Savarankiškos veiklos galimybės Lietuvoje: teisinės prielaidos ir valstybės ekonominis reguliavimas

Abstract

Straipsnyje aptariamos teisinės ir ekonominės prielaidos vykdyti savaranki škai dirbančių asmenų (angl. selfemployed) veiklą Lietuvoje. Analizuojami teises aktai, reglamentuojantys savaranki škai dirbančių asmenų teises, aptariama savaranki škos veiklos organizacinė įvairovė ir jų apmokestinimas. Dabar gyventojų verslumas yra mažas, savaranki ška veikla nėra paplitusi. Šame straipsnyje siekiama populiarinti savaranki šką kaimo gyventojų veiklą, parodyti jos privalumus, galimybes ir sunkumus. Ji siūloma kaip „įmoninės“, t. y. veiklos organizavimo formos, steigiant imonę, alternatyva

In the so-called old democracies and a little more advanced new democracies (such as the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary), people’s initiative and entrepreneurship are clearly noticeable. Travelling through Southern or Western Poland one can see a lot of notices inviting to have lunch, bed, to buy furniture or other goods. It is obvious that people offer their services, want to earn by themselves, and satisfy rising consumer needs. They do not wait to be employed and (or) to be supported by someone else. Many of them are self-employed: they work, offer, buy and sell. That is how they make their living, supply services to others and pay taxes to the state. Such an idealistic representation of business environment encourages stopping for a while and asking such questions as: why situation is not the same in Lithuania? What do we lack or what is too much? Is it possible to have favourable business conditions in the country that has 3.2 million people and, according to the official statistics, 1.6 million of them are employed (Statistics… 2012)? Can it be that our legal acts do not allow working or they restrict people’s initiative and do not allow starting their own businesses? [...]