Settlement – income and costs

Disputes between entrepreneurs are common in business activities. Some of them end at the pre-trial stage, e.g. by concluding a settlement. What are the consequences of concluding such a settlement in terms of income taxes? Let us consider it on the example of a settlement in which the entrepreneur infringing someone else’s copyright undertakes to

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Tax interpretations and MDR

As a part of the counteractions against the erosion of taxation and the shift of profits, OECD developed the so-called “BEPS” package, one of the elements of was a system for informing tax authorities about tax planning mechanisms – Mandatory Disclosures Rules. This mechanism was reflected in the Council Directive (EU) 2018/8221 of May 25,

Selected details of CIT amendments

The draft amendment to the CIT Act has been published on the website of the Government Legislation Center – specifying the provisions of the previously commented assumptions: Below we present to you the important issues that have been clarified in this project (in relation to the assumptions). “Tax heaven”-related transactions The draft provides for very

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Proposed amendments to CIT Act

We would like to inform you that the proposal to the act amending the provisions of the Polish CIT Act has been published on the website of the Government Legislation Center. The project is to be a response to the demands of the business and advisors in terms of changes introduced by the “Polish Deal”.

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Entry into force of changes in the “Polish Deal”

The President signed an act amending the “Polish Deal”. We are waiting for the publication of the act in the “Journal of Laws”. The rules, in principle, enter into force in July. The most important changes include: reduction of the PIT rate from 17% to 12% (under the first tax threshold) for taxpayers settling on

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Filing insolvency claim – impact on tax costs

In business practice, there are situations of bankruptcy of contractors. The creditors are then left with unpaid receivables. Some of them wonder whether to report them at all in the pending proceedings. Meanwhile, this circumstance is of great practical importance. At the outset, it is worth recalling that recognition of a bad debt, previously booked

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Legislation and practice – May in taxes

We present below a short summary of the most important changes in tax law and tax practice in May: the act amending the VAT Act was published the “Journal of Laws” (item 1137) – exemption for EU and NATO defense activities, extension of the so-called the first anti-inflationary shield by the end of July; The

VAT – delivery with assembly or ICA?

Entrepreneurs often buy machines abroad. In practice, the seller provides assistance in its launch and implementation, often sending a team of specialists from abroad. Entrepreneurs often forget that on the basis of value added tax (VAT), such a transaction may be accounted for as one of two taxable activities: intra-Community acquisition of goods (ICA) or

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Invoice from an unregistered taxpayer and VAT deduction

One of the most common tax problems faced in practice by VAT taxpayers are the situations of receiving an invoice issued by an entity not registered for VAT purposes (which can be seen, for example, by the fact that it does not appear on the “White List”). In such a case, is it possible for

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DEBRA – tax deduction on capital

The European Commission presented a proposal of solutions concerning the possibility of deducting the value of the capital increase from the tax base. It is a solution that is to build a “counterbalance” to the currently abused – according to the European Commission – debt financing. The genesis of the proposed solutions goes back to

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