The payment method chooses the ending

The Five-Cent Finish

Since May 2025, the last digit of a Lithuanian checkout can change when cash appears, while the shelf price and card total stay exactly where they were.

Lithuania rounds the final total of a cash purchase or cash refund to the nearest five cents. Individual item prices do not change, and non-cash payments are not rounded.

The quick answer Cash totals ending in 1-2 cents round down to 0; 3-4 round up to 5; 6-7 round down to 5; 8-9 round up to 10. A card, gift card or other non-cash method pays the exact total.

Five possible finishes

.01 / .02down to .00.03 / .04up to .05.05stays .05.06 / .07down to .05.08 / .09up to .10

The basket rounds, not the biscuit

A product may still be priced at EUR 1.99. The register first calculates every item normally, then rounds only the final amount when the customer chooses cash.

Card keeps the exact cent

A EUR 12.03 basket costs EUR 12.05 in cash and EUR 12.03 by card. The small difference belongs to the payment method, not to a hidden card discount or cash fee.

The smallest coins did not disappear

One-cent and two-cent coins remain legal tender and may be used toward the rounded amount. Rounding reduces the need to issue and return them; it does not make them invalid.

Some money movements stay exact

Currency exchange, cash deposits and withdrawals, taxes, fines, wages, pensions and cash remittances are among the cases outside ordinary checkout rounding. The rule is designed for purchases and service payments.

A cash refund follows the same ending

When a merchant refunds cash for returned goods, the refund amount is rounded too. A non-cash refund returns the exact amount through its original payment channel.