Akcinė bendrovė ABLithuania
What it takes to form, own and run a public limited company in Lithuania, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.
This company type
At a glance
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Bendrovė yra ribotos civilinės atsakomybės privatusis juridinis asmuo.
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Kai bendrovę steigia vienas steigėjas, sudaromas bendrovės steigimo aktas.
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Akcinės bendrovės įstatinis kapitalas turi būti ne mažesnis kaip 25 tūkstančiai eurų.
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Akcinės bendrovės, Europos bendrovės, Europos ekonominių interesų grupės, Europos kooperatinės bendrovės, Europos teritorinio bendradarbiavimo grupės įregistravimas 30,83
Form it
Who registers it
- Registry
- Formed without visiting
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Formed online
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
What it takes to form
- A notary
- Not required
- A resident director
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Paying up the capital
- All initial contributions for the subscribed shares must be paid before the company is registered.
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įmokėti visi pradiniai įnašai už pasirašytas akcijas
Own it
Who may own and run it
- Directors
- At least 1 · individuals only
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Bendrovės vadovu turi būti fizinis asmuo.
- Shareholders
- At least 1 · a company may be one
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Kai bendrovę steigia vienas steigėjas, sudaromas bendrovės steigimo aktas.
- Members
- At least 1 · one person may form it alone
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Kai bendrovę steigia vienas steigėjas, sudaromas bendrovės steigimo aktas.
- A local company secretary
- Not required
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Bendrovė turi turėti visuotinį akcininkų susirinkimą ir vienasmenį valdymo organą − bendrovės vadovą.
- A local registered agent
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
Each year, at the registry
- Annual registry fee
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Accounts on the public record
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Audit for a small company
- Required
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visoms akcinėms bendrovėms;
- Audit
- Not in our records
Important dates
When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.
- Ordinary general meeting of shareholders
- 5 months after the end of the accounting period
Within 5 months of the end of the financial year, for companies whose financial year ended on or after 1 July 2026 (the consolidated text's own note).
What is public
Not in our records What the register shows the public is not in our records for the AB.
Tax
Tax on profit
How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.
Varies · 0–7%+2 regimes
Corporate income tax from 2026: standard rate 17%, preferential rate 7% for small units whose tax-period income is at most EUR 300,000; 0% for the first two tax periods of a newly registered small unit. The pages state these for taxable units generally, not per legal form.
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Pelno mokestį moka:
Special regimes that may apply
- 5 proc. pelno mokesčio tarifas pajamoms iš MTEP veikloje sukurto turto ip box · 5%
Lithuanian units and permanent establishments that themselves created the asset in R&D activity and bear all the costs of earning the income, where the asset is a copyright-protected computer program or a patentable invention protected by a patent or supplementary protection certificate issued by the EPO, an EEA state, or a state with an applicable double tax treaty Lietuvos Respublikos pelno mokesčio įstatymas (PMĮ), 5 straipsnio 9 dalis - Lengvata laisvosios ekonominės zonos įmonėms free zone · 100% exempt
Companies with free economic zone status meeting the capital investment threshold, deriving at least 75% of income from the activity prescribed for the zone, and meeting the average headcount condition Lietuvos Respublikos pelno mokesčio įstatymas (PMĮ), 58 straipsnio 16 dalis
Whether a company qualifies depends on its activity and conditions set in each statute.
- CFC rules in Lithuania
- Yes
Close it
Closing it
The other end, which most guides leave out.
Not in our records Route, Statutory fee: none of these is in our records for the AB.
Every business in Lithuania
VAT
- Standard rate
- 21%Official European Commission, Taxes in Europe Database situation on 2026/07/01
- Other rates
- 12% Accommodation services supplied under tourism legislation, regular passenger and luggage transport, and admission to arts and culture institutions and events
- 5% Technical aids for disabled persons and their repair
- 5% Medicines and medical aids, including uncompensated prescription medicines
- 5% Printed and electronic newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, and printed and electronic books and non-periodical information publications
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Lengvatinis 12 procentų PVM tarifas taikomas: ... apgyvendinimo paslaugoms; keleivių vežimo reguliaraus susisiekimo maršrutais paslaugoms ... visų rūšių meno ir kultūros įstaigų, meno ir kultūros renginių lankymui
- Registration threshold
- EUR 45,000
consideration received for taxable economic activity carried out in Lithuania (taxable supplies of goods and services); current or previous calendar year
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Jei einamaisiais arba praėjusiais kalendoriniais metais bendra iš Lietuvos Respublikos teritorijoje vykdomos PVM apmokestinamos ekonominės veiklos ... gauto (gautino) atlygio suma viršija 45 000 eurų.
- Voluntary registration
- Yes
A Lithuanian taxable person carrying on or intending to carry on economic activity may register voluntarily even below the €45,000 threshold.
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Taip pat yra numatyta savanoriško registravimosi PVM mokėtojais galimybė tais atvejais, kai neviršijamos nustatytos privalomojo registravimosi ribos.
- A foreign company
- Registers from its first taxable supply; needs a local tax representative
A foreign taxable person must register in Lithuania when it supplies goods or services whose place of supply is Lithuania, regardless of the €45,000 threshold. A person established in a third country must register through a Lithuanian branch or, without one, an appointed Lithuanian fiscal agent, unless its state has a mutual assistance arrangement equivalent to Directive 2010/24/EU; a person established in another EU state registers itself or through an authorised person.
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Užsienio valstybių asmenys ... privalo Lietuvoje registruotis PVM mokėtojais, kai: tiekia prekes ir / ar teikia paslaugas, kurių tiekimo / teikimo vieta laikoma Lietuva (neatsižvelgiant į 45 000 Eur atlygio ribą)
- Returns filed
- Monthly
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Tai kalendorinis mėnuo, o fizinio asmens PVM mokėtojo – kalendorinis pusmetis.
- Tax authority
- Registration page read 2026-10-22
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Reference
Its name and code
- Kind
- Public limited companyDerived our grouping, the same words in every country
- Name in law
- Akcinė bendrovė (AB)
- ISO 20275 code
- 81KASecondary GLEIF, Entity Legal Forms code list