{"id":56133,"date":"2023-12-18T13:29:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T10:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=56133"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuania-refunds-e5-million-in-vat-to-belarusians-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56133\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania refunds \u20ac5 million in VAT to Belarusians in a year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/tax-free-lithuania.by-744-18.12.2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/tax-free-lithuania.by-744-18.12.2023.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/tax-free-lithuania.by-744-18.12.2023-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(lithuania.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 18, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusians filed 174,000 value-added tax (VAT) refund applications from October 2022 to November 2023, <em>Delfi<\/em> reported citing the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuania refunded \u20ac4.77 million in VAT for purchases exceeding \u20ac40, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusians accounted for 85 percent of all submitted VAT refund declarations for purchases with an average worth of \u20ac235 this year, said Denis Grinevi\u010dius who heads Global Blue Lietuva in charge of the VAT refunds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Electronic appliances make up more than a quarter of all VAT refund applications, followed by household goods (22 percent), clothing and footwear (18 percent) and food (8 percent), he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of Belarusians crossing the border with Lithuania has decreased in the last few months, said Giedrius Mi\u0161utis, a spokesman for the Lithuanian border guards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 18, Pozirk. Belarusians filed 174,000 value-added tax (VAT) refund applications from October 2022 to November 2023, Delfi reported citing the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service. Lithuania refunded \u20ac4.77 million in VAT for purchases exceeding \u20ac40, it noted. Belarusians accounted for 85 percent of all submitted VAT refund declarations for purchases with an average worth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":56098,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-56133","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania refunds \u20ac5 million in VAT to Belarusians in a year | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 18, Pozirk. 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