LT Value added tax

Invoicing in Lithuania

A business registered in Lithuania charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨21%⁩, invoices in ⁨EUR⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Lithuania. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Lithuania once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

Invoicing in Lithuania is free forever with DocsOrigin: every document type, every export, no card and no trial.

Tax in Lithuania

VAT 21%
Reduced and zero rates 9% 5% 0%

How reliable is this figure

Graded high: this rate has been checked against a tax-authority or official source. It is still your responsibility to confirm it before you rely on it.

Whatever the grade, your own setting always wins — a rate you enter overrides the registry everywhere, including on documents already dated in the past.

Document types recognised in Lithuania

These are the documents DocsOrigin will offer a business registered in Lithuania, under the names used there. A type that has no meaning locally is not offered at all.

Angebot

Ein Preisangebot. Kein Steuerdokument und nicht in deinen Büchern erfasst, bis es akzeptiert wird.

Proforma-Rechnung

Eine Zahlungsaufforderung. Berechtigt den Kunden nicht zur Steuerersparnis.

Rechnung

Das Steuerdokument selbst. Nach Ausstellung gesperrt.

Rechnungsquittung

Rechnung und Zahlung in einem Dokument, für wenn du sofort bezahlt wirst.

Quittung

Bestätigt den Geldempfang gegen eine Rechnung.

Gutschrift

Die einzig rechtmäßige Möglichkeit, ein bereits ausgestelltes Dokument zu stornieren oder zu reduzieren.

Lieferschein

Waren ohne Entgelt übergeben.

Tax identifier

On a document issued in Lithuania the identifier is labelled VAT number. It is printed in the header of every tax document, isolated left-to-right so it reads correctly in any interface language.

Expected format ^LT(\d{9}|\d{12})$

DocsOrigin checks this identifier's structure as you type — a wrong number on an issued document cannot be corrected by editing it.

As an EU member state, a Lithuania number follows the EU VAT pattern and can be checked for structure before you rely on it for a reverse-charge supply.

Numbering

Documents in Lithuania are expected to run in an unbroken sequence. DocsOrigin allocates the number at the moment of issue — never earlier — so a draft that is abandoned does not burn a number and leave a gap you have to explain.

Prefix, padding and yearly reset are configurable per document type, and the series is kept separately for each type.

How Lithuania writes dates and money

Set the country and these stop being settings you have to think about. The examples below are rendered by the same formatter the documents use.

Date
2026-09-21
Amount
12 345,67 €
Currency
EUR
Minor units
2

⁨EUR⁩ is written with ⁨2⁩ decimal places, and every amount is stored as a whole number of minor units. ⛔ Money never touches floating point.

Selling from Lithuania to another EU member state

A business customer in another member state with a valid VAT number is a reverse-charge supply: no tax is charged and the document has to say so, with the customer's number on it. A private customer in another member state is not. DocsOrigin suggests the treatment and prints the legal wording and the reason.

A worked example in Lithuania

Three lines, priced identically everywhere, run through the real tax engine with the Lithuania registry entry applied. This is what the document looks like there.

Angebot Proforma-Rechnung Rechnung Rechnungsquittung Quittung Gutschrift
Northwind Studio
VAT number 000000000 · Lithuania
Rechnung
Nr. 2026-0042
Rechnung an Riverbank Coffee
Beschreibung Menge Einzelpreis Summe
Designarbeit 12 45,00 € 540,00 €
Corporate Design 1 380,00 € 380,00 €
Support-Abonnement 3 60,00 € 180,00 €
Nettosumme 1 100,00 €
VAT 21% 231,00 €
Gesamtsumme 1 331,00 €

Invoicing in Lithuania — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Lithuania?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Lithuania is ⁨21%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Lithuania?

The document set recognised in Lithuania is listed above, under the names used locally. For a paid sale the usual document is Rechnung, and a mistake on an issued document is corrected with a credit note rather than an edit.

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Lithuania?

No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Lithuania as everywhere else: no subscription, no card, no trial, no per-document fee and no export fee. Optional professional services are the only thing that is ever charged for, and they are quoted per project.

What if the rate for Lithuania is wrong or changes?

Set your own rate in the business settings and it overrides the registry immediately, for new documents and for any date. Rates are applied by document date, so an old document keeps the rate that applied when it was issued.

Also billing in ⁨EUR⁩

The currency is shared, but the tax, the document names and the numbering rules are not. Each of these has its own entry.

Issue your first Lithuania document

Choose Lithuania once. The tax, the document names, the numbering, the date order and the currency format are configured together, and it costs nothing.

Free forever for businesses Erste Rechnung erstellen

This page describes what DocsOrigin does with the registry entry for Lithuania. It is not tax advice, and it is not a statement of Lithuania law. Confirm your obligations with your accountant or the tax authority. Registry data as of ⁨2026-08⁩.