European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC)
Lithuania
Policies
LITHUANIA
(21,870 large families)
1. Regarding policies for large families at a national level, please mark the measure you have in your country:
- Direct monetary benefits
- Reduced prices on basic supplies (energy, water, etc.)
- Housing subsidies
- Reduced prices in public transportation
- Tax deductions
- Large families cards
- Longer maternity/paternity leave for large families
- Support to buy a car
- Other benefits
2. Which specific monetary allowances for large families are in your country.
If you have more than three children, the child benefit is slightly higher.
All, the information can be found here: https://socmin.lrv.lt/en/activities/family-and-children/social-assistance-to-families-and-children/assistance-to-pregnant-women-and-families-raising-children/
3. Which specific fiscal deductions for large families are in your country.
Tax benefits have been eliminated in our country and do not exist yet.
4. Which specific reduced prices on basic supplies for large families are in your country
No such specific reduced prices in our country.
5. Which specific benefits are provided by the large families card in your country
Large families or families raising disabled children in Lithuania have been able to use the Family Card to access to benefits and discounts with public and private entities.
More information: https://seimos-kortele.lt/en/
6. Which specific maternity or paternity benefits for large families are in your country
They are the same as for single-parent families. Mothers can choose to take maternity leave for one, two or three years. If the mother stays at home for the third year, she has job protection but no benefit
7. Which specific benefits for large families buying a car are in your country
We don’t have such benefits in our country.
8. Which specific public transportation benefits for large families are in your country
None.
9. Please write any other specific deductions or benefits for large families that are in your country
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10. Are any of the benefits for large families in your country connected to income? If yes, please explain.
No.
11. Regarding policies for large families at European level, please mark the measures you have in your country
- Reduced VAT for diapers and basic goods for children
- Unpaid care of children in the household and for other dependent family members is recognized as work when calculating the national GDP
- Permit for large families with 7 and more children to drive the family van without professional driving license
- Basic consumptions tariff: water, electricity, gas, etc. is calculated taking into consideration the number of children
12. If you marked at least one of the measures mentioned above as applicable in your country, please provide details
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(Answers provided by Molėtų gausių šeimų bendrija ,,Šeimynėlė”)