What a micro company with no employees must file in Lithuania in 2026
This profile assumes the smallest company shape: a micro business (fewer than 10 staff, up to €2 million turnover) with nobody on payroll, so duties tied to employing staff are left out. It still covers the recurring basics almost every company has - VAT and other tax returns, the annual financial report - plus EU-wide rules such as the AI Act or the Cyber Resilience Act that apply no matter how small you are. Hire your first employee, or grow past micro size, and a different profile will fit better.
This page assumes a specific starting profile: micro company with no employees, in Lithuania. It's a starting point, not tailored advice - your actual obligations depend on your exact sector, turnover and how you operate.
Manufacturers of products with digital elements (hardware and software, including SaaS-connected devices and standalone apps) must report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe security incidents through ENISA's single reporting platform: early warning within 24 hours, full notification within 72 hours, final report within 14 days (vulnerabilities) or one month (incidents). It applies to products already on the market.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
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.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
Generative AI systems that were already on the market before 2 August 2026 get until 2 December 2026 to implement machine-readable marking and detection of AI-generated output. From the same date AI systems built to generate non-consensual intimate or sexual imagery are prohibited outright.
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.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
From this date cloud and data-processing providers may no longer charge customers for switching to another provider or for exporting their data (egress). Contracts must already allow termination and migration within 30 days, and providers must offer export in machine-readable formats.
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).
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applies to all machinery placed on the EU market from 20 January 2027 with no transition. It adds requirements for software safety, protection against malicious tampering, self-evolving (AI) behaviour, digital instructions, and mandatory third-party assessment for certain high-risk machinery categories.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
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.
Under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 every EV battery, light means of transport battery (e-bikes, scooters) and industrial battery over 2 kWh placed on the market must carry a QR code linking to a digital battery passport with data on chemistry, carbon footprint, recycled content, performance and durability.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
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.
A resident individual carrying out individual activity under an individual activity certificate (individuali veikla, distinct from the simplified verslo liudijimas regime) must file an annual personal income tax return (GPM311) declaring income and allowable expenses from that activity, and pay any income tax due, by 4 May 2027 for the 2026 tax year (the exact date is set annually and should be reconfirmed each year).
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must settle their annual state social insurance (VSD) and compulsory health insurance (PSD) contributions based on declared individual-activity income for the year, alongside the annual income tax return, by 4 May 2027 for the 2026 contribution year (the exact date is republished annually by Sodra).
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
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.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
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.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.
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.
General-purpose AI models that were already on the market before 2 August 2025 were given two years to catch up. From this date they must meet the same documentation, copyright and training-data-summary duties as new models.
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.
A self-employed individual operating under an individual activity certificate must pay at least the minimum compulsory health insurance (PSD) contribution every month, independent of the annual VSD/PSD settlement filed with the yearly income tax return.