LTH Tax Administration Law Comments


On Aug. 8, LTH Tax amended explanations to Arts 87, 107, 159.


  • LTH Tax issued information notice on the amendment of summary explanations, or comments, on Articles 87, 107 and 159 of the Law on tax administration.
  • Summary explanations aim to unify application of the Tax Code and to help taxpayers better understand and properly exercise their rights and obligations.
  • Amendments
  • Information notice includes comparison between draft and final amended explanations.
  • Amendments re Art 87 on credit and refund of tax overpayment; Art 107 on statute of limitations for forced recovery of tax arrears, and Art 159 on appeal to court.
  • All amended according to LTH Tax notice R-2823, dated Aug. 5, 2024.
  • Aug. 26, 2024 Information Notice
  • On Aug. 26, 2024, LTH Tax issued an information notice regarding the amendment of the Tax administration law (MAI) of Republic of Lithuania, as well as other legal acts.
  • Notice confirmed on Jun. 25, 2024 LTH PRL adopted package of amendments to legal acts including MAI, Law XIV-2805, and Articles 646, 650, 651 of the Code of Civil Procedure of Republic of Lithuania and addition to Code in Art. 583, in Law XIV-2806.
  • Also, Law XIV-2807, the Law on the Amendment of the Penal Code, which harmonizes the provisions of the Penal Code with the provisions of the changes to the MAI law.
  • Law on Amendments to Articles 163, 307, 342 and 352 of Code of Criminal Procedure of Republic of Lithuania, Law XIV-2808, BPK Amendment Law, harmonizing provisions.
  • Law on Amendments to Articles 672 and 676 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Republic of Lithuania, Law XIV-2809, Law on the Amendment of the ANC, harmonizing provisions of the Code of Administrative Offenses, with the new provisions of the MAI.
  • Details of the effects of these changes are now set out within the information notice.
  • The terms of the amended MAI enters into force on Jun. 30, 2026, but for Articles 5 and 6 and Part 7 of Article 11 of the Law, which will all enter in force on Nov. 1, 2024.

Regulators LTH Tax
Entity Types CNSM; Corp
Reference PR 8/26/2024; PR 8/8/2024; Lt R-2823, 8/5/2024; Law XIV-2805, Law XIV-2806, Law XIV-2807, Law XIV-2808, Law XIV-2809, 06/25/2024; MAI (LTH); BPK (LTH); ANC (LTH); Citation: Law XIV-2805; Law XIV-2806; Law XIV-2807; Law XIV-2808; Law XIV-2809;
Functions Compliance; Financial; Legal; Operations; Reporting; Risk; Tax; Treasury
Countries Lithuania
Category
State
Products Corporate
Regions EMEA
Rule Type Final
Rule Date 8/8/2024
Effective Date 11/1/2024
Rule Id 222487
Linked to N/A
Reg. Last Update 8/26/2024
Report Section EU

Last substantive update on 08/28/2024