Political parties can be financed from:

• membership fee and entrance fee (with donations to the amount one person may not exceed 10 000 per year);
• individuals gifts (donations), which are no more than 10 000 per year from one person to another batch;
• the revenue generated by the respective party activity;
• the revenue generated by the investment corporation.

Donation is any property or other benefits for free:

• service;
• Transfer of Rights;
• release of political parties from the obligation;
• waiver of any rights in favor of a political party;
• movable or immovable property transfer of ownership of the lot;
• services;
• below the market value of acquired movable or immovable property;
• other activities with which the party is granted a benefit.

Information from KNAB

To be able to operate the lot and build bridges with the voters, they need financial resources. By contrast, in order to ensure public confidence in the parties, to raise public interest representation in politics and reduce the possibility of narrow, well-organized and financially influential groups to determine party policy, democratic countries, is designed for party funding rules.

Latvia, political organizations (parties) act aims to ensure a lot of financial openness, legitimacy and relevance of parliamentary democratic system.

1. "State-taking" - some individuals or groups in the economic impact on state and local decision-making.

2. National and local financial resources wastage.

3. Trouble personal property control.

4. Inefficiencies in the criminal investigation.

5. International organization funding allocated to inadequate controls.

6. Inadequate state and municipal authorities internal anti-corruption system.

7. A low level of legal awareness in society.

Of action in preventing and combating corruption:

1. Preventing and combating certain individuals or groups in the economic impact on state and local decision-making (state-taking ").

2. Preventing and fighting wasteful, inefficient and unlawful state and local government property disposals.

3. Develop personal property control.

4. To improve the fight against corruption, ensuring speedy and quality of criminal investigations.

5. Ensure that the European Union and other international organizations, funding of legal awards.

6. Improve national and local institutions for internal anti-corruption framework.

7. Increase public legal awareness among anti-corruption issues.

1. "State" in the prevention and eradication are the following directions:

1.1. parties and associations of funding control, preventing and fighting against private persons or groups in a separate economic impact on the national and local policy;

1.2. parties and voters' association of the financial activities of the control mechanisms;

1.3. establishment of a system in which private parties, State or local government decision-making process is based on equality, openness and transparency principles (lobbying legalization).

2. Inefficient, ineffective and illegal state and municipal property usage to prevent and combat are the following directions:

2.1. rectification of the legal framework concerning the issue of national and local financial resources and property in waste prevention;

2.2. State and local property control spending;

2.3. State and local government procurement, improving control and offender accountability;

2.4. sufficient quantity to provide state and local auditing of the use of funds;

2.5. State and municipal budgets for the provision of openness.

3. Means of control development are the following directions:

3.1. law enforcement of tax administration, focusing on population, including - government officials, revenue control system, as well as adequate punishment system;

3.2. population control property development;

3.3. AML alleviation.

4. Anti-corruption capacity-building, providing a quick and quality of criminal investigations, are the following directions:

4.1. Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau and its institutions for the development;

4.2. fighting corruption law enforcement agencies involved in the social security institutions and the improvement of the technical support improvement;

4.3. witnesses and notifying defense;

4.4. improving the business environment and legal responsibility for corrupting public service activities in the field of development;

4.5. enhance international cooperation.

5. The European Union and other international institutions and organizations in the funding of legitimate and appropriate allocation of the following courses of action are:

5.1. The European Union and other international institutions involved in the financing of institutions and officials of funding for control and monitoring mechanisms;

5.2. Latvia's cooperation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the provision and improvement.

6. The internal anti-corruption system and the improvement of national and local government institutions have the following directions:

6.1. public officials' interests in conflict prevention in the national and local institutions;

6.2. The introduction of stricter criteria for recruitment at the national and local government institutions to reduce the risk of corruption;

6.3. effective internal control mechanisms of the state and municipal institutions, with special emphasis on the judicial, prosecutorial and police activities;

6.4. ētiskuma strengthening of national and local institutions.

7. The awareness-raising of public officials and other members of the public on issues related to corruption are the following directions:

7.1. State officials, as well as private sector representatives of anti-corruption education and the eradication area;

7.2. Public involvement in policy making and fair decision-making process;

7.3. Informing the public about the problems of corruption, citizens' rights and responsibilities, to prevent conflict of interest requirements, ethics standards bodies;

7.4. Studies and surveys carried out on the prevalence and manifestations of corruption.

The World Bank's 1999 survey confirms that a lot of funding is crucial for large, economically successful business or individual rich private individuals. Certain representatives of the public acquire a significant impact on political and other decision-making in the country.

Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau in the period from 2003 1.februāra until 31 December 2003 in the checks carried out on the political organization's financial and economic legitimacy and fairness, it was found that:

-- Ls 117 900 have donated funds, using a third-party mediation;

-- Ls 177 750 per year is the donations from companies with a fictitious company's signs;

-- Ls 36 867 per year is the donations, which are contrary to the requirements of the law received lots of cash Treasuries;

-- Ls 2 359 donation allowed by law overruns;

-- Ls 1 109 donations, which were not declared.

It relies on donors lot nepārbaudāmiem savings. The State Revenue Service sent 100 requests for individuals donor income of law and truth-examination, 79 cases (of the total donation amount is LVL 526 775) has recognized that the person's income is in that person ineligible for donations, and the audit.