The Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Lithuania) Order 2001

Article 2 Taxes covered

(1) This Convention shall apply to taxes on income and on capital gains imposed on behalf of a Contracting State or of its political subdivisions or local authorities, irrespective of the manner in which they are levied.

(2) There shall be regarded as taxes on income and on capital gains all taxes imposed on total income or on elements of income including taxes on gains from the alienation of movable or immovable property.

(3) The existing taxes to which the Convention shall apply are in particular:

(a) in the case of Lithuania:

(i) the tax on profits of legal persons (juridiniuç asmenuç pelno mokestis); and

(ii) the tax on income of natural persons (fiziniuç asmenuç pajamuç mokestis);

(hereinafter referred to as “Lithuanian tax”);

(b) in the case of the United Kingdom:

(i) the income tax;

(ii) the corporation tax; and

(iii) the capital gains tax;

(hereinafter referred to as “United Kingdom tax”).

(4) The Convention shall also apply to any identical or substantially similar taxes which are imposed after the date of signature of this Convention in addition to, or in place of, the existing taxes. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall notify each other of any substantial changes which have been made in their respective taxation laws.