“2025 was the first year in which more than half—52%—of property tax payment notices were delivered electronically to property owners who are individuals. This year, the 60% threshold has already been exceeded, with 60.28% of property tax payment notices sent electronically. In 2026, seven municipalities reached and exceeded the 70% threshold for payment notices delivered electronically to individuals. This was achieved by the municipalities of Ādaži, Kuldīga, Ķekava, Mārupe, Olaine, Preiļi, and Tukums. For example, the number of tax notices delivered electronically to individuals in Preiļi Municipality has grown the fastest compared to other municipalities in Latgale and is the highest—73.3%. We should also highlight those municipalities where the largest increase in the number of electronically delivered payment notices has been observed. This increase has exceeded 10 percentage points in Daugavpils, Jelgava, and Ventspils, as well as the municipalities of Preiļi and Ventspils,” says Edžus Žeiris, developer of the portal www.epakalpojumi.lv and director of the IT company Dativa.
20.72% of residents receive their property tax payment notices via email, 39.56% via e-address, while the rest still receive them by mail. In total, municipalities have prepared 900,000 payment notices for individuals this year. It is evident that there has been a significant increase specifically in the segment of e-address users, as the number of payment notices delivered to them in 2026 increased by 12.13 percentage points compared to 2025. Meanwhile, the total number of payment notices delivered electronically to individuals increased by 8 percentage points in 2026.
“The public awareness and engagement initiatives implemented by local governments are valuable, encouraging residents to register to receive property tax payment notices electronically. It is essential to make increasingly effective use of digital opportunities, as we are doing here, saving resources and allocating them to other municipal needs,” says Edžus Žeiris.
On the portal www.epakalpojumi.lv, the property tax e-service is one of the most widely used electronic services in the country, and in 2025 it was used 390,000 times, processing property tax payments totaling more than 21 million euros. By mid-March 2026, the real estate tax e-service on www.epakalpojumi.lv had already been used 143,000 times, with real estate tax payments totaling more than 7 million euros. To avoid missing the payment deadline, property owners are also encouraged to sign up for property tax reminders, which can be done at www.epakalpojumi.lv. Owners who receive their property tax payment notices by mail are encouraged to sign up to receive them electronically via email; this can be done at www.epakalpojumi.lv or by contacting the local government where the property is located.
Please note that if an owner already receives property tax payment notices via email, after registering an official electronic address (e-address), future notices will be sent exclusively to that e-address. To ensure they do not miss messages received at their e-address, residents are encouraged to provide an additional private email address at their e-address to receive notifications about new messages received at their e-address.
The information was prepared using data on real estate tax payment notices sent to individuals in Latvian municipalities by March 20, 2026.
