{"id":112527,"date":"2026-04-15T19:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elvprojektai.lt\/uncategorized\/new-corporate-tax-rates-from-2026-01-01\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:22:14","slug":"new-corporate-tax-rates-from-2026-01-01","status":"publish","type":"naujienos","link":"https:\/\/elvprojektai.lt\/en\/news\/new-corporate-tax-rates-from-2026-01-01\/","title":{"rendered":"New corporate tax rates from 2026-01-01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Updated commentary on Article 5 of the Law on Corporate Income Tax <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The State Tax Inspectorate has published an updated commentary on Article 5 of the Corporate Income Tax Law (CIT), which sets out the procedure for applying corporate income tax rates<strong> from 2026-01-01<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Main changes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>New tariffs from 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Instead of 6% and 16%, rates of <strong>7% and 17%<\/strong> will apply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>these rates will apply to corporation tax for 2026 and beyond. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Small business allowances<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The preferential rate of 0% will be available for the first two tax periods for newly established companies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This benefit will be available not only for companies established in 2026 but also for companies established in 2025, provided that their income in 2026 does not exceed \u20ac300,000 and that the other requirements of the ITA are met.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From 2026, the average number of employees will no longer be taken into account for the purposes of the reduced rates &#8211; only the company&#8217;s revenue will be the decisive indicator. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>The preferential rate of 7% will apply from 1 January 2026:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>small businesses with a turnover of less than \u20ac300 000,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cooperatives deriving more than 50% of their income from agricultural activities,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>income from the use or sale of R&amp;D assets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>What is important for companies to know?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Income will be calculated jointly if the same owner or shareholders own several companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/elvprojektai.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PM-tarifu-taikymas-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elvprojektai.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PM-tarifu-taikymas-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/elvprojektai.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PM-tarifu-taikymas-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/elvprojektai.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PM-tarifu-taikymas-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/elvprojektai.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PM-tarifu-taikymas-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/elvprojektai.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PM-tarifu-taikymas.png 1414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":111350,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-112527","naujienos","type-naujienos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New corporate tax rates from 2026-01-01 - elvprojektai.lt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/elvprojektai.lt\/en\/news\/new-corporate-tax-rates-from-2026-01-01\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New corporate tax rates from 2026-01-01 - elvprojektai.lt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Updated commentary on Article 5 of the Law on Corporate Income Tax The State Tax Inspectorate has published an updated commentary on Article 5 of the Corporate Income Tax Law (CIT), which sets out the procedure for applying corporate income tax rates from 2026-01-01. 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