Andy, I know that PS won't give other memebers contact details, however, i would hope they will allow details of accountants etc to be posted. I am fairly sure this happens quite regularly on the forum. Also, i fully understand that you are not qulified to give advise but an expression of your understanding of a situation i would hope is acceptable. Cheers. Alex.

Ok well my accountant is Asta Jaruseviciene. She is Managing Partner of the Baltic Accountancy firm 'FMG'. You can mail her on: **REMOVED ** If you tell her you came via myself you should get a response. The basic situation that any properties registered in the land book from this month must be help for a minimum of 3 years to be free from CGT. It used to be 1 year. This legislation is not retrospective - i.e. if you bought property before this time then the previous 1 year only rule applies. For those people with a second property in Latvia, the stamp duty payable increases from 1% to 3%. There is also an increae in land book charges. These are the most significant changes. Thanks Andy Knell

Andy, That's really useful info. Thanks indeed. Alex.

Andy, please be aware that the forum terms do not allow the posting of personal contact details. As such your post has been edited The forum terms are available here: http: / /www .propertysecrets .net /forum _terms .html Regards D.Busby

Hi David, I am aware of the terms and conditions of the PS website and forum as you will see from my comments in the above thread. However, I suggest that PS consider reviewing its terms and conditions to provide certain exceptions. I do not see there being any problem in providing the details of a legitimate accountant specialising in a certain market. Unless we (the members of this forum) are IFA qualified or equivalent, then we should not be advising / commenting on this type of information. I would appreciate a word from Neil in this regard. Thanks Andy

Hi Andy Thanks for the info, very very useful PD

Latvia stamp duty was always 2%, not 1% - that's what I paid anyway! Nic

Yes your right its 2% of sale value - hopefully that demonstrates the point about getting advice from an accountant. :)