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892 245 €

The amount the Latvian state charged me for not paying taxes with money the Latvian state had seized.


In 2021 I declared my income in full and paid €870 576 in social tax before anyone asked. The remaining €2 231 591 in income tax was due on 25 July 2022. -->


On 9 February 2022 — five months before the deadline — the police seized every euro in my accounts. These were all the funds available to me. I asked them to release enough to pay my taxes. They refused. -->


The deadline passed. The State Revenue Service began charging penalties — over a thousand euros a day — and declared me a tax debtor. On money I could not touch. -->


In March 2024, the Ombudsman found this to be a human rights violation. The State Revenue Service ignored him. -->


On 16 October 2025, after 1 344 days, the seizure was lifted. The state immediately collected €892 244.93 in penalties and €121 956.09 in bailiff fees from my released funds. -->


I asked the State Revenue Service to write off the penalty. They can only do that on a decision from the Prosecutor General. So I asked the Prosecutor General. -->


He refused. The law that lets the state write off this kind of damage (Section 25.³) covers only harm caused by a bank or the financial-intelligence service — never harm caused by a police seizure. My money was frozen by the police. So, by law, no one will undo it: the tax office points to the prosecutor, the prosecutor points to the limits of the law, and the penalty stays on me. -->


Nobody is responsible. 892 245 € is gone!


If this is how Latvia treats a citizen who declared everything, paid everything, and hid nothing — what message does it send to everyone else?