The parliament of Latvia on 2 March 2017 approved the Japan-Latvia income tax treaty. The agreement was signed on 18 January 2017.
According to the agreement, royalties will be exempt from withholding tax and would lower withholding tax on interest and dividends beneficially owned by a person other than an individual to 10%. The agreement also includes a key purpose test to prevent tax treaty abuse.
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