In forceLithuaniaLithuania corporate income tax (Pelno mokesčio įstatymas)
Lithuania: standard CIT rate for small entities rises from 5% to 7%
297 days ago (In force)
Date note: Applies to taxable profit for tax periods starting in 2026 and later (already in force for calendar-year taxpayers). The 0% rate for the first two tax periods is unchanged (conditions: income not exceeding €300,000 per period; shareholder(s) are natural person(s) only; no suspension, liquidation, reorganisation or share transfer in the first three consecutive tax periods; and the entity does not fail the other Art. 5(3) PMĮ tests). Entities not eligible for 0% now pay 7% (up from 5%) on profit where tax-period income does not exceed €300,000. The standard rate for other Lithuanian entities stays 17%.
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What changes
Lithuania raised the reduced corporate income tax rate that applies to small entities (smulkieji vienetai, tax-period income up to €300,000) from 5% to 7%, effective for tax periods starting in 2026, while the temporary 0% rate for a qualifying entity's first two tax periods continues unchanged.
Who is affected
Lithuanian small entities/companies (typically micro and small companies) with tax-period income not exceeding €300,000 that meet the other qualifying conditions in Art. 5 of the Pelno mokesčio įstatymas.
Sizes: micro, small · Sectors: All sectors
What to do
Recalculate 2026 CIT projections and any advance payments using the new 7% small-entity rate (or confirm continued eligibility for the 0% first-two-period rate). Companies founded in 2025 should check whether they can still apply 0% for their second (2026) tax period.
Re-verified 2026-09-09: vmi.lt/evmi/pelno-mokestis remains reachable but its deadline text sits behind collapsed JS navigation; independently confirmed instead via the Pelno mokesčio įstatymo 47 straipsnio text itself: "Avansinis pelno mokestis turi būti sumokėtas ne vėliau kaip kiekvieno mokestinio laikotarpio ketvirčio paskutinio mėnesio penkioliktą dieną" (no later than the 15th day of the last month of each tax-period quarter), matching the existing 15 Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec dates. The ~EUR 300,000 exemption threshold was not independently re-confirmed this session.
Next: 15 December 2026then 15 March 2027, 15 June 2027
Lithuanian companies (UAB and similar) whose prior-year taxable income exceeded the exemption threshold; does not apply to newly registered companies in their first tax period or to companies below the threshold, which likely covers many micro-sized (P1-type) businesses.