Lauri Laats

We have reached the last item on the agenda: the first reading of the draft law amending the Value Added Tax Act, initiated by the Conservative People's Party of Estonia faction, number 596. The draft's aim is to lower the …

The tenth agenda item concerns the debate on the first reading of the draft law 607, initiated by the Isamaa faction, to establish a tax freeze, and related thoughts concerning the faction's draft law 600, also in its first reading. …

The focus of today's discussion is the IMF’s overview and the future of Estonia’s tax system. The IMF pointed out that Estonia needs structural reforms and a thorough review of the tax system in order to ensure economic growth through …

The Riigikogu discussed bill 645 last week, submitted by the Riigikogu Board for its first reading, which combines three government initiatives: the simplified tax law for entrepreneurial income, the security tax law, and the amendment to the income tax law. …

The agenda item under consideration concerns the draft law 641 for ratification, on the first reading, of the agreement between the Republic of Estonia and the Republic of Botswana for the avoidance of double taxation on income (and its protocol). …

The Riigikogu discussed Minister of Economic Affairs and Industry Erkki Keldo’s responses to Riigikogu members Jaak Valge and Leo Kunnase’s interpellation no. 742 concerning labor productivity, Estonia’s competitiveness, and cheap labor. The interpellation’s representative, Jaak Valge, sharply criticized the government's …

Under agenda item six, the interpellation number 740, submitted on April 7, 2025, by members of the Riigikogu – Lauri Laats, Aleksandr Tšaplõgin, Andrei Korobeinik, Vadim Belobrovtsev, and Aleksei Jevgrafov – regarding the use of foreign railway wagons in Ukraine, …

Under agenda item five, the draft law 624 for the first reading of the amendment to Section 4 of the Consumer Protection Act, initiated by the Republic of Estonia’s Government, was discussed. The draft law aims to modernize the norms …

As the third item on the agenda, the inquiry submitted on March 26th by members of the Riigikogu – Andrei Korobeinik, Vladimir Arhipov, Aleksei Jevgrafov, and Lauri Laats – regarding the construction of Via Baltica was addressed. The inquirers highlighted …

The presented inquiry concerned the future of Estonian agriculture, and within its scope, primarily addressed the future approaches, funding, and vitality of rural areas under the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Questions and answers presented from the Riigikogu speaker's …