Lūrija: a free AI tax assistant that understands Latvia’s tax system

Have you ever spent hours looking for an answer to a seemingly simple tax question? Or postponed the issue because the VID website, Likumi.lv and different guides seem complicated and contradictory? Lūrija was created exactly for situations like this - an AI tax assistant available to everyone in Latvia free of charge.

What is Lūrija?

Lūrija is an artificial intelligence assistant developed by the pats.lv team - specifically for the Latvian tax environment. It is not a general chatbot like many others. Lūrija’s knowledge base is built on Likumi.lv, VID methodological materials, the State Revenue Service and other official sources, and it is updated and expanded every day by experienced tax professionals - accountants and tax consultants.

Unlike other AI tools that often provide general or outdated answers, Lūrija is focused specifically on the Latvian tax system. Lūrija uses official sources, not general model assumptions that are often provided by other tools and chatbots that are not specialized in Latvian taxes. This means that every explanation is up to date, traceable and understandable even for people whose daily work is not accounting.

Not only for those who already manage accounting for economic activity

Lūrija can help not only those who already manage accounting on a daily basis, but also an individual who is only planning to start economic activity and does not yet know where to begin.

For example, if you are a student and want to start working as a courier in your free time, it is important to understand in which cases the activity must be registered and in which cases it may not yet be necessary, so many practical questions may arise:

• whether economic activity must be registered and where to check the initial information;
• which tax regime to choose, including the micro-enterprise tax regime;
• when the first report must be submitted;
• how to record income from the platform;
• whether fuel, phone, internet or bicycle repair costs can be deducted;
• how to understand how much money should be set aside for tax and income tax planning.

At this point, Lūrija helps you gain initial clarity. You can ask a question in simple language and step by step understand what applies specifically to your situation. The assistant helps you understand which regime to choose and what to do first. It guides the process even when taxes and accounting seem too complicated at the beginning.

How does it work? 3 simple steps

1. Ask a question

Write freely - just as you would write to a friend. You can ask about self-employed taxes, VAT invoices to EU clients, social contributions, submitting declarations or anything else related to accounting in Latvia. If needed, you can attach a document directly to your question.

2. Lūrija clarifies

If the question is general, the assistant will automatically ask a few clarifying questions. This way, the answer is adapted specifically to your situation - and will not be general or unclear.

3. Receive an answer with source references

Lūrija provides clear, traceable explanations with references to specific sources - Likumi.lv and VID materials. The answer can also be received by email, so you can save it or review it later.

How Lūrija complements accounting services for both people carrying out economic activity and accountants

Accounting services are most valuable when the accountant can focus on what matters - checking data, assessing the situation, identifying risks and giving professional advice.

Lūrija helps fill the stage before that. It explains the basics, helps understand what documents or data may be needed, and helps the user formulate the question more clearly, including questions about the procedure and deadlines for paying tax.

For example, instead of writing to an accountant: "I don’t understand what to do with taxes", after talking to Lūrija the user can already say more precisely: "I am self-employed, I work as a courier, my income is around 800 EUR per month, I want to understand social contributions and expense accounting, as well as social insurance contributions."

This saves time for both sides. The client has more confidence, and the accountant can provide a quality answer faster.

And the most interesting part - accountants themselves have also started using Lūrija to give answers to their clients faster and in a more structured way. With this tool, work moves faster and it reduces manual writing, searching for data and translating information into language clients can understand, but it cannot replace professional assessment in complex cases. Simply ask Lūrija for help, and it will prepare the answer to the client for you.

Why use this AI tool?

Latvian taxes are not simple. Self-employed persons, individual merchants and SIA owners regularly have questions about: VAT, personal income tax, social contributions, payroll and other tax matters. A tax consultation with a specialist is not always available quickly or without additional costs, and help is often needed on related topics too, not only on the main question. Lūrija fills this gap - helps understand where to start, and clearly indicates when the situation is complex enough to contact an accountant.

One of the most common objections to artificial intelligence in accounting is doubt about the accuracy of information, meaning its ability to provide clear and verifiable answers in specific situations. In Lūrija’s case, this issue has been carefully considered:

• The knowledge base is based on legal acts in force in Latvia and VID materials;
• Tax specialists - accountants and consultants train Lūrija every day and regularly review conversations;
• The answers are not guesses - they are linked to specific, traceable sources, and the information is regularly reviewed according to state requirements;
• If an answer seems unclear or inaccurate, it can be marked with one click, and people review the content.

At the same time, Lūrija is honest about its limits: it is not a professional tax consultation and should not be treated as a legally binding opinion. In complex situations, it itself indicates - an accountant is needed here.

Free access for everyone - and even more after registration

Lūrija is completely free - without registration, without subscription. The public version includes all basic functions:

• Questions about any tax matter in Latvia for self-employed persons or SIA;
• Attaching documents to the question;
• Answers with source references;
• Receiving the answer by email;
• Clarifying questions for better answer quality.

Pats.lv subscribers will soon be offered even more personalized options: Lūrija will take into account your profile - whether you are self-employed or an SIA, which regime you work under and which tax you pay, as well as your VAT status. In certain cases, answers will become more accurate if the system knows more about your situation. The more you interact with it, the more accurate the answers will become.

Artificial intelligence in accounting - the future that is already here

Artificial intelligence in accounting is changing how entrepreneurs and self-employed people interact with the tax system and plan their obligations throughout the year. There is no longer a need to spend hours searching for information across different sources or waiting for a consultant to be available for every basic question. An AI tax assistant like Lūrija allows you to get a clear and reliable answer in a few seconds, including about the annual declaration or actions that must be performed once a year, and helps you make more confident decisions in your economic activity.

Lūrija is not intended to replace an accountant. It is intended to help you prepare for a conversation with an accountant until the moment when professional consultation is needed, better understand your tax situation and understand what can and cannot be done in a specific situation.

If you are self-employed, an SIA owner, an individual merchant, a student thinking about starting economic activity, or an accountant looking for a more efficient work tool - Lūrija is here. In certain regimes or at a certain income level, requirements may differ up to a specific amount.

Ask your first question today - free of charge, with no obligations.