What an e-commerce importer must file in Lithuania in 2026
This profile assumes a small company that sells online and imports goods into the EU, so it adds the obligations that come with cross-border online sales - customs and import duties, packaging and extended-producer-responsibility fees, consumer rules for online sellers - on top of the standard tax calendar. It also includes EU-wide e-commerce and product rules, such as CE marking or battery regulations, where they apply. Sell only domestically, or manufacture rather than import, and your actual list will look different.
This page assumes a specific starting profile: e-commerce importer, in Lithuania. It's a starting point, not tailored advice - your actual obligations depend on your exact sector, turnover and how you operate.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
Lithuanian companies above a taxable-income threshold must pay advance corporate income tax in quarterly instalments (form FR0430), due by the 15th of the last month of each quarter. Companies whose taxable income in the preceding tax year did not exceed roughly EUR 300,000, and companies in their first tax period after registration, are exempt from advance payments.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Directive (EU) 2024/825 amends EU consumer-protection law (the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and the Consumer Rights Directive) to ban generic environmental claims not backed by recognised excellent environmental performance (e.g. 'climate neutral', 'eco-friendly', 'green' used without substantiation), bans claims based purely on carbon-offsetting, and requires sustainability labels to come from a certification scheme or a public authority rather than being self-created. It also bans planned-obsolescence practices and requires clearer product durability/reparability information.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Businesses that place packaged products, packaging, or certain other EPR-regulated goods on the Lithuanian market must report quarterly through GPAIS, the state's unified products/packaging/waste accounting information system: a quarterly summary is auto-generated 29 days after each quarter ends and must be confirmed by the 30th day after quarter-end.
Businesses established in Lithuania that are voluntarily registered for the EU One-Stop-Shop (OSS) scheme must file a single quarterly VAT return covering their distance sales of goods or digital/other services to consumers in other EU member states, and pay any VAT due, via VMI's OSS portal by the last day of the month following each calendar quarter.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Directive (EU) 2024/2853 must be transposed by 9 December 2026 and applies to products placed on the market after that date. Software (including SaaS and AI), digital manufacturing files and related services count as products; missing security updates can make a product defective. Courts can order disclosure of evidence and presume defectiveness in complex cases. Free open-source software outside commercial activity is excluded.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
Lithuanian companies above a taxable-income threshold must pay advance corporate income tax in quarterly instalments (form FR0430), due by the 15th of the last month of each quarter. Companies whose taxable income in the preceding tax year did not exceed roughly EUR 300,000, and companies in their first tax period after registration, are exempt from advance payments.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
Each EU country must provide at least one certified EU Digital Identity Wallet so citizens and businesses can identify themselves, sign documents with qualified e-signatures and share verified attributes (company registration, licences) across the EU. Public administrations must accept it for online services.
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Businesses that place packaged products, packaging, or certain other EPR-regulated goods on the Lithuanian market must report quarterly through GPAIS, the state's unified products/packaging/waste accounting information system: a quarterly summary is auto-generated 29 days after each quarter ends and must be confirmed by the 30th day after quarter-end.
Businesses established in Lithuania that are voluntarily registered for the EU One-Stop-Shop (OSS) scheme must file a single quarterly VAT return covering their distance sales of goods or digital/other services to consumers in other EU member states, and pay any VAT due, via VMI's OSS portal by the last day of the month following each calendar quarter.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
Businesses that place packaged products, packaging, or certain other EPR-regulated goods on the Lithuanian market must report annually through GPAIS: the annual report for a calendar year must be generated in GPAIS by 30 January of the following year and confirmed by 19 February.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
Lithuanian companies above a taxable-income threshold must pay advance corporate income tax in quarterly instalments (form FR0430), due by the 15th of the last month of each quarter. Companies whose taxable income in the preceding tax year did not exceed roughly EUR 300,000, and companies in their first tax period after registration, are exempt from advance payments.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Businesses that place packaged products, packaging, or certain other EPR-regulated goods on the Lithuanian market must report quarterly through GPAIS, the state's unified products/packaging/waste accounting information system: a quarterly summary is auto-generated 29 days after each quarter ends and must be confirmed by the 30th day after quarter-end.
Businesses established in Lithuania that are voluntarily registered for the EU One-Stop-Shop (OSS) scheme must file a single quarterly VAT return covering their distance sales of goods or digital/other services to consumers in other EU member states, and pay any VAT due, via VMI's OSS portal by the last day of the month following each calendar quarter.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Lithuanian public and private limited companies (AB/UAB) must hold the annual shareholders' meeting approving the annual financial statements AND file the approved set (plus management report and, where required, auditor's/sustainability-assurance opinion) with the Centre of Registers' Legal Entities Register (JAR) within a single combined 5-month window from financial year end.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
Lithuanian companies above a taxable-income threshold must pay advance corporate income tax in quarterly instalments (form FR0430), due by the 15th of the last month of each quarter. Companies whose taxable income in the preceding tax year did not exceed roughly EUR 300,000, and companies in their first tax period after registration, are exempt from advance payments.
Every Lithuanian company liable to corporate income tax must file its annual CIT return (PLN204 or the applicable variant) and settle any balance due by the 15th day of the 6th month after the tax period ends - 15 June for a standard calendar-year tax period - via VMI's electronic declaration system (EDS).
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Micro and small companies dealing in the EUDR commodities (cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy, wood and derived products) get six extra months. Small downstream traders mainly need to collect and pass on upstream due diligence reference numbers; small primary producers in low-risk countries file a simplified declaration.
Payment providers in EU countries outside the euro area must offer euro instant transfers and the free name/IBAN check (Verification of Payee) from July 2027, completing the roll-out across the EU.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.
Businesses that place packaged products, packaging, or certain other EPR-regulated goods on the Lithuanian market must report quarterly through GPAIS, the state's unified products/packaging/waste accounting information system: a quarterly summary is auto-generated 29 days after each quarter ends and must be confirmed by the 30th day after quarter-end.
Businesses established in Lithuania that are voluntarily registered for the EU One-Stop-Shop (OSS) scheme must file a single quarterly VAT return covering their distance sales of goods or digital/other services to consumers in other EU member states, and pay any VAT due, via VMI's OSS portal by the last day of the month following each calendar quarter.
Companies whose intra-EU trade in goods (arrivals from, or dispatches to, other EU member states) exceeds an annually-set EUR threshold must file a monthly Intrastat statistical declaration, due by the 10th of the month following the reference month.
VAT-registered legal entities with a monthly VAT tax period must submit their register of issued and received VAT invoices (i.SAF) to VMI's i.MAS system by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, even when no invoices were issued or received (an empty register must still be submitted).
VAT-registered businesses in Lithuania with a monthly tax period must file their VAT return (form FR0600) with VMI and pay any VAT due by the 25th day of the month following the tax period. Registration as a VAT payer is mandatory once taxable turnover from VAT-taxable supplies in Lithuania exceeds €45,000 in the current or preceding calendar year.