The STI will make public some of the affected companies that have deferred taxes

“The amount of corporate tax arrears is not secret information and can be made public,” says Rasa Virvilienė, director of the Legal Department of the STI, noting that companies that have been granted tax relief measures are not considered debts with the budget until February 28 of next year. It will not affect your participation in public procurement and will not interfere with your activities.

Delphi recalls that at the meeting of the Budget and Finance Commission on December 1, President Mykolas Majauskas asked the STI to publish the list, according to him, the most successful Lithuanian companies owned by the richest people in the country.

“Back taxes have been granted to the most successful Lithuanian companies, owned by the wealthiest people in Lithuania. I look at the top ten companies of this type and I see that there is the richest Lithuanian person at 16th, 4th, 34th, 70th and many others. I’m not saying that shareholders should not receive state aid, but is there no abuse here? Asked M. Majauskas.

According to the STI, in September, after re-evaluating the companies’ economic indicators and recording the recovery of some taxpayers, the STI selected 107 companies (including 18 DMM1) for interviews, which had the largest deferred arrears, although their indicators had been stabilized.

Following these interviews, most companies decided not only to pay current taxes on time, but also to start reducing accumulated deferred arrears. In this way, these companies have already disbursed 67 million euros of budget since September. (of which € 53 million was DMM), and its deferred tax arrears not only stabilized but also decreased by € 2.4 million. euros.

The STI recalls that currently more than 62 thousand people are included in the lists of victims of COVID-19. companies, of which approximately one in three (about 22 thousand) use the fiscal aid measures provided by the STI. Despite the fact that the companies that had a negative impact on COVID-19 allocated some 770.7 million. Tax rates paid by listed companies are improving compared to the same period last year, and arrears have grown much more slowly in recent months.

The arrears of half of the taxpayers subject to tax aid do not reach 1,000 LTL. euros. Only 1 percent. companies have arrears of more than 0.5 million. 54% EUR. the amount of any deferred tax. From March 16. 1.8 thousand have already been made. tax loan agreements with companies, 115 million. in the amount of EUR.

The 120 companies themselves asked the STI to remove them from the list of COVID-19 victims and pay taxes in the usual way. The STI inspected 365 companies included in the list of victims of COVID-19, after which 136 companies were withdrawn.

The STI recalls that the tax relief measures – exemption from interest on arrears and suspension of tax recovery actions are valid for taxes incurred before this year. meter. December 31, 2006 and will remain in effect for an additional two months thereafter. Until February 28 of next year. Companies have the right to enter into an interest-free tax loan contract through a simplified procedure and under certain conditions.