Europe EU
Bootstrapped fintech founders watching cash burn, Lithuania
Incorporation runs EUR 500-2.5K with annual maintenance from EUR 1.5K, share capital of EUR 2.5K, and accounts open in 21 days. The 5% small company CIT applies under EUR 300K revenue and 10 employees.
~EUR 1.5K/year5% small co CITSetup in 5 days
Start setup {placement} 4 min · no card required
Corp tax
15%
Fastest setup
5 days
Tax treaties
55
Region
Europe
What you'll need
- No resident director required
- Local registered office required
- Economic-substance test applies
- Minimum capital: EUR 2,500
- Administrative language: Lithuanian
- Legal system: Civil law
Tax and treaty profile
- Corporate tax 15%
- Effective rate ~5%
- Tax treaties 55
- VAT rate 21%
- Withholding on dividends 15%
Key treaty partners
UKGermanyFranceNetherlandsUSAPoland
Banking and payments
- Banking is straightforward
- Stripe supported
- Wise supported
- Crypto banking available
- EMI license framework available
Considerations
If you are not building a regulated payments or crypto product
Lithuania's edge is the EMI/PI/MiCA (EU crypto framework) pipeline; outside fintech the 15% CIT and Lithuanian language admin offer no special advantage. For a generic EU operating company:
Fintech only edge15% CITLithuanian admin