The possibility of issuing simplified invoices (so-called receipt with TIN) was introduced in 2013 and since then many taxpayers’ doubts have grown around them. Recent changes to regulations and growing doubts as to their application have prompted the Minister of Finance (MF) to issue on 20 October 2020 tax clarifications in this regard. A simplified […]
VAT in the CEE – the most important changes
Selected changes in the VAT ___ Poland JPK_VAT implementation – the entry date 1 October 2020 Before October 2020 the Polish taxpayers had to submit to the tax authority mandatory two filings separately: VAT return and SAF-T file. As of 1 October 2020, the Polish taxpayers are obliged to submit JPK_V7M (monthly VAT reporting) or […]
No CFC for Tax Transparent Entity
This is the end of the 5-year CFC dispute. The Supreme Administrative Court finally confirmed what we have argued for from the beginning: that income derived by a tax transparent partnership should be considered business activity income aid, in consequence, non-passive income on the grounds of the CFC regulations. What was the background of the dispute? Some time ago the tax authorities came to the conclusion that it would be good to cut all the discussions and […]
General Anti-Abusive Regulations (GAAR) in Poland
General Anti-Abusive Regulations (GAAR) were introduced in Poland as of 15 July 2016. However, for the first 3 years, they were scarcely used. This has however changed. In the press publications of 16 October 2020, the Ministry of Finance informs that he has just finished 20 tax proceedings which resulted in PLN 500M of additional taxable […]
BREXIT – Fiscal Representative in Poland – when required?
British company after Brexit will be treated as a non-EU country. British company intending to launch VAT taxed business activity in Poland or willing to prolong the current VAT registration is obliged to appoint a Tax Representative. Does your company require to appoint a Fiscal Representative? Non-Polish entities willing to carry out taxable supplies in […]
Fiscal Representative in Poland – when required?
Norwegian company intending to launch VAT taxed business activity in Poland is obliged to appoint a Tax Representative. Does your company require to appoint a Fiscal Representative? Non-Polish entities willing to carry out taxable supplies in Poland are obliged to register for VAT purposes regardless of their taxable turnover. Please keep in mind that the […]
Extension of deadline for submitting applications for co-financing of employees’ salaries
We would like to inform you that the deadline for submitting applications for the co-financing of employees’ salaries from the Guaranteed Employee Benefits Fund (GEBF) has been extended. The applications may be submitted until the 30th day after the date of the cancellation of the epidemic status. This change was introduced by “Anti-Crisis Shield 5.0” […]
Minister of Finance’s general ruling on a 50% rate of the tax-deductible cost of revenues for authors
According to the recently published general ruling of the Minister of Finance, tax-deductible costs connected with the use of copyright by authors and performers of related rights amount to 50% of revenue. These costs are calculated on income reduced by social security contributions. The ruling indicates the conditions under which it is possible to apply […]
Robotization relief – how to automate Polish entrepreneurs?
The Ministry of Finance plans to introduce tax relief for robotization and automation as of the second quarter of next year, at the latest in mid-2021. However, we are still waiting for a draft bill introducing this new solution. The main goals of the Polish legislator are: increase of the number of robots in industrial […]
Estonian CIT – the draft bill after consultation with business submitted to the Parliament
On 30 September 2020, a draft amendment to the CIT Act has been submitted to the Polish Parliament (the Sejm), which introduces a new system of income taxation for some companies – the so-called Estonian CIT. We wrote about its basic assumptions in the article here and the other one here. The new draft bill […]