the specific company which is paying out these dividends.
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Private pension funds
In respect to the accruals in the private pension funds, the amendments to the law stipulate several changes: - Tax relief limit for contributions into the pension fund and/or endowment life insurance instead of the former 20 %, further will be separated 10 % for contributions in the pension fund and 10% - for endowment life insurance starting from 1 January 2010. But for both mentioned investment types and for donations to social gain companies together not more than 20% of your annual gross income.
- The Personal income tax (PIT) rate will also change, which will now be 26 % instead of the former 23 %. This means that you will receive a PIT tax repayment in the amount of 26 % for contributions that are carried out in the pension fund starting 1 January, 2010, and do not exceed 10 % of your annual gross income.
- Tax on income from capital will be applied at the moment of disbursement of the private pension capital on the profit gained as a result of pension plan fund management (namely on the difference between the accrual at the end of the term and the made contributions) whose rate is 10 %. Tax withholding at the moment of disbursement will be done by the SEB pension fund; you will not need to carry out any additional activities.
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Endowment life insurance
In respect to the accruals in life insurance contracts, amendments to the law stipulate several changes: - Tax relief limit for contributions into the pension fund and/or endowment life insurance instead of the former 20 %, further will be separated 10 % for contributions in the pension fund and 10% - for endowment life insurance starting from 1 January 2010. But for both mentioned investment types and for donations to social gain companies together not more than 20% of your annual gross income.
- The personal income tax (PIT) will also change, which will now be 26 % instead of the former 23 %. This means that you will get a repayment of PIT tax in the amount of 26 % for contributions made for the endowment insurance contracts starting 1 January, 2010, and not exceeding 10 % of your annual gross income.
- At the moment of disbursement of the endowment life insurance accrual – at the end of the insurance period or in the case of pre-term termination of the contract – the positive difference between the disbursed accrual and the paid insurance premiums will be subject to tax on income from capital whose rate is 10 %. Tax withholding at the moment of disbursement of the accrual will be done by SEB life insurance; you will not need to carry out additional activities.
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Investment funds (Lat reserve fund, SEB funds, SEB investment fund, etc.)
The applicable tax rate is 15 %.
You have to calculate the growth of capital from investment funds as a difference between the purchase and sales price of the funds. The purchase price of the funds may also include expenses for the purchase of investment certificates. If as a result of the transaction you have not gained any profit, then you will not have to pay the tax on the growth of capital. Amendments to the law also stipulate the possibility for losses to be covered by the profit gained in the event one capital asset will have suffered losses, but the other has worked at a profit. This, however, will be possible only within one taxation year.
Take into account that: - if you have investment certificates that have been purchased by 31 December, 2009, and have been your property for at least 60 months, then you are entitled to submit a declaration until 31 December, 2013, to refund the personal income tax, as it was in the previous wording of the law (Clause 50 of the Transitional Regulations of the Law "On Personal Income Tax").
- if you currently sell investment certificates that have been purchased by 31 December, 2009, you must fix the growth of capital from investment fund certificates by deducting the investment fund's purchase value from the no investment fund's sales value and dividing by the number of months of the entire investment fund's holding time and multiplying it with the number of months from 1 January, 2010, until the month of sale, including (Clause 51 of the Transitional Regulations of the Law "On Personal Income Tax").
Payment of taxes on income from the growth of capital is the liability of the depositor. Any person who gains income from the growth of capital once in a quarter (if the gained profit is below LVL 500) or once in a month (if the gained profit is above LVL 500) should declare the gained income to the SRS and afterwards the respectively calculated tax paid by himself within 15 days from submission of the declaration into the national budget.
Additional information about the procedure of personal income tax calculation on income from the growth of capital is available in the State Revenue Service offices!
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Shares
The applicable tax rate is 15 %.
The growth of capital from the mentioned securities should be calculated as a difference between the purchase and sales price. The securities purchase price can also include expenses for the purchase and holding of securities. If you have not gained any profit as a result of the transaction, then you will not have to pay a tax on the growth of capital. Amendments to the law also stipulate a possibility that, in the event one capital asset will have suffered losses, but the other has worked at a profit, then losses may be covered by the profit gained, but it will be possible within one taxation year. Amendments to the law stipulate an exception that the tax is not withheld on municipal promissory notes of Latvian and EU Member States or EEC zone countries.
Payment of taxes on income from the growth of capital is the liability of the depositor. Any person who gains income from the growth of capital once in a quarter (if the gained profit is below LVL 500) or once a month (if the gained profit is above LVL 500) should declare the gained income to SRS and afterwards the respectively calculated tax paid by himself within 15 days from submission of the declaration into the national budget.
Additional information about the procedure of personal income tax calculation on income from the growth of capital is available in the State Revenue Service offices!
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