Significant tax reform

The Ministry of Finance has published a comprehensive draft amendment to tax regulations as part of the “Polish Deal” program. A very extensive document (225 pages) includes many changes in various taxes (PIT, CIT, VAT). Below we present a synthetic overview of the most important of them. 1. Principles of tax progression (PIT) As part

Capital repatriation program and changes in transfer pricing

The Ministry of Finance presented another set of tax proposals under the “Polish Deal” program. Their guiding idea is the return (repatriation) of capital to Poland. Additionally, it is proposed to simplify the provisions on transfer pricing. Transfer pricing simplifications Following the decisions of the Transfer Pricing Forum, the Ministry proposes the following solutions: elimination

“The Polish Deal”: Tax relief for increasing sales, Polish Holding Company, Investment agreement

The Ministry of Finance has published further proposals for tax changes in the so-called Of the “Polish Deal”. They include, in particular, the following. Relief for increasing sales The relief of the relief is another novelty in the Polish tax system. The taxpayer could deduct from the income the costs incurred in order to increase

Proposals for new tax reliefs and the VAT Group – “tax restart of the economy”

The Ministry of Finance is proposing a package of tax reliefs aimed at reviving the economy. The Ministry proposes to introduce: relief for the initial public offering of shares (IPO relief); relief for investors via Venture Capital funds that invest capital in innovative enterprises; consolidation relief; expansion relief; changes in the so-called “Estonian” CIT. In

Limitation of tax liabilities and private rental. Two important resolutions of the Supreme Administrative Court

The Supreme Administrative Court today adopted two resolutions important for taxpayers: administrative courts may examine the legitimacy of initiating fiscal penal proceedings, i.e. whether they could only serve to suspend the limitation period for a tax liability – sign. I FPS 1/21; income derived from rental, lease and similar contracts are included without limitation in

4 new general rulings

The Ministry of Finance published, yesterday and today, 4 new general ruling concerning: changes in the scope of the leasing contract and sale of the subject during its term, settlements when using fuel cards, sale of own receivables in factoring, and taxation of vocational training. Changing the lease agreement, selling leased items The Minister of

Advertising duty – a new public burden

Today, the Ministry of Finance published a draft law introducing a new public levy – advertising duty. The new duty is in line with the global trend of introducing broadly understood “digital taxes”. The Ministry of Finance informs that the purpose of introducing new regulations is to obtain additional funds to prevent long-term health, economic

Verifying contractors in 2021, must one be even more diligent?

As part of counteracting the erosion of tax receivables, the legislator has for some time been imposing on taxpayers new obligations to verify contractors. Their common denominator is to make the taxpayer (or remitter) “jointly responsible” for the correct tax settlements under the transaction. The taxpayer (or the remitter) should, in particular, verify the status

Upcoming “Brexit” – tax consequences

Although Great Britain is no longer formally a member of the European Union, until the end of 2020 there is a transitional period in which Great Britain is treated for tax purposes as a member of the Union. At the moment, the European Union has not concluded an agreement with Great Britain that would regulate

Information on tax strategy

At the beginning of 2021, tax capital groups and CIT taxpayers with income that excess EUR 50 million will be obliged to prepare and publish information on the tax strategy implemented for a given tax year. It is worth taking a closer look at this regulation. General comments The provisions of the act do not