FAQ
Lithuania - Tax Return

In Lithuania there are 3 tax rates:

• 20% individual income tax rate if the annual income does not exceed 60 times the average wage in Lithuania,
• 35% individual income tax rate if the annual income exceeds 60 times the average wage,
• 15% tax rate applies to legal entities.

The Pažyma form is a form that every employer must give to his employees by the end of January of the following year. It is a confirmation of the employee's annual income and the tax withheld from each month's wages for the previous calendar year.

You can claim your Lithuanian tax refund up to 5 years back.

In the year 2024 you can file the tax return / claim your tax refund for the year 2019 at the latest.

Deadlines for getting Lithuanian tax refund for previous years:

• tax return for the year 2019 - till the 2nd of May, 2024
• tax return for the year 2020 - till the 2nd of May, 2025
• tax return for the year 2021 - till the 2nd of May, 2026
• tax return for the year 2022 - till the 2nd of May, 2027
• tax return for the year 2023 - till the 2nd of May, 2028

If you fail to pay the tax by the deadline, the tax office will charge you late payment interest in the amount of 0.03% from the amounts due for each day of delay.

If you fail to file a tax return, the tax office will charge a penalty of between 10% and 50% of the estimated tax. You will also receive a penalty of 50-100% if you cannot prove the origin of your income during the tax audit.

The tax office will process the filed tax return and then pay the overpayment. The whole process takes on average 2-10 months from the time the tax return was filed.

Deadline for filing the tax return for the previous year is 2nd of May, this means that for the year 2023 it is necessary to file the tax return till the 2nd of May, 2024.