The committee will continue vetting the candidates, and the next stage of the competition will start after ten working days.
The successful applicant will serve a five-year term.
The head of the country's State Revenue Service gets a lot of public attention, with the previous tax chief Ilze Cīrule - who died recently at the age of 54 - having carried out a series of reforms within the service to optimize its earnings, encourage tax discipline, cut staff, and improve the reputation of the service which was by some Latvians seen by little more than a state-run racket.
