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Lithuanian government rejects higher tax-free allowance for interest income

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Lithuania’s government opposes a proposal to raise the tax-free interest-income threshold from €500 to €2,000.
  • It estimates that the change would reduce state and municipal revenues by about €16 million annually, making it harder to fund areas such as national defence.
  • The government says people who earn more interest should continue paying taxes to help finance public services.

Lithuania’s government does not support increasing the tax-free threshold for interest income from €500 to €2,000.

The government says the change would reduce the revenues collected by the state and municipalities by about €16 million a year. It argues that the lost income would make it more difficult to allocate additional funding to important areas, including national defence.

Under the current rules, people do not pay tax on their first €500 in interest income. The government says an additional tax break is unnecessary because household deposits and investments are already growing.

Its position is that people receiving higher interest income should pay tax and contribute to financing public services.

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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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