Free Economic Zones With Tax Benefits And One-Stop-Shop Services
Lithuania’s two free economic zones are located in the country’s economically important centres and provide favourable conditions for developing business activities by offering prepared industrial sites with physical and/or legal infrastructure, support services, and tax incentives.
|
Tax |
% |
Taxes in 2 free economic zones |
|
Corporate profit tax |
15 |
no corporate tax during the first 6 years and only 50% of corporate tax over the next 10 years |
|
Dividends |
0* to 15 |
no tax on dividends for foreign investors |
|
Real estate tax |
0.3-1 |
no real estate tax |
*0% tax on dividends applies when an investor controls at least 10% of the voting shares in the enterprise for the period of at least 12 months
For more information on tax incentives in Lithuanian free economic zones please visit www.fez.lt and www.ftz.lt
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Free Economic Zone (FEZ) |
Area in 2009 |
Planned total area (till 2013) |
Distance from Vilnius International Airport |
Distance from Klaipėda State Seaport |
|
Kaunas FEZ |
58,6 ha |
298,6 ha |
100 km |
228 km |
|
Klaipėda FEZ |
85 ha |
260 ha |
320 km |
7 km |
With superb road, rail and sea access, Klaipėda Free Economic Zone (Klaipėda FEZ, www.fez.lt) forms part of the hub of a multi-modal transport network. It was identified in the European Union Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment (TINA) programme as a site for the establishment of a logistics centre, forming part of a European-wide network of these centres. Klaipėda FEZ occupies a strategic location that is ideal for companies looking to relocate or expand production, to establish packing and distribution centres, and minimise logistics problems.
For more information on Klaipėda FEZ please see www.fez.lt
Kaunas Free Economic Zone (Kaunas FEZ, www.ftz.lt) is located in Kaunas, the second biggest Lithuanian city with a population of about 358,000 and one of the major industrial cities in the Baltic area, and is planned to become one of the largest free economic zones in the Baltic Sea Region.
Kaunas FEZ is located on the intersection of the Via Baltica, a European priority transport corridor connecting Helsinki, Saint Petersburg and Warsaw and the East-West highway linking the port of Klaipėda to Russia and Ukraine.
For more information on the Kaunas FEZ please see www.ftz.lt
One of the world’s leading plastic products manufacturers, INDORAMA of Thailand; Finland’s biggest construction company, YIT; and other companies have chosen Lithuania’s free economic zones as the best places for their business expansion.
Lithuanian Market Map / Industrial Parks (IP) and Free Economic Zones (FEZ)
