Netilstant discussions about the new tax changes and information on the lack of, like, that Lithuanian business entity in the year 2017 changes waiting for not only the tax, and business administration. Recent decisions by politicians business promises to facilitate innovation and the latest technology development. What are the technological and the tax changes this year will face the Lithuanian business?
News business – and pleasant, and unpleasant
From January of decreasing the tax burden on some of the income tax for business entities. Extended tax incentives in the scope of the free economic zone firms providing accounting, bookkeeping, consulting, administration and service, human resource management, architectural and engineering services. Benefit will apply, subject by law to the procedure provided for in the conditions. It is predicted that this could lead to service centres for the dissemination of the capital to the regions.
Not very džiugios knowledge waiting to companies whose workers are employed under fixed-term contracts. From the month of July a doubling of the unemployment social insurance rate for persons employed under a fixed-term employment contracts, employers will have to pay no longer be 1.6% and 3.2% of the size of the deposit.
Audit and accounting of the company's "Added Value" of the head Arvydas Vainoro according to the assessment of the tax changes exclusively positively or negatively be wrong. "Practice shows that often the tax burden decrease in one area is linked with increases in another. For example, from 1 July. face-to-face with such a situation will be facing all employers: "Social security" contributions to the pension insurance will decrease 1proc., however, the 0.5%. increase in unemployment insurance contributions,“ notes the manager.
Afflicted individual activities owners
It is noted that the šiemetiniai of the legal environment changes unpleasant siurprizus promises of the individual activities of the owners. From the beginning of the year in the major cities of 99 euros more expensive all business certificates, which confers the right to provide the services without prejudice to the territory. Such business certificates now costs 684 euros.
The higher the tax burden of waiting and working under copyright contracts. If the author is not employed under a contract of employment and is not a civil servant, the contribution will be calculated on the total income. So far, they were calculated from 50%. income. And behold, the individual operators shall commence to further prevent the disease to social security, therefore, the contributions from 28,5% of gdp. increase up to 29.7%).
"In terms of business costs, we must remember that already in 2016, many of the state-level in business administration, operations were transferred to the digital environment. Therefore, do not need to focus solely on increasing taxes – higher costs for this year can be the cause of the charges, but the modernization of delay and failure to adapt to the changing business environment, the transfer of day-to-day business management of the operations of the electronic environment," notes "Added Value" of the leader.
A promise of greater emphasis on innovation
The beginning of the year in the ministry of economy has been approved by the "Innovation voucher" project, promising positive changes in business innovation development. "Innovation vouchers" will be financed from European Union funds and to promote greater innovation in business: businesses will make use of the latest scientific achievements, and the science will be able to more effectively focus on the business needs. By 2020, it is planned to publish four calls for companies to submit applications for "Innovation vouchers" to receive and the total amount of financing should seek to 10,137 million. eur.
Under the global Bloomberg innovation index 2016, Lithuania was ranked 32 of the location and was in the top position of all Baltic countries. Innovation in this and in the coming years to strengthen should be provided by the EU structural funds.
It is noted that in Lithuania the most active innovation in business until someone applies a new market participants, thus stimulating their toes and market senbuvius. According to the "Added Value" of the manual, the business of innovation situation in Lithuania, the paradox.
"From one side of the Lithuania the innovation index, steps rising up, Lithuanian startuoliai successful onslaught and to foreign markets, but on the other hand we have businesses who elementarioms business management operations, such as accounting, still does not use modern automated programs. Thus the businesses in the year 2017 we would like linkėti optimize business supervision and control, use of existing technological capabilities eliminuojančias human error probability and unnecessary time cost,“ says A. Vainoras.