Tax law and tax disputes. VAT, Permanent Establishment registration in EU. Accounting and reporting.

EECOVIS ProventusLaw is a member of the international ECOVIS group in which lawyers, tax consultants and auditors from over 50 countries worldwide pool their know-how and expertise. Therefore, the assistance provided by our law firm in the field of taxation combines excellent knowledge of local situation and the unique expertise of all professionals of the global ECOVIS community. This combination enables us to provide professional tax advice meeting the contemporary needs of clients and to assist in tax planning not only in Lithuania but also in each country having an ECOVIS office.

ECOVIS ProventusLaw assists in incorporating companies, registering companies for VAT in Lithuania and in the European Union, forming permanent establishments, obtaining VAT refund, represents clients in tax disputes, advises on labour force and employee incentive taxation issues, as well as on tax planning.

With its offices in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the international ECOVIS group provides integrated tax advice, audit and accounting services in all three Baltic States.

The team of ECOVIS ProventusLaw has experience of providing tax advice to legal entities incorporated both in Lithuania and abroad.

Head of practice group

Kęstutis Kvainauskas

Partner, attorney at law

+370 5 212 4084 [email protected] LinkedIn

The experience by ECOVIS ProventusLaw include:

Tax advice

ECOVIS ProventusLaw advises on issues of taxes, tax reliefs, tax planning, value added tax (VAT) etc. We also advise on transfer pricing, application of the substance over form principle, taxation of labour force and taxation aspects of employee incentives.

Tax disputes

ECOVIS ProventusLaw represents clients in tax disputes at the State Tax Inspectorate, the Commission on Tax Disputes and in challenging decisions taken by tax authorities in administrative courts. In such disputes, where required, we are assisted by ECOVIS partners – certified auditors working in the ECOVIS group in various countries including Lithuania.

Formation of a permanent establishment and registration for VAT in Lithuania and in the EU

The international ECOVIS group forms permanent establishments and registers entities for VAT in Lithuania and in other EU countries. We take care of a prompt registration process and provide valuable advice in the field of registration of a seat and taxation and, if required, we also take care of accounting and reporting to tax authorities of entities domiciled for tax purposes in any country, including the preparation of consolidated accounts in the home country.

VAT refund

With the assistance of our partners from the international ECOVIS group operating throughout the globe ECOVIS ProventusLaw ensures prompt and effective VAT refund in Lithuania and in any other country and this process is coordinated by an office located in the home country of a client.

Success stories

We established the first modern investment fund in Lithuania – IKKB NSEL 30 Indekso fondas – and its management company UAB Investicijų portfelių valdymas and worked for many years in the Management Board of the management company and represented it in relations with market surveillance authorities and investors.

We registered an e-commerce company incorporated in Germany for VAT in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and took care of its monthly VAT reporting to tax authorities in all three countries.

We advised a German company on taxation issues of regular import of industrial equipment from Germany to Belarus via Lithuania and Latvia.