Bauska Municipality Ranks Second in Zemgale for Top Tax Payer Ratings; 115 Companies Have Violations
A new interactive data tool from Latvia's State Revenue Service shows 20.3% of companies in Bauska Municipality hold the top A tax rating, above the national average. 115 companies received a C rating, indicating violations.
The State Revenue Service (VID), Latvia's tax authority, has published a new interactive data visualisation on its website showing how company tax payer ratings are distributed across the country's regions, cities and municipalities. It shows that Bauska Municipality ranks second among the six municipalities of the Zemgale region by the share of companies with the top A rating, while 115 companies in the municipality have been given a C rating, which points to violations in meeting tax obligations.
The ratings used by VID are those in force from 1 August 2026.
Bauska Municipality figures
Ratings have been assigned to 1,947 companies in Bauska Municipality. The top A rating, meaning good compliance with tax obligations, went to 396 companies, or 20.3%. The largest group, 829 companies or 42.6%, received a B rating, indicating that compliance should be improved in one or more areas. A C rating, denoting violations, was given to 115 companies, or 5.9%. Another 539 companies (27.7%) are inactive tax payers, and 68 (3.5%) are newly registered.
Across Latvia, about 17.3% of companies on average hold an A rating, so Bauska Municipality performs better than the national average. The share of C-rated companies in the municipality is 5.9%, compared with 6.6% nationally.
Comparison within Zemgale
In the Zemgale statistical region, ratings have been set for 11,656 companies, of which 2,290, or 19.6%, received the top grade. The highest share of A-rated companies is in Aizkraukle Municipality at 22.2%, followed by Bauska Municipality (20.3%), Jelgava Municipality (19.9%), Dobele Municipality (19.7%), Jelgava city (18.9%) and Jēkabpils Municipality (18.4%).
How the rating is determined
VID assigns the rating based on the filing of returns, payment of taxes by deadlines, tax debts, results of control measures and other indicators. The service stresses that the rating does not describe a company's business activity as a whole: a B rating does not automatically mean a company has tax debt, and companies in the N group are not considered violators. In the visualisation, companies are linked to municipalities by their registered legal address. The current rating of a specific company can be checked in VID's public database.
