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Tax and law9 min read

When can you legally clear-cut your forest in Latvia? Felling age and diameter, 2026

A forest reaches the saw in one of two ways: it hits the statutory felling age, or it hits the felling diameter. This guide lays out the age table by species, explains the diameter route, and why the pine 30 / spruce 26 / birch 25 cm figures you find online were struck down in 2024 — and how to check whether a specific stand can be felled now.

Deals and negotiations10 min read

Co-Owned Forest in Latvia: Right of First Refusal and Selling an Inherited Share

A brother and sister inherit 12 hectares of forest. One wants to sell, the other doesn't. What happens next isn't decided by a family agreement — it's decided by the Civil Law: a right of first refusal, a two-month window, and a redemption right that can unwind a deal already signed.

Forest economics8 min read

State and EU support for forest owners in 2026: how co-financing changes the cost of tending

This summer a LAD round opens in which the state covers 60–100% of the cost of young-stand thinning, afforestation and restoration. The application window is open from 15 July to 4 September. We look at the per-hectare rates, the main conditions, and how this co-financing changes the tending bill for buyers and owners.

Tax and law13 min read

Tax on selling cirsma in Latvia: 10 % PIT, a 25 % or 50 % expense allowance, and the €50,000 VAT threshold

Selling cirsma is not a capital gain — it is income from the use of property, taxed at 10 %. Cirsma and harvested roundwood are two different transactions with 25 % and 50 % expense allowances, so the effective burden is 7.5 % and 5 %. Five scenarios with numbers and links to the tax authority's own guidance.

Tax and law8 min read

Forest under a nature restriction: the annual compensation you can claim in 2026

If a stand falls inside a specially protected area, Natura 2000 or a microreserve and logging there is restricted, the owner is entitled to an annual compensation — between €52 and €196 per hectare depending on how strict the ban is. Here are the current rates, the two application routes, the deadlines, and how to check your own property.