The Electronic Declaration System of the State Tax Inspectorate (”the EDS”) enable taxpayers to submit their tax returns and other documents electronically as well to perform other declaration-related procedures:
- a person that has successfully submitted his/her tax return electronically is not obliged to file the declaration in hardcopy format;
- a tax return filed electronically has the same legal force as the tax return signed by the person and submitted according to usual procedure.
It is possible to take the following actions via the EDS:
- file tax returns, applications for registration in / deregistration from the Register of Persons Registered for VAT, and applications for registration in / deregistration from the Register of Taxpayers (for natural persons);
- view information, available to the STI, on one’s (natural person’s) income and costs as well as other information on the basis of which the resident’s income tax is calculated;
- view data in the land tax returns;
- administer the system user rights.
Advantages of using the EDS:
- documents can be filled and submitted at any time;
- no need to visit the STI and submit documents in hardcopy format;
- convenient document filling and checking tools available; opportunity for filling the documents directly in the portal (online);
- quick receipt of an electronic message about the acceptance of the return or errors/discrepancies found in the return;
- upon successful electronic filing of a tax return, the term of refund of the income tax or VAT overpayment will be shorter and other administration procedures will be quicker (e.g. obtaining a certificate of settlement with the budget).
Legal information:
- Rules for Electronic Submission of Documents
- Specifications of a Machine-Readable Electronic Document Signed with Electronic Signature MDOC-V1.0
- Rules for a Qualified Electronic Signature for Machine-Readable Electronic Documents
- Application for Registration as an EDS User by a Foreign Citizen
Additional information:
In order to start submitting documents electronically, a person must conclude an Agreement on Electronic Submission of Documents with the tax administrator. Taxpayers (natural and legal persons) may conclude the agreement either electronically or in writing at the offices of a territorial state tax inspectorate (TSTI).
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Note. The State Tax Inspectorate under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania reminds that Clause 6 of the Rules for Electronic Submission of Documents approved by Order No VA-83 of 21 July 2010 (Žin., 2010; No 90-4800) establishes that taxpayers (legal persons) may conclude an agreement on electronic submission of documents with the State Tax Inspectorate electronically, i.e. by signing the agreement with electronic signature. For more information, e.g. who is entitled to sign the agreement with electronic signature on behalf of a legal person, what is the period allotted for the State Tax Inspectorate to sign the agreement, the rights granted in the system for the signatory of the agreement etc. see Help Section.
In order to replace the current EDS users, to grant rights to new users or to make other amendments to the taxpayer agreement (provided that such amendments are being made for the first time after 30 July 2010), a new agreement must be concluded; the number of annexes to the agreement to be signed is equal to the number of users that will represent the taxpayer. Natural and legal persons may do this electronically (upon logging-in to the EDS) or visit a TSTI and conclude the agreement in writing. In the agreements/annexes thereto made according to the new procedure, EDS users receive more rights in the system).
If there is no need for a taxpayer to amend the agreement made before 30 July 2010, the users of such taxpayer will submit documents according to the previous procedure.
In order to refuse from the rights granted by another taxpayer:
- press the button “Refuse from the Rights Granted” upon selection of a specific taxpayer in the EDS, in Section “My Information” / “Settings” / “Taxpayer Settings” / “Representation Rights”; or
- submit an application to the territorial state tax inspectorate.
Instructions:
Abbyy eFormFiller 2.5 Document Filling Tool. User Manual
Description of MXFD Structure
Description of FFDATA Structure
How to submit a document electronically?
- By filling and submitting the document directly in the EDS portal;
- By transmitting the document in the EDS portal;
- By using the web service*
* special settings are required
Was electronic submission successful?
A person may learn about the acceptance of the tax return by the EDS and the results of processing of the tax return by:
- logging in to EDS in his own name and checking the acceptance of the tax return in Section “History of Documents Submitted”; and
- the person may be additionally notified via email indicated by the person, provided that the email notification setting is selected.
Possible status of files in the EDS
Possible status of files in the EDS
Requirements for web browser:
- Support for HTML Version 4.1;
- Support for SSL v3. encoded HTTP channel;
- Support for JavaScript modules in the user’s computer according to Microsoft JavaScript standard (Internet options -> Java (sun) – specified use);
- Support for file transmission / upload / download;
- Support for HTML frames;
- Support for session cookies.
The following web browsers are recommended, in versions not older than specified:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x, Opera 9.x, Mozilla FireFox 2.x , Apple Safari (for MAC users)
Note. It is recommended to have default browser settings. Some of the EDS functions might not be operative at certain browser security settings and restriction Java use.