• patients for whom  medical rehabilitation services are paid from the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund;


• persons under 18 or older students who can show a student ID;


• disabled persons for whom a 0-40% working capacity has been set;


• long-term lease (1 month or longer);


• for guests who have booked accommodation via the Airbnb platform (the tourist fee price platform calculates the prices paid by the guest and transfers them to the account of Vilnius City Municipality directly) (declaring the number of these nights in box 9 of "Airbnb");


• for guests who have used the accommodation service during the quarantine valid in Vilnius (declaring the number of these nights in box 8 of "Exception");


• for foreign nationals who are war refugees and who have used accommodation services in Vilnius free of charge or at a special reduced price (cost price). The tax benefit is valid until the end of martial law in the country of the war refugee (declaring the number of these nights in box 8 of "Exception").

The tourist tax will be paid on a regular monthly basis by filling out the data declaration to the account specified by the Vilnius City Municipality Administration. The submission of the declaration and the tax transfer will only be performed online.

The tax applies to all guests using accommodation services, regardless of whether the service is provided by a legal or natural entity acting under a business certificate issued by the State Tax Inspectorate in accordance with the relevant code of classification of economic activities for leasing premises for the provision of accommodation services;

On 7 December 2017, the Council of Vilnius City approved Decision No 1-126 on “Regulations for local fees for use of the Vilnius municipal public tourism and recreation infrastructure”. The purpose of the decision, effective as of 1 July 2018, is to boost the competitiveness of Vilnius, to develop international marketing in tourism, attract larger flows of tourists to the city of Vilnius, and increase the volumes of export services. The objectives pursued are expected to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life in Vilnius. The tax will be charged on  guests of the city who are provided accommodation services and who use the public tourism and recreation infrastructure of  Vilnius. 

If guests who do not belong to any category exempt of the tourist tax (disabled, schoolchildren, etc.) are staying at a hotel, this tax must be applied. Therefore, when guests are staying free of charge, this stay (for each overnight) has to be paid for by either by the guest themselves or the inviting party (agency, state authority or hotel that is providing the tourist with a free service).

Tourist tax will not be applicable for foreign nationals who are war refugees and who have used accommodation services in Vilnius free of charge or at a special reduced price (cost price). 

Yes, the tax will be charged on all natural persons staying in accommodation operating in the territory of the City of Vilnius.

Yes, the tax is valid year-round, except during the quarantine valid in Vilnius.

The tax is charged by the City of Vilnius, rather than companies or persons providing accommodation services.

No, the tax is not subject to VAT.

No, corporate income tax will not be charged. According to the provisions of Section III of the 10 Business Accounting Standard, income includes only increases in economic benefits of the entity. Amounts collected on behalf of third parties and value added tax are not recognised as income, since they are not attributed to economic benefits earned by the entity and do not result in increases in equity. The income of business intermediaries is  commission fees only, rather not any amount collected on behalf of third parties.

Each accommodation service provider shall, within the framework of its corporate accounting system, introduce the tax as a new service, i.e., when issuing an invoice, the tax will be presented in a separate line, as well as in the cash register receipt; in case the payment is recorded by issuing a cash receipt, the tax shall be included in the gross amount, though the service will be singled out in a separate line.

When performing banking operations (transfers), the standard fees for your banking services and operations apply, depending on the banking service plan and programme that you selected.

Unpaid local taxes will be recovered from the local tax payer in accordance with the procedure laid down by laws of the Republic of Lithuania.

If you have already submitted a declaration for September, you do not need to edit the declaration by entering the number of Airbnb nights. We kindly ask you to do this from next month (i.e. when declaring the nights for October 2020).

If a long-term lease continues on to the next month, you have to declare data for the month that the long-term lease ends.

Yes, you must complete and submit the declaration, entering the actual number of overnight stays, i.e. “0”.

Yes, the tourist tax is collected for guests who stay at a hotel or rent a flat for work, provided that it is not a long-term lease (30 days or more).

Yes, the number of these overnight stays must be declared in box 9, “AirBnB”, and the tourist tax will not be calculated for them. The AirBnB platform adds the tourist fee to the rental price paid by the guest and transfers it directly to Vilnius City Municipality.

No, when declaring the number of overnight stays provided to foreign nationals who have fled the war, you do not have to distinguish between overnight stays for children and overnight stays for adults. All overnight stays provided to foreign nationals who have fled the war must be declared in box 8, specifying the total number of children and adults.

Yes, the tax must be paid by all natural persons staying at accommodation facilities located within the territory of Vilnius City Municipality, regardless of their declared place of residence.